2019 Speakers
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Stephen Alexander
Senior Solutions Architect – Amazon Web Services
Presentation:
Protecting the Cloud with FireEye Helix and Cloud Security Solution

Rob Ayoub
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Network Security Products – FireEye
Presentation:
Anywhere, Anytime, Always-On Security

Rich Baker
Director, DFIR Consulting – Optum Technology
Presentation:
Protecting the Cloud with FireEye Helix and Cloud Security Solution

Willi Ballenthin
Senior Staff Reverse Engineer – FireEye
Presentation:
The Unexplored Art of Enterprise macOS Forensics

Toby Barber
Information Security Architect – The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Presentation:
Creating a Security Conscious Environment

Paul Bartruff
Federal Systems Engineer – Corelight
Presentation:
FireEye Detection On Demand: Malware Detection Where You Need It

Joshua Bass
Product Management, Email Security – FireEye
Presentation:
On the Front Line with FireEye Email Security

Adrien Bataille
Senior Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Do You Know What's on Your Exchange Server?

David Batty
Strategist - Network Security – FireEye
Presentation:
Anywhere, Anytime, Always-On Security

Allison Bender
Of Counsel – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Presentation:
Hacked by a Nation-State. Does Government Attribution Matter?

Nick Bennett
Managing Director, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Defensive Security Techniques

Fredrik Berntsson
Head of IT Security Operations – Ericsson
Presentation:
On the Front Line with FireEye Email Security

Douglas Bienstock
Principal Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
BECs and Beyond: Investigating and Defending Office 365



Charles Carmakal
Vice President, Strategic Services CTO – FireEye
Mainstage:
Preparing for Battle – Combating Disruptive Intrusions

Stephen Clemons
Chief Information Officer – SMUD
Presentation:
Anywhere, Anytime, Always-On Security

Brandon Clifton
Chief of Staff & Deputy Secretary of State – State of Indiana
Presentation:
Protecting the Ballot and Safeguarding Elections

Steve Cobb
Senior Technology and Security Fellow – One Source Communications
Presentation:
The Evolution of a Customer's Journey: From Passive to Secure and Ahead of the Curve

Christopher Courchesne
Senior Manager, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Breach Response Planning in the Privacy Age

Casey Erikson
Senior Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Staying Hidden on the Endpoint: Evading Detection with Shellcode

Scott Ferber
Partner – King & Spalding LLP
Presentation:
Breach Readiness: Steps the General Counsel and CISO can take to Prepare a Company for the Inevitable

Jeremy Fong
Senior Director of Product Management – Accellion
Presentation:
FireEye Detection On Demand: Malware Detection Where You Need It


Matthew Ford
Principal Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Breach Response Planning in the Privacy Age

Sean Franklin
Founder/President – Franklin Cyber Risk
Presentation:
Making Strategic Threat Intel the Gold Standard

Nalani Fraser
Senior Manager, Intelligence Analysis – FireEye
Presentation:
Achievement Unlocked: Chinese Cyber Espionage Evolves to Support Higher Level Missions

Ashley Frazer
Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
The Unexplored Art of Enterprise macOS Forensics

James Graham
Senior Product Marketing Manager – FireEye
Presentation:
The Evolution of a Customer's Journey: From Passive to Secure and Ahead of the Curve

Eric Gressel
Executive Vice President of Sales – One Source Communications
Presentation:
The Evolution of a Customer's Journey: From Passive to Secure and Ahead of the Curve

Geoff Hale
Director of the Election Security Initiative – DHS/CISA
Presentation:
Protecting the Ballot and Safeguarding Elections

Stacey Halota
Vice President, Information Security and Privacy – Graham Holdings
Presentation:
Breach Readiness: Steps the General Counsel and CISO can take to Prepare a Company for the Inevitable


Martin Holste
Senior Manager, Cloud Security and CTO – FireEye
Presentation:
Protecting the Cloud with FireEye Helix and Cloud Security Solution

Kimberly Horn
Global Claims Team Leader, Cyber & Tech Claims – Beazley
Presentation:
Are You Extortion-Ready? An Executive Guide to Successful Cyber Extortion Negotiation
Navid Jam
Managing Director, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Are You Extortion-Ready? An Executive Guide to Successful Cyber Extortion Negotiation

Sandra Joyce
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Intelligence – FireEye
Mainstage:
Nowhere to Hide: Intelligence Illuminating the Threat

Captain Scott Kelly
History-Making U.S. Astronaut & Retired U.S. Navy Captain
Mainstage:
The Sky is Not the Limit: Lessons from a Year in Space

Christopher Krebs
Director – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Mainstage:
Keynote Speaker

Karen Kukoda
Senior Director FireEye Cyber Risk Partners – FireEye
Presentation:
Breach Readiness: Steps the General Counsel and CISO can take to Prepare a Company for the Inevitable

Robert Kusters
Senior Product Marketing Manager – FireEye
Presentation:
Creating a Security Conscious Environment

Raymond Leong
Principal Threat Analyst, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
APT41: The Unending Game of Thrones

Josh Madeley
Principal Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
BECs and Beyond: Investigating and Defending Office 365



Luke McNamara
Principal Analyst – FireEye
Presentation:
Protecting the Ballot and Safeguarding Elections

Joe Mehegan
Consulting Manager, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Defensive Security Techniques

Kathleen Metrick
Analyst, Strategic Intelligence – FireEye
Presentation:
Avenues of Exploitation: Use of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities by Tracked Groups


Michael Mimo
Chief Security Office/ Sr. Director of Information Technology – Copyright Clearance Center
Mainstage:
Securing the Cloud

Brian Mohr
Co-Founder – D3 Intelligence LLC
Presentation:
Making Strategic Threat Intel the Gold Standard

Parnian Najafi
Senior Analyst, Advance Analysis – FireEye
Presentation:
Avenues of Exploitation: Use of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities by Tracked Groups

General Paul M. Nakasone
United States Army, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
Mainstage:
A United Approach to Protecting Our Nation’s Cybersecurity

Jake Nicastro
Associate Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
The Unexplored Art of Enterprise macOS Forensics


Stanley Parret
Principal Consultant, Managed Defense – FireEye
Presentation:
Addressing the Cyber Security Skills Gap with Managed Defense

Evan Pena
Global Red Team Lead, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentations:
Effort Doesn't Equal Effectiveness: Measuring and Optimizing Your Security Stack
Staying Hidden on the Endpoint: Evading Detection with Shellcode

Daniel Perez
Principal Threat Analyst, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
APT41: The Unending Game of Thrones

Todd Plantenga
Senior Staff Research Engineer – FireEye
Presentation:
Fingerprinting Binaries Using Rich Headers: Tales from Our Analysis

John Robenalt
Senior Data Scientist – Procter & Gamble
Presentation:
Using Data Science in Threat Hunting to Find the Needles in the Haystack

Steven B. Roosa
Head of NRF Digital Analytics and Technology Assessment Platform, United States – Norton Rose
Presentation:
Are You Extortion-Ready? An Executive Guide to Successful Cyber Extortion Negotiation

Ben Ruffley
Threat Hunter – Procter & Gamble
Presentation:
Using Data Science in Threat Hunting to Find the Needles in the Haystack

Sanjeev Sah
Chief Information Security Officer – Medical University of South Carolina
Presentation:
Addressing the Cyber Security Skills Gap with Managed Defense

Jeff Seely
Director of Security Instrumentation and Effectiveness – FireEye
Presentation:
Effort Doesn't Equal Effectiveness: Measuring and Optimizing Your Security Stack

Jared Semrau
Senior Manager, Vulnerability & Exploitation – FireEye
Presentation:
Avenues of Exploitation: Use of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities by Tracked Groups


Bill Siegel
CEO, Co-Founder – Coveware
Presentation:
Are You Extortion-Ready? An Executive Guide to Successful Cyber Extortion Negotiation

Nick Slaughter
Manager, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Cyber Defense Center: To Infinity and Beyond

Andrew Smith
Manager, Cybersecurity Operations – Sallie Mae
Presentations:
Addressing the Cyber Security Skills Gap with Managed Defense
Protecting the Cloud with FireEye Helix and Cloud Security Solution

Aaron Stephens
Senior Threat Analyst, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
Scan't Touch This! Proactively Detect Adversaries Beyond Your Environment

Steven Stone
Director, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
Key Trends in Hunting for Big Evil at FireEye

Grady Summers
Executive Vice President, Products and Customer Success – FireEye
Mainstage:
FireEye Innovation Today and Tomorrow
Securing the Cloud

Trish Tobin
Director, Product Marketing, Expertise On Demand and Threat Intelligence – FireEye
Presentation:
Making Strategic Threat Intel the Gold Standard

David Totten
Chief Technology Officer – Microsoft, One Commercial Partner
Mainstage:
Securing the Cloud

Christopher Unick
Director Technical Partnerships – FireEye
Presentation:
FireEye Detection On Demand: Malware Detection Where You Need It

Kelli Vanderlee
Manager, Intelligence Analysis – FireEye
Presentation:
Achievement Unlocked: Chinese Cyber Espionage Evolves to Support Higher Level Missions

Sai Vashisht
Distinguished Engineer – FireEye
Presentation:
FireEye Detection On Demand: Malware Detection Where You Need It

Michael Vatis
Chair, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice – Steptoe and Johnson, LLP
Presentation:
Breach Readiness: Steps the General Counsel and CISO can take to Prepare a Company for the Inevitable

Anders Vejlby
Senior Consultant, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Do You Know What's on Your Exchange Server?

Barry Vengerik
Technical Director, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
Code Signing Certificates: Beyond PEs

Jordan Violet
Developer Relations Manager – FireEye
Presentation:
FireEye Detection On Demand: Malware Detection Where You Need It

Jim Waggoner
Senior Director Product Management, Endpoint – FireEye
Presentation:
Creating a Security Conscious Environment

Robert Wallace
Senior Director, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
High Stakes Extortion: Reverse Engineering Humans for Fun & Profit

Beth Waller
Chair, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice – Woods Rogers PLC
Presentation:
Navigating the Labyrinth: A Guide to Cybersecurity Legal Risk for Executives and Directors

Ben Wilson
Senior Threat Analyst, Advanced Practices – FireEye
Presentation:
Fingerprinting Binaries Using Rich Headers: Tales from Our Analysis


Dave Wong
Vice President, Mandiant Consulting – FireEye
Presentation:
Breach Readiness: Steps the General Counsel and CISO can take to Prepare a Company for the Inevitable


Carson Zimmerman
Senior Security Service Engineering Lead – Microsoft
Presentation:
Practical SOC Metrics