Florida Technology Summit Agenda

Steve is an industry thought leader, presenter, change agent, and champion for diversity and empowerment. A seasoned global security executive with a reputation for delivering Fortune 100-500 companies’ infrastructure on a solid foundation of security, resilience, and adaptability. Over a long career spanning the globe, Steve has developed strategies for organizations to effectively safeguard information assets across enterprise ecosystems, while nurturing a cyber-aware culture for every employee and third-party relationship. Steve is well known for his strengths in leading organizations through complex change and disruptive events such as sophisticated cyberattacks, breach response, civil unrest, and natural or man-made disasters.

Synopsis

How can companies of all sizes secure a perimeter that is no longer under their control? Can the business ensure that the demands of the dynamic, mobile workforce do not erode controls and place your clients and customers at risk? How can you increase trust and enable growth in response to pandemic and increasingly sophisticated cyber-threats? Organizations of all sizes have shifted their operating models in response to the events of recent years; whether that is as a response to the environmental change caused by the ongoing pandemic, or the surge in cyber attacks that put both data and lives at risk. In this talk, Steve Hindle will provide real-world insights into how security organizations can increase confidence and trust in the face of complex business disruption and reputational risk.

Danny is an I.T. and Cybersecurity leader with a technical core. He possesses an in-depth technical knowledge of corporate I.T. systems, Active Directory, Exchange, Networks, Databases, and Cybersecurity. With over 15 years of experience, he has expertise in I.T. Management, Product Development building and working with corporate I.T. and global business networks, Active Directory, and Exchange deployments, Security Systems, and Processes.

Synopsis

The Zero Trust framework is based on the principle of "never trust, always verify." Join us to learn about Zero Trust, how to adopt it, and the technologies you need to take control of your environment in the fight against ransomware.

Alyssa is an Indiana native and Purdue University alumni currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Since joining Darktrace almost 3 years ago she has been able to use her passion and expertise in understanding the complexities and difficulties of IT professionals within cyber security to help guide countless large and small organizations away from the legacy approach to the next generation of cyber security utilizing self-learning AI and autonomous response. Her goal is simple - to help customers sleep better at night without adding more work to their load and giving the fire back to the client to stop advanced threats hitting their organization.

Synopsis

In this new era of cyber-threat, characterized by both slow and stealthy attacks and rapid, automated campaigns, static and siloed security tools are failing - and the challenge has gone beyond one that is human-scalable. Organizations need to urgently rethink their strategy to ensure their systems, critical data and people are protected, wherever they are. Today’s Autonomous, Self-Learning defenses are capable of identifying and neutralizing security incidents in seconds, not hours - before the damage is done.

In this session, learn how self-learning AI:
• Detects, investigates and responds to threats – even while you are OOTO
• Protects your entire workforce and digital environment - wherever they are, whatever the data
• Defends against zero-days and other advanced attacks – without disrupting the organization

You will also see a demo of how Self-Learning AI surgically contains the threat of ransomware.

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Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Todd Thorsen, CISSP, CISM and CIPP/US – is an Information Security leader with more than 10 years experience in a variety of roles. Todd’s passion for security developed at Target where he led the Enterprise Third Party Security and Privacy team. Currently, Todd is the Director of Information Security, Risk Management and Compliance at Code42 Software, Inc. In addition to his other security and compliance responsibilities, Todd is responsible for leading Code42's Insider Threat Risk Program.

Synopsis

Data leakage is everywhere - but where to effectively start to better manage and contain it? There isn’t an enterprise in existence that wouldn’t benefit from an insider risk management program and effective tools to manage insider risk. Nearly every enterprise experiences sensitive data theft and confidential data exposure as a direct result of the accidental or deliberate actions of a trusted insider, and close to 70% of those organizations have a DLP tool in place at the time of the breach. Despite how pervasive and serious the risks posed by insiders are, less than 20% of enterprises have a well-defined response to insider threats, which means few organizations have an effective insider risk management program in place, and fewer still have a purpose-built insider risk detection and response tool that protects data, empowers productivity and addresses insider risk. During this session, Todd Thorsen from Code42 will share key insights that will help any organization get started with an effective insider risk program, focusing on understanding data movement risks and better containing IP that won’t turn into Big Brother.

Chris’ career has been deeply rooted in cyber security with over 15 years of diverse technical experience. He is currently driving the Security and Data Protection Marketing effort at Veeam. Before joining the team, Chris has held various engineering, sales, and product management roles. During his career, he’s helped numerous organizations manage cyber risks by designing solutions that align with industry frameworks, programs, and compliance mandates.

Synopsis

There are many threats to your data. These threats can be intentional, accidental or downright malicious. In this session, see from the eyes of a leading backup provider (Veeam) what you can learn from organizations who have dealt with Ransomware.

Brian Bashaw is a native Texan, currently living just west of Houston. After spending the first 11 years of his career working in seismic processing, he made the move to a life focused on data storage when he joined NetApp in 2004 and focused on disaster recovery & business continuance, with a tendency to drift towards emerging technologies. Since then, Brian has built and lead sales engineering and solution architecture teams, for various storage companies, and presently is the Americas Field CTO for DataCore.

Synopsis

For any corporation the most important and valuable assets are the intellectual property and electronic records A.K.A “The Data”. Datacore’s software defined storage solutions offer ultimate flexibility and control to store, manage, access, and protect data using block, file, and object storage solutions - onsite, across sites, or in the cloud.

Michael Bacon is Director of Enterprise Solution’s Marketing at Accedian, where he builds messaging for the secure network performance solution, which provides convergence of network and security operations all from a single sensor. Michael has been with Accedian since April, 2021 and has several years of network performance and security experience, that includes MDR, EDR, NDR, SIEM, SOAR and analytics. He also holds a Master’s in business administration from University of Phoenix.

Synopsis

In this daring robbery that seems straight out of a Sherlock Holmes mystery, burglars tunneled into the Banco Central in Fortaleza, Brazil, to steal $164 million Brazilian reals (the current equivalent of $94 million USD). By purchasing and renovating a house, and doing some gardening work, they were able to disguise their nearly 100 meter tunnel that took nearly 3 months to create.

They were able to make off with the money and authorities have only managed to recover $9 million, with the rest unaccounted for. Many suspects have been arrested in connection with this robbery, and the alleged mastermind was murdered in 2005. According to reports, 18 perpetrators are still at large.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-incredible-bank-robberies-2010-10#6-banco-central-burglary-at-fortaleza-2005-6

Imagine how insiders disguise themselves as friendly actors, but in reality, are malicious insiders that can destroy your business, leaving you holding the bag and having to explain to your management and customers what happened.

Come learn more about insider threats and how you can put safeguards in place to better protect your organization.

Mark Benson is a tenured system engineering manager with over twelve years of running large national programs including healthcare at NetApp, Federal Sales at EMC and currently state, local and education at Nutanix. Prior to his sales career Mark was on the customer side for fifteen years at locations such as Florida State University, Florida Dept. of Health and John Deere.

Throughout both phases of Marks career successful project outcome has always been a driving factor. With wide knowledge across the data center stack as well as cloud services, Mark continues to drive innovation into the world of IT through the balance of successful technologies and efficient usage of funds.

Synopsis

Today’s hybrid and multi cloud infrastructures heavily utilize virtualization, software-defined infrastructure and automation. This has provided IT teams with more efficiency and agility but has also compounded security risks. These security threats are more acute for State, local, and education agencies as they carry confidential citizen, student and state information. The agencies and institutions face the constant threat of ransomware and other destructive forms of cyberattacks. Do you have the right infrastructure and processes to improve your security posture across the kill-chain?

Jonathan Goldberger is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 25 years of success spanning security and technology roles. He has a diverse cyber-security experience leading consultancies at Cisco, Cybertrust and Sourcefire, sales engineering at Venafi and as General Manager Security Solutions at Unisys. In these roles, Jonathan managed teams as large as 200 and held P&L’s up to $70M.

Jonathan’s expertise extends across managed services and professional services with solutions incorporating intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, endpoint protection, identity, data loss prevention, security incident and event management, orchestration and cloud security. Additionally, Jonathan has worked with security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST 800, FedRAMP and Zero Trust. Equally as important, Jonathan’s businesses have focused on helping Chief Information Security Officers communicate security to the board room.

Jonathan obtained his Bachelor of Science from The University of Alabama and has held board positions with local community-focused boards and advisory positions with the cyber-security companies Data Defense Security, Secure System Corporation and CionSystems Inc.

Synopsis

The cybersecurity landscape is broad and overwhelming. With new threats emerging each minute and cybersecurity vendors competing for attention, understanding what is *the most important solution* could save businesses from devastating failure. During this session we will distill the threat landscape and provide a step by step means of securing an organization for near term and future realistic risks.

Andrew Moore has a history of building great operational systems. He has worked in the IT arena for over 17 years and has been instrumental in the successful building of several businesses into multi-million dollar companies.

Synopsis

Businesses need to be aware of the changing threat to their organizations posed by cyber security criminals. This presentation walks business executives through the current issues facing companies, approaches on how to solve these issues and real world tactics employers can utilize for a safer network.

Sridhar is a technology leader with a proven track record of optimizing IT landscape with a broad spectrum of skills in all areas of Technology Architecture. He has worked as the Director of IT for Energy Insurance Mutual since 2016. He is also a member of SIM Tampa Bay and in 2021 he was recognized for making the list of CIO of the Year Honorees.

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

With well over a decade of experience in the Wireless, Networking & Security industries Jess specializes in Cloud Networking, AI and 802.11 protocols. His engineering background along with a natural relationship building personality makes him a well-rounded asset to each customer he serves. Since 2018 Jess has been part of the team at Mist bringing the "AI-Driven Enterprise" across the full stack to the Industry.

Synopsis

The best enterprise campus networks are only as good as the underlying WLAN. Too often business, operations and constituent services doesn’t go as planned because employees and visitor devices fail to connect or connect poorly to campus WiFi. Furthermore, IT staff struggle to quickly solve these issues as legacy WLAN architectures and their network tools primarily focused on the condition of the network and NOT on the quality of the end-user experience. This is no longer the case. Now AI, Cloud, Machine Learning and Natural Language technologies are bringing real and disruptive benefits to operators using the next generation of WLAN to proactively deliver predictable, reliable and measurable WiFi for a great user experience not possible with earlier generations of WiFi. In addition, by leveraging WiFi AND Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), government can now open new and customizable location views of its facilities, assets, devices and human interaction with amazing analytics both real-time and over time providing new opportunities for location-based services, safety and facilities management and planning.

Jessica Lynn has held various roles in the cybersecurity industry for the past 9 years. Moving from distribution to channel development to enterprise sales – she has a pulse on the threat landscape that businesses face today in the age of digital. She thrives on helping partners and businesses solve their biggest problems. Today Jessi is Director of Partner Sales with UK based cybersecurity company Glasswall and loves her life at home with soon to be husband-to-be, her 13 yr old son, her 2 cats and a dog.

Speaker's Bio

For the last 5 and a half years Greg Rhein has been one of Glasswall’s Solutions Architects and is currently based out of our Reston VA office. Prior to this he was Security products Sales Manager and Technical Lead of an Arizona based Distributor. Previously to this he has held positions as an Enterprise Product Manager at HP/Compaq and Contract Product Support lead at Apple Computer. He has also worked as a Technical lead while consulting for MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox Studios, SunAmerica (AIG) as well as a number of Bi-Coastal Law firms.

Speaker's Bio

Pete Newman is US Sales Director for Glasswall based in the NYC area and has a background in financial and regulatory technology, software and market data. As a Sales Executive, Product Manager and software entrepreneur, Pete has helped large investment banks, wealth management firms and leading online brokers solve business problems with best of breed technology solutions. His company Gotham Software, a provider of compliance solutions for the fixed income market was acquired by Ipreo (IHS Markit) in 2004.

Synopsis

Real time prevention strategy is key to staying ahead of cyber criminals and to keep up with digital transformation and globalization trends. Come learn about an emerging technology – Content Disarm and Reconstruct (CDR) – which aims to restore trust to digital collaboration and give your security and business operations teams a fighting chance to operate in today’s climate. CDR is the next defacto standard to prevention based cybersecurity strategy by shifting from looking for potential bad to what a known good file content looks like. Trust your files again.

Jim West possesses over 28 years’ experience in the Information Technology field with over 18 years focused within Cyber Security. He has worked in the IT and Security industry across many sectors of commercial, space, federal, and defense with expertise in Biometrics, Risk Management, Security Analysis, and Network and Systems Auditing. Jim holds multiple certifications which include; CISSP-ISSEP, ISSMP, CAP, GSLC, GCIH, GSNA, GCWN, G2700, PMP, CIPP, C-CISO, CEH, and many others.

Jim has been invited to speak at Cyber Security conferences and events worldwide to include the NSA IA Symposium, Texas Technology Summit, CSfC Tech Day, TechNet Korea, TechNet Pacific, Cyber Bowl, Best Cyber Ranger, and many others. He was shortlisted as a finalist for Personality of the Year for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Cyber Security Awards. Jim is also an Award Winning author and writer. Recently Jim’s “Cyber Security and Test Tips” ebook placed in the 100 Best Cyber Security Books of All Time list by Bookauthority.org.

Jim specializes in Cybersecurity strategy and solutions that solve complex problems for National Security systems and networks to include systems and software integration, enterprise-wide and cloud security, network engineering, penetration testing, and more.

Gene Janiszewski's Bio

Gene Janiszewski is the Vice President of Membership for SIM Houston and the CEO/Managing Director of Paradigm Group. Since 2003 Paradigm Group has offered highly customized IT staffing and recruiting services that hire and retain the best tech talent.

Marc Crudgington's Bio

Marc Crudgington is the Founder, CEO and vCISO for CyberFore Systems. Marc is a veteran of the United States Air Force serving honorably from April 1992 – April 1996; he held a Top Secret clearance and performed duties in intelligence, computer operations, computer communications, and network communications. Prior to Woodforest, Marc worked for Advantage Sales and Marketing, KPMG, and Silicon Valley technology companies’ with leadership roles in IT and engineering. Marc has a Master’s of Business Administration, Technology and Strategy, from the University of California Irvine – Paul Merage School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Management from the University of Phoenix. Marc also attended the FBI CISO Academy in March 2017. He holds a Secret Clearance and PCIP, ISA, CRISC, Security+, Scrum Master, and ITIL certifications; previously he held a C|CISO, PMP, TOGAF, CISM and CISA certifications. Marc serves on the Optiv Customer Advisory Board, InfraGard Houston Chapter Board of Directors, Texas Banker’s Association Technology Committee, Community Bankers Association Privacy/Data Security Working Group, HMG Strategy CISO Summit Advisory Board, SecureWorld National Advisory Council, Governing Body Member Evanta Houston CISO Executive Summit, and EFM Houston IT Symposium Honorary Advisor. Previously Marc was part of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan Working Group and DHS Threat Information Sharing Framework Working Group. Marc is a member of InfraGard and has served as the Deputy Chief for the Houston Chapter Financial Services SIG. Marc has been a contributor to several articles and white papers for the Project Management Institute, a speaker, panelist, and moderator at a number of IT and Security conferences. In 2018 Marc was nominated for and a finalist for the T.E.N. ISE (Information Security Executive) North America Executive of the Year award and the T.E.N. ISE (Information Security Executive) People’s Choice award; in 2016 Marc was nominated for and a finalist for the T.E.N. ISE (Information Security Executive) Central Executive of the Year award and T.E.N. ISE Financial Services Executive of the Year award.

Synopsis

This panel will address the dramatic shift toward a virtual workforce. Join our speakers to hear how they are balancing the security and access requirements to provide successful collaboration for remote and on-site employees. This session will include audiance Q&A.