John DeSimone
I got into cybersecurity through…the ground floor of application development and systems integration. Right out of college, I started my own software company building voice-activated medical record systems. In those days, “Cybersecurity” as we know it today didn’t really exist; we focused on security and access controls. My transition into the large systems environment happened […]
Hollyn Randolph
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ตโฆI kind of fell into cybersecurity. At the time I wanted to transition into a tech role but didn’t have the traditional technical background i.e I wasn’t a coder or engineer. The company I was working for at the time was an advocate for people moving around and upskilling. I happened […]
Raynor Dahlquist
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ in…the early days of the internet โ first with a product manager focus of protecting the products I was building โ protecting eCommerce, payment transactions and identities โ and then from the POV of a provider trying to ensure the reliability and integrity of large scale infrastructure that the rest of […]
Angel Smith
As a veteran, ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต…as a Marine, I learned early that people often assume wars are won through kinetic action alone. That is certainly one variable, but over time I came to appreciate something equally important: the OODA loop. The ability to observe, orient, decide, and act faster than your adversary depends […]
Parham Eftekhari
Please introduce yourself. I’ve always been an entrepreneur, so a common theme in my professional life is building things. I build (or help others build) communities, companies, products, and teams at the intersection of cybersecurity, emerging technology, critical infrastructure, and public policy. My primary role today is Executive Vice President at CyberRisk Alliance, where I […]
Rick Howard
As a veteran, I got into cybersecurity…by way of the U.S. Army. I was an Army communicator, started with designing and deploying tactical networks, which led to managing garrison networks, which led to “how do you secure these things?” which led to commanding the Army CERT where I coordinated offensive and defensive operations for the […]
Katie Butler
I got into cybersecurity throughโฆweirdest origin story ever: writing essays. I majored in English in college and enjoyed my writing assignments so much that I worked at the on-campus writing lab where I tutored my peers. A big part of that was anti-plagiarism coaching. My interest in liberal arts gave me a deep appreciation for […]
Jennifer Huerta
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต…my exposure to cybersecurity has been through my career as a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). HSI investigates a broad spectrum of crimes, including crimes that involve cybersecurity issues. For example, business email compromise schemes meant to defraud people and companies of money. In order for these organizations to […]
Anna Fridley
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐…following tangents from my previous career in Library and Archives Conservation, by way of an interest in Document Forensics, through a masters in Computer Forensics, resulting in a role in cyber threat intelligence. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐…the metaphor of cybersecurity as an immune system. Weโre constantly under attack […]
Bryan Ware
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต…analytics (or what we used to call Big Data and now call AI). I was the CEO (Digital Sandbox) of a company that built an AI platform that reasoned about risks like you had assembled a group of experts. We sold our platform to the Department of Defense (DoD) who had […]