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Graham Cluley is an award-winning independent security blogger, researcher, podcaster, and public speaker. He has been a well-known figure in the computer security industry since the early 1990s when he worked as a programmer, writing the first-ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Since then, he has been employed in senior roles by cybersecurity companies including Sophos and McAfee.
Cluley has given talks about cybersecurity for some of the world's largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and regularly appears on TV and radio explaining computer security threats. He can be heard each week on the award-winning Smashing Security podcast.
Sherri Leach is a proven tactical and strategic innovator, harnessing over 27 years of technical leadership experience across multiple fields within cybersecurity. She is currently the Deputy CISO at Ingersoll Rand, and has previously served in operations and engineering roles at Trane Technologies, MITRE, and ManTech.
Her skills have been applied across both public and private industry, including Fortune 500 companies, the US Intelligence Community, and the United States Federal Government. Sherri holds an MS in Information Systems and certifications from SANS Technology Institute.
James Mackay is currently the Interim CISO at Markel, where he has worked for the last 13 years. Throughout his tenure, James has held a range of positions, including as Head of Security for Markel International, Markel UK Data Protection Officer, and Deputy CISO. He has also held security positions at Simmons & Simmons and Advance Seven.
James has undertaken a range of professional qualifications and currently holds the CISSP accreditation. In his role, he represents Markel externally as an active member of the Lloyd’s Market Association CISO Committee and chairs the Lloyd’s/Velonetic Cybersecurity Panel.
Ethan Steiger, Chief Information Security Officer at Advance Auto Parts, has 25 years of experience in establishing esteemed information security programs for high-profile companies, including Domino’s, IHS Markit (now S&P Global), Covisint (now OpenText), IBM, and Bear Stearns. His success lies in effectively implementing comprehensive security measures encompassing governance, compliance, privacy, and risk management.
A committed leader, Ethan has a notable track record in deploying innovative technologies to secure corporate networks, endpoints, and data and demonstrates a profound dedication to advancing the security posture of every organization he serves.
Dan Shiebler is the Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal, responsible for leading a team of 40+ detection and ML engineers in building the data processing and ML layers in Abnormal’s platform. Prior to Abnormal, Dan worked at Twitter, first as a staff machine learning engineer in Cortex and later as the manager of the web ads machine learning team.
Before Twitter, Dan worked as a senior data scientist at Truemotion, where he developed smartphone sensor algorithms to price car insurance. He has a Ph.D. in machine learning from the University of Oxford.
Luca Belli is the founder of Sator Labs, a UC Berkeley Tech Policy Fellow, and a Visiting NIST AI Fellow. At NIST he co-leads the Red Team effort for the Generative AI public working group and thinks about socio-technical evaluations for recommender systems. His research interests lie at the intersection of feedback loops, algorithmic amplification, and algorithmic audits.
Previously, Luca was co-founder and Research Lead for Twitter's Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency and Accountability (META) team, implementing industry-leading approaches for responsible ML practices and product development. He has also worked as a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer at Conversant and WolframAlpha.
Mick Leach is Field CISO of Abnormal Security, where he is responsible for threat hunting and analysis, customer engagement, and speaking at global industry conferences. Previously, he led security operations organizations at Abnormal, Alliance Data, and Nationwide Insurance, and also spent more than 8 years serving in the US Army’s famed Cavalry Regiments.
A passionate information security practitioner, Mick holds 7 SANS/GIAC certifications, coupled with 20+ years of experience in the IT and security industries.
Rakesh Krishnan is a Senior Threat Analyst at Netenrich, working predominantly on the dark web for 10+ years. Some of his major achievements include the discovery of FraudGPT and the Tata Power data breach. Rakesh also has expertise in uncovering money laundering activities on blockchain. He has been featured in Forbes and WIRED.
