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Winn Schwartau
Chief Visionary Officer & Founder, SAC Labs, a division of KnowBe4
The Art & Science of Metawar
Tamiko Fletcher
CISO and Chief of the IT Security Office at Kennedy Space Center
The Road to the Final Four- Cybersecurity Policy, Contract language, Compliance and Oversight
Bianca Lewis (BiaSciLab)
Founder and CEO of Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote
Past, Present Predictions – How AI, Deep Fakes and PsyOps will affect the upcoming election cycle
SPEAKERS + TOPICS
We are delighted to share the speaker and topics confirmed to date. Check back often as we add more speakers to the lineup for 70+ educational sessions! Speakers are presented in random order.
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Allan Liska
Threat Intelligence Analyst
Recorded Future
PowerShell: The Indispensable Ransomware Tool
Brian Contos
Chief Strategy Officer
Sevco Security
Hacking Demos, Dirty Secrets, Dangerous Lies, and Asset Intelligence
Peter Bagley
President
B & B Cyber Solutions LLC
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and DoD NIST 800-171: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Requirements
Adam Sewall
Founder & CEO
Waterleaf International/Cyberleaf
AI and its Utilization as an Offensive Weapon for Cybersecurity Attacks
Chengyi Qu
Assistant Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University
Cybersecurity for the Elderly Healthcare and Senior Communities
David Crain
Senior Crime Intelligence Analyst Supervisor
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
FDLE Cyber Bureau
Jiri Jirik
Director, Education Pathway National Center
Moraine Valley Community College
Empowering the Future: Building K-12 Cybersecurity Career Pathways
James Risler
Senior Manager, Cisco Learning
Cisco
Escape Room: How skills needed in Escape room challenges apply to your Cybersecurity team
Emily Cranston
Manager- Global Cyber Defense
Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)
Transform Your Cyber Defenses: An Intelligence-Led Approach to Validation & Remediation
Kassandra Pierre
VP Program/Project Manager in Payment Operations
JP Morgan Chase
Smashing Stereotypes- Understanding Neurodiversity In Cybersecurity
Bidemi Ologunde
Intelligence Analyst, Author, and Podcaster
Secure Tomorrow: Case Studies on Modern Security Challenges
Aditya Guthey
Coach for Tech Leaders
Who We Are
How Not to Build a Rocket When the Client Asks for a Bike
Kayley Melton (with Winn Schwartau)
VP, US Remote Publishing Teams
KnowBe4
Phishing for Potential: The "RTFM" Guide to Diverse Cybersecurity Talent
Kevin Finch
Senior Business Continuity Architect
Sayers
"The Velveteen Rabbit": Can AI Create Viable Resiliency Plans?
Cindi Carter
Chief Information Security Officer in the Office of the CISO
Check Point Software Technologies
Understanding the Risks, the Rewards and our Relationship with Artificial Intelligence (AI)- A CISO's Perspective
Dr. Eman El-Sheikh
Associate Vice President and Professor
University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity
The Intersection of AI and Cybersecurity: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
Chen Zhong
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
The University of Tampa
Unlocking AI: Meeting Analysts' Dynamic Needs for Explainability in Cyber Defense
Dr. Cagri Cetin
Identity and Access Management Tech Lead
Yelp
Building a Scalable, Robust and In-house Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solution at Yelp
Siobhan MacDermott
Partner
The Consello Group
How to Re-think Cyber and Geopolitical Risk in the Boardroom | Geopolitics and Critical National Infrastructure
Jean-Pascal Deillon
Founder
Pascal Cyber Solutions
Scenario Crafting 101: Mastering the Art of Cybersecurity Tabletop Scenarios
Wilson Bautista Jr.
Executive Director
Cyber Ohana Project
Building the Cybersecurity Workforce Development Ecosystem in Pinellas County, Florida
Phil Owens
Vice President, Customer Solutions
Stamus Networks
3 Open-Source Tools to Unleash the Power of Threat Hunting with Network Data
Snehal Desai
President
Sristitech, Inc.
Open-Source Technologies in Cybersecurity
Bianca Lewis
Founder and CEO
Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote
Past, Present, Predictions
Brett Cureton
Investigative Consultant
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Cybercrime 201: Network Intrusion Investigation
Julie Haney
Human-Centered Cybersecurity Program Lead and Computer Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Users Are Not Stupid: Six Cybersecurity Pitfalls Overturned
Michael Rogers
Senior Director
MOXFIVE
Assess to Protect: Ransomware Readiness Evaluation for Businesses
Ollie Gagnon
Chief Homeland Security Advisor
Idaho National Laboratory
Addressing Consequence within Operational Risk: An Approach for Understanding an Organization's Unique Infrastructure Environment
Kristen Pedersen
VP of Cyber Operations & Chief Research Officer
Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
Cybersecurity is about Human Behavior, not IT
Jeffrey Pricher
Security Engineer
Check Point Software
Why IoT devices mandate a Zero Tolerance Security Architecture: Saving our Toasters, and possibly the World!
Aaron Rose
Security Architect Manager
Check Point Software Technologies
Social Engineering: Hacking Minds, Hearts, & Systems
Micheal Cottingham
Red Team Operator
The Walt Disney Company
Attacking Chef for Red Teams and Pen Testers
Dr. Anmol Agarwal
Security Researcher
Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Consumer Electronics Industry
Introduction to Adversarial Machine Learning
Terri Khalil
Founder
CyberKaleidoscope, LLC
Regs to Resilience: Energizing the Cybersecurity Compliance Journey
Gotham Sharma
Executive Director
AccessCyber.co
12 Dysfunctions of Cybersecurity
Tim Anderson
Vice President of Compliance and Risk
ID.me
A Practical Guide to Building a Quantitative Risk Management Program on a Budget
THE SUNSHINE CUP CHALLENGE
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, we will NOT be holding The Sunshine Cup Challenge this year. We apologize for any inconvenience. Those who purchased CTF tickets will be contacted directly and refunded. Thank you.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
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Akamai Technologies
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Binary Defense
Blackwood
Cisco Systems
Comcast Business
Check Point
Connection, Inc.
Corporate Information Technologies
Cyber Innovation Center
Cybersecurity & Information Systems Analysis Center (CSIAC)
Devel Group
Digicert
EC-Council
Florida Gulf Coast University
FloridaMakes
FOSSA
GuidePoint Security
Hillsborough County
Hyperproof
Insight Assurance
Keysight Technologies
KnowBe4
Military Cyber Professionals Association
National Cyber Security Alliance
NetWolves
Recorded Future
Schellman
SimSpace Corporation
South Florida ISSA
Spritzmonkey Inc
StingBox.com
SYSTECH
The 502 Project
Threatlocker
Trend Micro
University of South Florida – School of Information
University of Tampa
University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Veeam Software Corporation
USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education
Wolf & Company PC