About

Aaron Varrone

Incident Response Director

August Huber

Security Engineer

Brad Antoniewicz

Head of Detection and Response at Block

Brad leads Detection and Response at Block. He has formally led security research teams at Cisco and Intel, responded to incidents at Spotify, was an Adjunct Professor and Hacker-in-Residence at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and co-founded BSidesNYC. Brad is also a contributing author to both the Hacking Exposed and Hacking Exposed Wireless series of books.

Brian McHenry

Global Head of Cloud Security Engineering at Check Point Software

Brian McHenry is the Global Head of Cloud Security Engineering at Check Point, leading all pre-sales and customer success functions for Check Point’s CloudGuard portfolio. Formerly the VP of Product Management for WAF & API Security at F5, Brian is passionate about aligning product strategies and solutions to more secure business outcomes. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the New York City chapter of Security B-Sides (BSidesNYC.org), an organization dedicated to making cybersecurity careers and conferences more equitable and accessible.

Brian Smith-Sweeney

Head of Security Risk Management at Two Sigma

Dave Giancaspro

Vulnerability and Threat Analyst

Glenn Edwards

Incident Response Engineer at Block

Glenn P. Edwards Jr. is an Incident Response Engineer at Block where he specializes in Incident Response and Digital Forensics. Glenn holds a M.S degree in Digital Forensics from the University of Central Florida as well as a B.S. degree in Information Security and Privacy from High Point University.

Huxley Barbee

Lead Organizer at BSidesNYC

Huxley Barbee has been a fixture of the security community for over 20 years. Professionally, he was a security consultant working with customers in finance, insurance, manufacturing, and higher education. Currently, he leads the security engineering group at a fintech company. Beyond the day job, he is also active in the security and hacker community. He started attending DEF CON in the late 90s, has spoken at many conferences throughout the US, and is the lead organizer for BSidesNYC. He lives in New York. You should connect with him on social media, buy him a drink, or both.

Jamie Levy

Director of R&D at Huntress

Jamie Levy is the Director of Adversary Tactics at Huntress. Jamie is also a longtime researcher, developer and board member of the Volatility Foundation. She has worked over 15 years in the digital forensics industry, conducting investigations as well as building out software solutions. Jamie is also a co-author of The Art of Memory Forensics, the first book of its kind covering various facets of how to investigate RAM artifacts.

Jase T. English

Manager, Cyber Security Engineering

A seasoned information systems professional within the higher education industry. Dedicated to process development and administration of information security for personnel (PII) & assets via configuration, vulnerability, & patch management as well as consolidated log review. Skilled in network access & monitoring, active directory, storage & data protection systems, virtualization, and MS Azure cloud computing. Strong business development professional with instruction from Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Pearce Barry

Pura

Anna Sarnek

Cyber Startup and VC BD Lead at AWS

Anna Sarnek leads Cyber Startup and Venture Capital Business Development at AWS, working at the intersection of investors, startups, and the CISO community. With 15+ years of experience and a technical background, she excels at identifying unique go-to-market opportunities in enterprise IT and cybersecurity. Her experience szpans from early stage startups like Valence Security to enterprise cyber security companies like RSA security. At SecurityScorecard, she single-handedly built the Cloud Partnership program, achieving 8x marketplace growth, securing a record 6-day deal cycle, and earning AWS recognition at re:Invent 2022. Anna's strategic vision and partnership expertise drives innovation across the cybersecurity ecosystem.

Sid Trivedi

Partner at Foundation Capital

Sid Trivedi is a Partner at Foundation Capital where he leads early-stage investments in cybersecurity and IT. His investments include Stacklet, AirMDR, Prime Security, DevZero, Pulse Security AI, Aegis AI, Permiso, Neurelo, Levo, Phenom, Attivo Networks (acq. SentinelOne), CloudKnox (acq. Microsoft), Respond Software (acq. Mandiant), and MistNet (acq. LogRhythm). Prior to Foundation, Sid was an investor at Omidyar Technology Ventures and Symphony Technology Group. He is also a co-founder of CyberSeed, a community of over 1,500 cybersecurity founders, and co-founder and co-host of the Inside the Network podcast, which shares how category-defining cybersecurity startups are built. Outside of work, Sid serves on the advisory boards of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, and Cornell Venture Capital. Sid graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Cornell University.

Ross Haleliuk

Founder at Stealth

Ross is a cybersecurity leader and entrepreneur. Outside of work, Ross is a startup advisor, angel investor, and a frequent contributor to leading tech media such as TechCrunch, Forbes, VentureBeat, and Dark Reading. Ross is an author of Venture in Security, an award-winning blog with over 500,000 annual readers, widely regarded as the number one independent source about the business side of cybersecurity. His book, Cyber for Builders The Essential Guide to Building a Cybersecurity Startup, became an instant Amazon best seller, got the SANS Book of the Year award, and is recognized as a critical read for aspiring and early-stage security entrepreneurs and experienced founders alike.

Nicholas Muy

CISO at Scrut.io

15+ year cybersecurity & strategy leader with deep experience spanning all aspects of building and leading enterprise-wide programs for multi-billion dollar companies and scaling zero-to-1 programs for high-growth startups. Specialist at security engineering, board-level risk management, F500 M&A in software-heavy environments and having a ruthlessly business-aligned pragmatic approach to security, have held leadership roles in Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy, and Platform Strategy.

Chas Larios

VP of Marketing at Upwind

Chas joined the cybersecurity community over a decade ago as a product manager, then technical product marketer, and now GTM executive. She currently leads marketing at Upwind, a leading cloud security startup. Previously, she worked alongside the threat intel and incident response teams at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, leading rapid responses to high-profile threats. She holds a Master of Public Administration, where her graduate research focused on public sector cybersecurity challenges. Chas has built GTM engines and brands from the ground up at multiple cybersecurity startups and companies, including Anvilogic, Secureworks, and VMware Carbon Black. She is passionate about changing the way cybersecurity marketing is done—putting respect for the community and trusted practitioner voices at the center.

Alex Perotti

Malware reverse engineer and CTI analyst at PwC

Alex is a malware reverse engineer and cyber threat intelligence analyst specializing in the intersection of nation-state and e-crime threats targeting critical infrastructure, with a special focus on Russia-based threats. With a technical background in dissecting malware and mapping adversary tradecraft, Alex focuses on uncovering and contextualizing threats that impact critical infrastructure and industrial control systems. Their work bridges low-level technical analysis with strategic threat intelligence to support detection, response, and resilience. Alex is currently part of the Global Threat Intelligence team at PwC and supports a variety of efforts—from intelligence briefings to vulnerability assessments, to hunting for novel malware, to tracking threat actor infrastructure.

Cesar Vargas

Director of Applied Research at Arctic Wolf Networks

Cesar Vargas is the Director of Applied Research at Arctic Wolf Networks (AWN) where his team is responsible for generating initiatives to improve AWN’s products with emphasis in the Security Operations (SecOps) experience via threat modeling and emulation of high-profile threat actors. Prior to AWN, he worked at McAfee/Trellix with public sector enterprises at establishing and maturing Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence (CTI) and SecOps programs in Information and Operational Technology environments.

Raphaela Mettig

Cybersecurity Research Specialist at Louisiana State University

Raphaela Mettig is a Cybersecurity Research Specialist in the Applied Cybersecurity Lab at the LSU Center for Computation and Technology. She is interested in all things malware analysis, memory forensics, and reverse engineering. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from Louisiana State University, and is now working part-time towards her PhD in Computer Science also at LSU. During her degrees, she also worked as a cyber threat intelligence analyst and as a product security engineer. Now, she helps build and maintain the cyber research infrastructure for students and faculty alike, while also working on her own doctoral research. Raphaela is also a lifelong musician. When she’s not hacking, she loves going to concerts, playing guitar, and reading.

Stephanie Aceves

Senior Director of Product at Tanium

Stephanie Aceves is a first-generation Latina leader, technologist, and catalyst for market-shaping innovation. In her current role as a Senior Director of Product at Tanium, a leading enterprise cybersecurity software company, she leads cross-functional teams focused on AI, threat detection, and the future of security operations. Her journey began red teaming at Ernst & Young, where she spent her days breaking into systems to expose security flaws before real attackers could. This experience sparked her mission to build secure, high-impact technologies that make a difference. Since then, she's led cross-functional teams in delivering enterprise-scale security products and driving forward-looking strategies in cyber defense. Known for her strategic thinking and heart-centered leadership, Stephanie is equally passionate about developing people as she is about delivering results. For nearly a decade, she has funded the Latinas in STEM Empowerment Scholarship, an annual award for first-generation Latinas pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math. She mentors rising talent across tech and business, encouraging others to lead with courage, creativity, and conviction.

Jamie Williams

Jamie is a red team engineer & threat researcher. He previously led development of MITRE ATT&CK® for Enterprise. Throughout his career Jamie has worked with amazing people on various exciting efforts involving security operations and research, mostly focused on adversary emulation, behavior-based detections, and the many other ways of finding the "so what?" of cyber threat intelligence.

Jessica Hyde

Founder at Hexordia

Jessica, a digital forensics leader with a passion for education and community engagement, wears many hats. She founded Hexordia, a company focused on digital forensics research, services, and training. At George Mason University, she shares her knowledge as an Adjunct Professor in the Digital Forensics program, fostering the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Beyond academia, Jessica is an active contributor to the field through her involvement in organizations like HTCIA, DFIR Review, SWGDE, and NIST OSAC. Her background includes prior experience at Magnet Forensics, Basis Technology, EY, and American Systems. Jessica is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps.