Lenny Zeltser VP of Products, Minerva Labs
Lenny is a seasoned business and tech leader with extensive experience in information security. He builds innovative endpoint defense solutions as VP of Products at Minerva. Beforehand, Lenny served as a Director of Product Management at a Fortune 500 company with a focus on security software and services. Previously, he led the enterprise security consulting practice at a major cloud services provider. A frequent public speaker and writer, Lenny has co-authored books on network security and malicious software. He is also a senior instructor at SANS Institute. Lenny holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a Computer Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Paul Vixie Chairman and CEO, Farsight Security
Robert Portvliet Technical director of red team services, Cylance
Robert Portvliet is technical director of red team services at Cylance with over 8 years’ experience in various disciplines of penetration testing. His focus is on embedded systems and wireless penetration testing and reverse engineering. Prior to joining Cylance, he was the network security service line lead for Foundstone and taught the ‘Ultimate Hacking: Wireless’ class at Blackhat 2011-2013
Paul Jaramillo Principal Consultant, CrowdStrike
Paul Jaramillo has over ten years of experience conducting incident response and enterprise security operations, including a career with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. As a Principal Consultant based out of CrowdStrike’s St. Louis office, Paul participates in customer engagements ranging from breach response to proactive compromise and adversary assessments. Along with the Midwest office, Paul helps customers in taking the fight to the adversary.
Prior to his work at CrowdStrike, Paul was Sr. Manager of IT Security for a Fortune 500 energy company. In this role, he led a global team responsible for incident response, digital forensics, IT security risk management, security operations, and security awareness. Paul also was responsible for building a 10 person, 24/7 global incident response capability at a Fortune 100 international manufacturer. In addition, he has spent time on the offensive side of security as a pen tester for a Fortune 10 conglomerate, as well as 10 years in the telecommunications industry.
Paul has a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Oklahoma, which he attended as a National Merit and Regents scholarship recipient. Paul currently holds his CISSP and GCFA certification and has previously held EnCE, CCNA, and C|EH certifications. While working for the government, he held both DoD Top Secret and DoE Q clearances. Paul is also the founder of the St. Louis security conference ArchCON. Paul has most recently spoken at BsidesNOLA, ArchCon, BsidesSanDiego and the SANS Threat Hunting Summit.
Dmitry Bestuzhev Head of Global Research and Analysis Team for Latin America, Kaspersky
Dmitry Bestuzhev serves as Head of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team for Latin America, where he oversees the anti-malware development and investigations of the company’s experts in the region. Dmitry joined Kaspersky Lab in 2007 as a Malware Analyst and was responsible for monitoring the local threat landscape and providing preliminary analyses before going on to become Senior Regional Researcher for the Latin American region in 2008. In 2010, he was appointed to his current role.
In addition to supervising the work of the network of experts in Latin America, Dmitry’s current role also includes producing reports and forecasts for the region and is frequently sought out by international media and organizations for his expert commentary on IT security. Dmitry’s wide field of expertise covers everything from online fraud, through the use of social networking sites by cybercriminals, to corporate security and cyberwar and cyber espionage. Additionally, Dmitry participates in various educational initiatives throughout Latin America.
Dmitry has more than 17 years of experience in IT security across a wide variety of roles and is fluent in English, Spanish and Russian. He’s been working in analysis of targeted attacks for financial institutions, producing intelligence reports.
Brandon Arvanaghi Security Engineer, Gemini
Brandon Arvanaghi is a security engineer at Gemini. Before Gemini, Brandon was a security consultant at Mandiant. Brandon has written tools to detect webshells, obfuscated malware, and to evade sandboxes in every language. He is the author of SessionGopher, CheckPlease, and a contributor to PowerShell Empire. Prior to working in the security industry, Brandon conducted research on automated attack plan generation at Vanderbilt University.
Andrew Johnston Proactive Consultant, Mandiant
Andrew Johnston is a proactive consultant with Mandiant, a division of FireEye. His work focuses on gaining access to critical places and systems through covert tactics. Andrew also is the lead researcher of a team at Fordham University focused on using artificial intelligence to solve problems in the counterterrorism and national defense sphere. He holds a bachelor's degree from Fordham University with a dual major in computer science and applied mathematics.
Julian Cohen Automatic Playbook Testing
Julian Cohen is a risk philosopher. He has passion for creating thoughtful and effective security programs. Julian has been making a name for himself speaking about attackers and the necessity of focusing on offensive security tactics ever since he popped into this world. He is also putting all these ideas into practice at his startup, "Automatic Playbook Testing." In a previous life, Julian was a super spy hacker and an urban explorer.
Justin Berman CISO, Zenefits
Justin Berman is the CISO of Zenefits, but he’s not your typical CISO. Justin thinks very deeply about security concepts and processes that most take for granted. Reflecting on every detail of his program allows him to make more informed decisions where it matters most. Justin cares genuinely about the wellbeing of his team and the efficacy of his program. In a previous life, Justin was a professional photographer and a professional chef.
Kendra Cooley Senior Security Operations Engineer, MailChimp
Kendra has over five years of experience in several areas of Information Security including user administration, security operations and compliance. She focuses primarily on Incident Response and user education. Kendra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Digital Forensics and the CISSP certification.
Kendra speaks regularly at Security related events and is an advocate for practicing proper security hygiene. In her free time she enjoys drinking wine and memorizing movie lines.
Richard Lethin President, Reservoir Labs
Richard Lethin is President at Reservoir Labs, a private research laboratory in New York City. Reservoir performs R&D for in the area of high performance computing, which includes projects developing new technologies for high speed communication processing with applications to cyber security. Some of these results are available as products, including the ENSIGN tensor decomposition tool and the R-Scope networks sensor. Richard formed Reservoir after completing his Ph.D. at the MIT AI Laboratory in 1997, where for his thesis he contributed to the development and analysis of a massively parallel message-driven computing system called the J-Machine, under the supervision of Professor William Dally. Prior to MIT, Richard worked as an engineer at the startup company Multiflow, founded by Dr. Josh Fisher, John O’Donnell and John Ruttenberg, that developed the world’s first of the now ubiquitous Very Large Instruction Word (VLIW) computer architectures, and where he was responsible for the floating point data paths. Richard is also Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Electrical Engineering at Yale, where he teaches courses including Computer Architecture for Cognitive Computing.
Santiago Pontiroli Security Analyst | Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), Kaspersky Lab Latin America
Santiago Pontiroli joined Kaspersky Lab as a Security Researcher in October 2013. His principal responsibilities include the analysis and investigation of security threats in the SOLA region (South of Latin America), web application security, the development of automatization tools stemming from threat intelligence studies and the reverse engineering of programs with malicious code.
Galina Antova Co-Founder, Claroty
Galina Antova is cybersecurity executive and entrepreneur focused on OT/ICS cybersecurity. Galina co-founded Claroty to help advance the state of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Prior to that, she was the Global Head of Industrial Security Services at Siemens, overseeing development of its services that protect industrial customers against cyber-attacks. She was also responsible for leading its Cyber Security Practice and Cyber Security Operations Center, which provided managed security services for industrial control systems operators. Previously, Ms. Antova was with IBM Canada, with roles in the Provisioning and Cloud Solutions business. She holds a BS in Computer Science from York University in Toronto, and an MBA from the International Institute of Management and Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Roselle Safran President, Rosint Labs & EIR at Antecedent Ventures
Loren Mahler Founder, Dealy Mahler Strategies
Irena Damsky VP Research, ThreatSTOP
Irena Damsky is an Israeli security and intelligence researcher with a disturbing affection to cats and unicorns. When she is not busy watching cartoons she is the VP Research for ThreatSTOP running the security analysis team and making the internet safer for everyone. In the past she used to work for Check Point, reached a rank of Captain (now in reserve) in the Israeli Defense forces and even managed to earn both an Bsc and Msc in computer science.
Mikala Vidal Vice President of Marketing, Uplevel Security
Mikala Vidal is the vice president of marketing at Uplevel Security, an adaptive system of record and intelligence for modern security operations. In previous roles she’s helped cybersecurity companies like Cato Networks, Intralinks (acquired by Synchronoss), Exabeam, WatchDox (acquired by BlackBerry), NSFOCUS and Waterfall Security stand out in crowded markets, generate awareness, and gain market traction through targeted and effective storytelling. She is a data-driven marketer who believes that transparency and authenticity are instrumental in making a company and its marketing successful.
Nicole Enslein Founder and CEO, Sublime Communications
As CEO & Founder of Sublime Communications, Nicole Enslein has successfully launched brands, reinvented well-known brands, and created new brands and product categories for Fortune 500 companies. As the Agency of Record for Cylance, a leading cyber security company, she led the development of a multi-channel global advertising campaign, which in a single year generated incredible growth and recognition for the company. Over the course of the past year she has led the team to become the AOR for Eureka and Cyberforce, a cyber security master reseller, the media buying AOR for Mimecast, and AOR for Averon, a fully automated mobile security solution. She also works with other cyber security companies including ProtectWise and Optiv. Prior to Sublime Communications, as Director of National Advertising for UPS, she developed a new strategy to reposition and update the company. “What can Brown do for you?” became the campaign, which successfully supported the brand for years. Along the way she managed a diverse portfolio of brands for major companies including: Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, L’Oreal, Citibank, TD Ameritrade, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Andrew Jergens, Liz Claiborne, Brown-Forman, Ferrero Rocher, Waterford Wedgwood and Boar’s Head Provisions. She has also worked at many of the big agencies: J. Walter Thompson, Bozell, McCann-Erickson, Bates and Hill Holliday. Among her biggest successes was exceeding revenue projections for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, launching a new category and product portfolio for the consumer healthcare division, as well as supporting existing brands Benadryl, Sudafed, PediaCare, Neosporin and Unisom. She worked on the EFFIE Award-winning campaign that introduced SmithKline’s NicoDerm CQ, catapulting it to category leadership. She also has strong product innovation expertise having patented technology for Pfizer.
Jessica Santana Co-Founder & Director, New York On Tech
Jessica Santana is an entrepreneur, technologist, writer and philanthropist who is passionate about people, products and building community. In 2014, she co-founded New York On Tech (NYOT), an award winning organization that creates pathways for underrepresented students into degrees and careers in tech. NYOT's work has been featured in media outlets such as Forbes, CNN and Huffington Post. Jessica has presented and spoken to over 50 different audiences and been named a Forbes 30 Under 30, Wells Fargo Millennial Activist, Ashoka / American Express Emerging Innovator, Pahara Institute Next-Gen Leader, Camelback Ventures Social Innovation Fellow and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. Jessica is a member of the NationSwell Council and one of the ambassadors for the NCWIT and Televisa Foundation's TECHNOLOchicas initiative. Prior to NYOT, she worked as a technology consultant for global brands that include Accenture and Deloitte. She worked on digital projects for financial services organizations and federal agencies in New York and Washington D.C. Her specialties are in product strategy, design and management. She completed the JPMorganChase Global Enterprise Technology Leadership program and was recognized as a Deloitte Future Leaders Apprentice and a Morgan Stanley Emerging Leader. She graduated with degrees in Accounting and Information Technology from Syracuse University.
Omri Segev Moyal Co-Founder, VP Research, Minerva Labs
Omri is a curiosity-driven researcher and malware expert. Prior to Minerva Labs, Omri served as CTO of ClearSky Cybersecurity, where he led the development and implementation of a wide spread cyber intelligence monitoring network and was head of the Incident Response Team. In his previous roles Omri gained global experience and extensive expertise in reverse engineering, malware research and testing advanced malware solutions in both laboratory and enterprise production environments. Omri served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Intelligence Unit and studied for a BSc in Computer and Information Sciences.
Adrian Mahieu Co-Founder and CEO, Cortex Insight
Adrian has many years experience working within the security functions of industries and understands the business side of security. Building and running companies & events in a number of vertical sectors has given him the skills and experience to lead the Cortex Insight team. Adrian also founded alien8 Security, the European distributor for Immunity Inc. He is the Co-founder and Event Director of ‘44CON’ and Founder of Infosec in the City taking place in Singapore in May 2018. Adrian has a MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway and a BSc in Computer Science.
Regine Gilbert Sr. UX Design Consultant
Regine Gilbert is a user experience designer, educator, and international public speaker in NYC with over 10 years of experience working in the technology arena. Currently, she is a Sr. UX Design Consultant. Regine has a strong belief in making the world a more accessible place--one that starts and ends with the user. She started her career in design as a fashion designer, then quickly evolved into working in a corporate information technology setting before returning to the world of design. She is passionate about accessibility, design and technology.
Joe Bernik Chief Strategist, McAfee
Joe Bernik has over two decades of experience creating and implementing cyber security management programs at global financial institutions. While serving as CISO and head of information risk and security at ABN AMRO Bank, Fifth Third Bank and BNY Mellon, Mr., Bernik lead global teams dedicated to protecting customer data, complying with data-related laws and regulations, and managing incident response programs. Mr. Bernik started his career with the US Defense Department of Defense (DOD) securing military systems.
Joe has is an avid speaker and writer and has held posts on several industry groups including the Federal Reserve Council on Fraud the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). Mr. Bernik holds a bachelors in information systems from the University of Mary Washington and has completed graduate studies in business administration at The City University of New York.
Ryan Young Chief Operating Officer, Atlantic IT Group
As co-founder and COO of Atlantic IT Group, Ryan uses his entrepreneurial, strategy, sales, branding, and leadership experience to help customers isolate and implement break through security and IT technology infrastructure solutions to reduce complexity and streamline business operations. In addition, Ryan serves as an investor and board member on several technology start-up companies overseeing their go-to- market strategy and business development. Some of these technology verticals include:
- Security
- Smart A/V
- IoT
- Artificial intelligence
- WAN infrastructure
- Open-source software
Before devoting his efforts to Atlantic IT Group, Ryan was a co-founder and COO of TorreyPoint, a network consultancy which became an $85M+/year company that was ranked #10 in Silicon Valley and #755 in America on Inc's Fastest Growing Companies list in 2012. Torrey Point was sold to FishNet Security in 2013, which was subsequently merged with Accuvant Security to become North America's largest private security company, Optiv. Ryan’s portfolio of customers include some of the largest enterprise, service provider and public sector brands in the world.
Glenn P. Edwards Jr. is a Technical Director with FireEye 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.
Brad Antoniewicz works in Cisco Umbrella’s security research group. He is an Adjunct Professor teaching Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation and a Hacker in Residence at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. Antoniewicz is also a Contributing Author to both the Hacking Exposed and Hacking Exposed: Wireless series of books.
Brian McHenry has over 20 years of experience as an information technology professional, from early days in software validation and desktop support to dot-com startups and global NOCs and everything in between. Since 2008, he has focused his passion for solving problems while working for F5 Networks. Currently, McHenry is F5's global lead for customer solutions, spending his time on speaking engagements, hacking in the lab on new solutions, and helping to shape the future of F5 security product offerings.
Janine Medina
Coordinator extraordinaire who makes things go at BSidesNYC. If you want to know more, you’ll have to ask her yourself
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Glenn P. Edwards Jr. is a Technical Director with FireEye 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.
Brad Antoniewicz works in Cisco Umbrella’s security research group. He is an Adjunct Professor teaching Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation and a Hacker in Residence at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. Antoniewicz is also a Contributing Author to both the Hacking Exposed and Hacking Exposed: Wireless series of books.
Jamie Levy is a senior researcher, developer and board member of the Volatility Foundation. She worked on various R&D projects and forensic cases while previously working at Guidance Software, Inc, and later at Verizon Terremark. Jamie has taught classes in Computer Forensics and Computer Science at Queens College (CUNY) and John Jay College (CUNY). She has a Masters in Forensic Computing from John Jay College and is an avid contributor to the open source Computer Forensics community. She is an active developer on the Volatility Framework. In her day job, Jamie currently works as a Senior Security Researcher, where she leads hunting engagements.
Lenny is a seasoned business and tech leader with extensive experience in information security. He builds innovative endpoint defense solutions as VP of Products at Minerva. Beforehand, Lenny served as a Director of Product Management at a Fortune 500 company with a focus on security software and services. Previously, he led the enterprise security consulting practice at a major cloud services provider. A frequent public speaker and writer, Lenny has co-authored books on network security and malicious software. He is also a senior instructor at SANS Institute. Lenny holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a Computer Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Vladimir Wolstencroft is a security consultant specialising in telecom and enterprise IT security, focusing on all aspects from reversing telecom elements to auditing signalling stacks. Previously working as a senior security consultant with Aura in New Zealand, head of training and telecom auditor with P1 Security in France, Vladimir now works with Twilio combining telecom experience with the standards of IT security to help defend cloud and signalling infrastructures. Vladimir has previously delivered trainings and has spoken at RECON, HITB, Troopers, BSIDES, RMISC, H2HC, Day-Con, IIANZ and others around the topics of Telecom security, compromising and attacking cloud based apps such as Uber and Snapchat and reversing security appliances.