How CISOs Adjust Security to the SaaS Transformation

Parham Eftekhari is a recognized business executive in the information security sector with a lifelong passion for leadership, and community engagement. His expertise spans critical infrastructure technology and policy, business strategy and operations, executive advising, and thought leadership content initiatives.

Parham has published over a dozen information security reports, regularly engages with the media, and has contributed to countless briefings and events at institutions including TEDx, Congress, the World Bank, RSA, IFA+, (ISC)2, C-SPAN, and the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT).

With over two decades of experience in information security and endpoint forensics, Mitchell Bezzina is a technology executive known for leading high-impact teams, disrupting industries, and accelerating the growth of cybersecurity technologies. In 2018, Mitchell drove the creation of the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category, releasing the first product in its name, Cortex XDR with related MxDR services. This continued into leading all marketing functions for the Palo Alto Networks Cloud-Delivered Security Services unit, accelerating adoption, and releasing innovative products in high-growth markets like IoT Security, Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Mitchell’s technical foundations stem from his time as an expert witness in computer forensic and eDiscovery investigations, leading over 100 cases Australia. Converting technical concepts into practical terms has allowed him to gain insights into the evolving cybersecurity landscape with the goal of helping security teams streamline investigations and stay ahead of the curve.

Nick Bruno is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and SVP of IT at SHL, an organization focused on talent acquisition and talent management solutions. Nick is responsible for global information and cyber security, IT systems and services, and business continuity management. He has more than 18 years of experience establishing and leading global information security, cyber security and data protection programs for technology and healthcare cloud service providers. Nick also had held senior information security executive roles at SAI360, Monster Worldwide, Philips (HealthSuite digital platform), Continuum Managed Services along with others.

Nick is a business focused and technical security leader, building security programs as a critical business enabler across various industries and hosted cloud services. He holds a Master of Science in Network Security from Capitol College, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Operations Management \ Management Information Systems from Salem State College. He also holds C|CISO, CISSP-ISSAP, & CISM credentials along with serving on various advisory boards.

Ben is an information security professional who is equally comfortable leading IT and Information Security teams or doing security analysis/administration/forensics. His heavily technical background provides him with the ability to dive in when necessary and lead/mentor team members in technical problem solving and security architecture design.

He also has extensive experience in meeting regulatory requirements as a cloud provider and understands how to work with auditors and industry professionals to be successful. He has a passion for Cloud security in particular and has been dedicated to innovating in that space since 2001.