2023 BH #2

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1. Getting Security Right in a Cloud Native World – Jason Rolleston – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

VMware Carbon Black

Guest

Jason Rolleston
Vice President & General Manager at VMware Carbon Black

Jason is an accomplished business executive with experience across multiple technologies and a passion for cybersecurity. He has expertise managing businesses at scale while also developing next generation capabilities for adjacent opportunities. Jason joined VMware in 2021 to lead product management for VMware Carbon Black. Prior to VMware, Jason most recently served as Chief Product Officer at Kenna Security where he lead product management, product marketing, and business development. Prior to Kenna security, he was Vice President for Security Operations Products at McAfee, where he was responsible for McAfee’s security operations products, including SIEM, endpoint detection and response, behavioral analytics, and sandboxing. Prior to that, he served as Head of Product Management for Enterprise Routing at Cisco and held several senior positions at Symantec. He holds a B.S. in applied physics and a masters in engineering management from Cornell University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Host

Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted

2. Top Mobile App Attacks Targeting the World’s Biggest Brands – Asaf Ashkenazi – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

Verimatrix

Guest

Asaf Ashkenazi
CEO at Verimatrix

Asaf Ashkenazi is Chief Executive Officer of Verimatrix. Asaf joined Verimatrix in 2018 and previously served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. As CEO, Asaf leads the company’s ongoing business model transformation that focuses on recurring subscription-based revenue sources and new products. Offering a distinct mix of extensive cybersecurity technical expertise and management successes, he brings proven insights for market analysis, strategic partnerships as well as mergers and acquisitions. Asaf is a recognized security expert and routinely appears as a thought leader in industry publications around the globe – positioning Verimatrix as a top innovator that’s committed to providing the most powerful yet people-friendly protection for digital content, applications and devices. Prior to Verimatrix, he served as vice president of IoT security products at Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS), lead security products at Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), and held other engineering management positions at Freescale Semiconductor and Motorola (NYSE: MSI). Asaf is a former board member of the FIDO Alliance and holds 10 U.S. patents for security architectures as well as an engineering degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Host

Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted

3. A Shared Playbook: New Sophos Research Finds Ransomware Groups Working Together – John Shier – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

Sophos

Guest

John Shier
Field CTO, Threat Intelligence at Sophos

John Shier is a Field CTO, Threat Intelligence at Sophos with more than two decades of cybersecurity experience. He’s passionate about protecting consumers and organizations from advanced threats, and has researched everything from costly ransomware to illicit dark web activity, uncovering insights needed to strengthen proactive cybersecurity defenses.

John is often consulted by press, and has been quoted in publications like Reuters, WIRED, Fortune, CNN, The Hill, Fast Co, Yahoo, and more. He’s also a frequent speaker at industry events like RSA Conference, Infosec, Cebit, Gitex, and more.

Based in Toronto, John is available on Twitter (@john_shier) and can be reached via email at [email protected].

Host

Senior Vice President, Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance

4. Today’s Ransomware Economy Players – IABs, RaaS Affiliates, and now C2Ps – Jon Miller – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

Halcyon

Guest

Jon Miller
CEO & Co-Founder at Halcyon

Jon Miller is the CEO & Co-founder of Halcyon with 25+ years working in the cybersecurity industry. Prior to Halcyon, Jon was the CEO & Co-founder of Boldend, a next-generation defense contractor focused on building offensive tools for the US Government. Previous to Boldend, Jon held the title of Chief Research Officer of Cylance (now Blackberry) where he focused on malware and product efficacy. Prior to Cylance, Jon was employee number 70 at Accuvant (now Optiv) where with a group of others he helped build and lead the largest technical consultancy at the time Accuvant LABS, working with over 95% of the Fortune 500 as an offensive security expert. Before Accuvant, Jon was a ten year veteran penetration tester, serving as one of the first in the industry working for the Internet Security Systems (now IBM) X-Force.

Host

Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted

5. From Threat to Asset: Using Generative AI to Supercharge Your Cyberdefenses – Eyal Benishti – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

IronScales

Guest

Eyal Benishti
CEO and Founder at IronScales

As Chief Executive Officer at IRONSCALES, Eyal Benishti pioneered the development of the world’s first self-learning email security solution that combines AI, machine learning, and human insights to automatically stop advanced phishing, BEC, and account takeover attacks.

Eyal brings to his executive leadership role over 15 years of software industry experience with enterprise and startup companies. Prior to founding IRONSCALES in 2013, he was a security researcher and malware analyst at Radware and worked as technical lead for various information security solutions at Imperva. Previously, he held a variety of R&D roles with Comverse and Amdocs. A passionate cybersecurity researcher from a young age, Eyal earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Bar-Ilan University in Israel.

6. Go Hack Yourself: War Stories from ~20k Pentests with NodeZero – Snehal Antani – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

Horizon3.ai

Guest

Snehal Antani
CEO and Co-Founder at Horizon3.ai

Snehal Antani is co-founder and CEO of Horizon3.ai. Prior to Horizon3.ai, he was CTO of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), CTO of Splunk, and a CIO within GE Capital. Antani holds 18 patents granted by the USPTO in data processing, cloud computing, and virtualization. He regularly participates in keynote speeches and often writes articles on leadership, innovation, digital transformation, data security, and cloud security.

Host

Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems

7. Secure the Cloud and See ROI in Cyber Investments – Raghu Nandakumara – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

Illumio

Guest

Raghu Nandakumara
Senior Director, Head of Industry Solution at Illumio

Raghu Nandakumara is Head of Industry Solutions at Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Based in London, UK, Raghu is responsible for helping customers and prospects across a variety of industries build resilience and accelerate Zero Trust outcomes with Zero Trust Segmentation.

Previously, Raghu spent 15 years at Citibank, where he held a number of network security operations and engineering roles. Most recently, he served as a Senior Vice President, where he was responsible for defining strategy, engineering, and delivery of solutions to secure Citi’s private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. Raghu holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Cambridge, and a master’s degree in advanced computing from Imperial College London.

8. Attacking Your Way to Accurate Answers with Breach and Attack Simulation – Tomer Bar – BH23 #2

Sponsored By

SafeBreach

Guest

Tomer Bar
VP Research at SafeBreach

Tomer Bar is a hands-on security researcher with 20 years of unique experience in cyber security. He leads the SafeBreach Labs as the VP of Security Research. In the past, he ran research groups for the Israeli government and then led the endpoint malware research for Palo Alto Networks. His main interests are Windows vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and APT research. His recent discoveries are the PrintDemon vulnerabilities in the Windows Spooler mechanism which were a candidate in the best privilege escalation Pwnie awards. He presented his research at Black Hat 2020, Defcon 2020, 2021, 2022, SecTor, Recon, HackCon, Security Fest and Confidence conferences.

Host

Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems