CyberRiskTV Live Coverage from BlackHat 2024 – Day 3

With over 20 years of experience in Information Technology, including 14 years in cybersecurity, Brandon Potter brings a wealth of knowledge and a dynamic approach to the industry. He excels at forging strong partnerships with clients, understanding their unique business objectives, and developing tailored cybersecurity strategies. Brandon’s ability to resonate with both executives and technical teams highlights his expertise in balancing budgets, personnel, compliance, and real-world security measures.

Currently serving as the CTO at ProCircular, Inc., Brandon leads a distinguished team of cybersecurity experts. Under his leadership, red, blue, and purple teams rigorously test and fortify organizational security from every angle. By aggressively tracking cybersecurity practices and emerging threats, he fosters continuous improvement in both his team and his approach, consistently delivering unmatched quality of service. Brandon’s commitment to fostering an environment of excellence solidifies his reputation as a leader in the cybersecurity industry.

Theresa Lanowitz is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, former Gartner analyst, and former Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist with AT&T Cybersecurity and LevelBlue.

She is the creator of Executive-led Growth, a strategy that emphasizes the importance of business understanding in the cybersecurity market.

With a distinguished career in the technology industry, Theresa has held influential roles at companies including Gartner, Borland, Taligent, and Sun Microsystems, significantly impacting application security and emerging technologies.

Theresa is a globally respected leader known for her deep and diverse experience in cybersecurity. She frequently speaks at major industry conferences, including RSA and Black Hat sharing her insights on market trends, AI integration, and the evolving threat landscape. She’s been published in Forbes, Dark Reading, SC Media, ISMG, InformationWeek, and more, with her contributions reflecting a deep commitment to advancing cybersecurity practices and fostering innovation within the industry.

Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

With over 25 years of organizational and leadership experience, Lynn is a prominent advocate for bridging the critical cybersecurity workforce gap through active involvement in grant-funded programs and nonprofits. Under her leadership, WiCyS has emerged as a leading example of how a collaborative multi-organizational approach can strengthen the cybersecurity workforce through initiatives, training programs, partnerships, and recruitment efforts. Passionate about leveraging diverse mindsets, skill sets and perspectives, Lynn has been recognized for her work in improving the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in cybersecurity.

Boaz Barzel is currently an Technical Evangelist and Director of Enablement at OX Security, a position he has held since April 2023. Prior to this, he led the Sales Enablement team at Cato Networks, where he built the function from scratch and significantly drove revenue growth. From 2011 to 2021, Boaz held various roles at Check Point Software Technologies, advancing from QA Engineer to QA Team Manager, and later becoming a Threat Prevention Solutions Expert and Cyber Security Products Expert/Architect. He began his career as a Combat Officer in the IDF’s Nachal Brigade. Boaz holds dual B.A. degrees in East Asian Studies and Sociology and Anthropology from Tel Aviv University and has numerous professional certifications from LinkedIn and Check Point Software Technologies.

Kiwi/US experienced operational and executive leader, board director and advisor, technology and cybersecurity subject matter expert.

Justine is an active member of the cybersecurity community and serves as a subject matter expert on technical and non-technical security issues. She can evaluate and recommend security standards and solutions and has extensive experience using and evaluating security and IT technologies, including security assessment technologies, corporate IT systems, enterprise and product data management, network infrastructure, embedded systems/IoT, Cloud, SaaS and on-prem infrastructure.

Ed Skoudis has taught over 40,000 security professionals globally in penetration testing and incident handling. Ed currently serves as the President of the SANS Technology Institute college, supporting over 2,500 students earning their master’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and cyber security certificates. Ed is consistently one of the first authorities brought in to provide post-attack analysis on major breaches. Ed is also the founder of the SANS Penetration Testing Curriculum, the CEO and founder of the Counter Hack penetration testing firm, and the leader of the team that builds SANS NetWars and the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. Ed is a keynote speaker and an Advisory Board member for RSA Conference. He is also on the board of directors for a community bank, a charity, and another college.

Rakesh Nair is the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product at Devo, where he oversees the company’s research and development efforts. With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Rakesh brings a wealth of expertise to his role. He was the co-founder and CEO of Kognos, an autonomous cyber threat hunting platform that Devo acquired in 2022.