Everyone’s a Builder Now: Securing the AI-Powered Enterprise – Gil Geron – BH26 #2
Gil Geron is CEO & Co-founder of Orca Security. Gil has more than 20 years of experience leading and delivering cybersecurity products. Previous to his role as CEO, Gil was chief product officer from the inception of Orca. He’s passionate about customer satisfaction and has worked closely with customers to ensure they are able to thrive securely in the cloud. Gil is committed to providing seamless cybersecurity solutions without compromising on efficiency. Prior to co-founding Orca Security, Gil directed a large team of cyber professionals at Check Point Software Technologies.
After Mythos: Securing Frontier AI as Attack and Defense Accelerate – Sean Murphy – BH26 #2
Dr. Sean Murphy is an accomplished cybersecurity executive with more than 20 years’ experience leading information security and risk management in highly regulated industries and fast-paced organizations in the military, healthcare, and financial services space. A 5X former CISO, he has had a wide range of responsibilities for providing and optimizing enterprise-wide security program and architecture that minimizes risk, enables business imperatives, and further strengthens the trust customers have in his organizations.
Sean retired from the U.S. Air Force (Medical Service Corps) after achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Sean has a Ph.D. in Information Security from Northwestern University, a master’s degree in business administration (advanced IT concentration) from the University of South Florida, a master’s degree in health services administration from Central Michigan University, and a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from the University of Maryland. He holds numerous industry-leading certifications, including NACD.DC, CCISO, CISSP, and ISSMP. He has served on many industry security boards and advisory groups. He is a sought-after speaker at a national level and the author of numerous industry whitepapers, articles, and educational materials. Dr Murphy is also an educator and is currently an adjunct professor at Central Washington University and over time, has held similar posts at several other colleges.
From Secrets to Verified Workload Identity—at Enterprise Scale – Ellen Boehm – BH26 #2
Ellen Boehm is the SVP, Strategy & AI Innovation at Keyfactor. Ellen leads strategy and market positioning to embed security solutions into emerging markets, including IoT, OT, and Agentic AI. Ellen is passionate about emerging technologies and helping customers establish strong security implementations for the lifecycle of their overall connected systems, as they adopt new technologies to grow their business success.
Ellen has 20+ years of experience leading go-to-market strategy and new product development with a focus on IoT and connected products in lighting controls, smart cities, connected buildings, and smart home technology. Ellen has held leadership roles in Product & Engineering at General Electric and Sky Technologies over her career.
The Evolving Exploitation of Trust – Josh Davies – BH26 #2
Josh Davies is a Principal Market Strategist at Fortra, where he helps shape the strategic direction of the company’s security portfolio and coordinates the activities of the Fortra Intelligence and Research Experts (FIRE) team. Drawing on a career that spans frontline security operations, incident response, threat hunting, solutions architecture, and product strategy, Josh combines practitioner experience with deep market intelligence to help organizations build effective, forward-looking security strategies. He regularly analyzes emerging threats, attacker techniques, and industry trends to inform both product innovation and customer security outcomes.
He is also the co-host of The Art of Security podcast, where he explores cybersecurity challenges, trends, and best practices with industry experts, helping security professionals navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape. Having worked directly with organizations ranging from mid-market businesses to large enterprises, Josh has helped architect security strategies that align technology, risk, and business objectives. Through his podcast, speaking engagements, and research, he is a strong advocate for intelligence-sharing, collaboration, and practical security approaches that enable organizations to stay ahead of an ever-evolving threat landscape.
Bugcrowd Launches Pathseeker: Flipping the Script on Traditional Pentesting – David Gerry – BH26 #2
Dave Gerry serves as Chief Executive Officer at Bugcrowd. Prior to Bugcrowd, Dave was the CRO and COO at WhiteHat Security, where he oversaw strategic planning and execution for global revenue growth, service delivery and customer-facing operations from 2017-2022. With over a decade of experience within the Cybersecurity industry, Dave possesses a keen understanding of industry developments within the fast-changing market and has held key business leadership positions within several cybersecurity companies such as WhiteHat Security, NTT, Veracode, Sumo Logic and The Herjavec Group. He holds an MBA from Suffolk University and a BA from Merrimack College.
Decoding Agentic: Securing the Data Layer AI Just Set on Fire – Ronan Murphy – BH26 #2
Ronan Murphy is the Chief Data Strategy Officer at Forcepoint. He is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience in the tech industry.
Ronan is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Smarttech247 Group Plc, a multi-award-winning managed cybersecurity company. Ronan is also the Co-founder of Getvisibility, one of the world’s leading AI data governance & security software companies.
Recognized for his expertise, Ronan has been honored with membership in the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council in Ireland. This council is composed of experts from various fields and is tasked with providing independent advice to the Irish government on AI policy.
