Quantum Readiness & Zero Trust: Strategies to Strengthen Digital Resilience – Amit Sinha, Chris Hickman, Albert Estevez Polo, Jordan Avnaim – BSW #397

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Dr. Amit Sinha is CEO of DigiCert. Prior to DigiCert, Dr. Sinha was President of Zscaler. During his 12-year tenure, Zscaler grew from a startup to a NASDAQ-100 company and established itself as a dominant leader in enterprise security. Dr. Sinha is an independent Board Member at Zscaler and at DataRobot, an AI cloud platform company, and an advisor to several startups.

Prior to Zscaler, Dr. Sinha served as CTO for Motorola’s Enterprise Networking and Communications business, delivering Wi-Fi solutions. He was the CTO of AirDefense, a market leader in the wireless security space, leading to its successful acquisition by Motorola in 2008. Prior to AirDefense, Dr. Sinha served as Co-Founder and Chief Technologist at Engim, a Wi-Fi semiconductor company.

Dr. Sinha earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the President of India Gold Medal. He has authored over 25 journal/conference papers, contributed to 3 books, and is the inventor of 39 U.S. patents granted or pending.

Chris Hickman is the chief security officer at Keyfactor, a leading provider of secure digital identity management solutions. As a member of the senior management team, Chris is responsible for establishing and maintaining Keyfactor’s leadership position as a world-class technical organization with deep security industry expertise. He leads client success initiatives and helps integrate the voice of the customer directly into Keyfactor’s platform and capability set.

Albert has 25 years of experience and a track record of being at the forefront of technological innovation, including expertise in quantum computing, zero trust, and microsegmentation strategies. Before joining Palo Alto Networks in 2011, he developed the first migration tool, which would later evolve into what is now known as Expedition, a key resource in the industry for firewall migration and optimization.

Jordan Avnaim serves as Entrust’s CISO. With more than 20 years of experience leading information security functions and influencing change and enterprise digital transformation, Jordan is helping scale and mature Entrust’s information security program for both corporate and commercial portfolios. Prior to Entrust, Avnaim worked for The Capital Group Companies, where he was responsible for leading various information security, technology risk and technology audit functions over his tenure. Previously at Deloitte & Touche, Avnaim led delivery of specialized security and risk consultative services to C-suite executives and clients across the globe.

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