Life as a CISO in Hollywood: Keeping New Films Leak-Free & 4 Black Hat Interviews – Dan Meacham, John Hultquist, Ronan Murphy, Ellen Boehm, Frank Vukovits – ESW #474

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Guests
VP, Cyber and Content Security at Legendary

Dan Meacham is the Vice President of Cyber and Content Security at Legendary Entertainment – the studio behind blockbuster hits like Dune, Godzilla vs. Kong, Enola Holmes, The Hangover, and Interstellar. A recognized leader in cybersecurity, Dan has earned accolades including SC Media’s CSO of the Year (2021), ISE West Security Executive of the Year (2020), and the CSO50 Award (2020). He was also named Cyber Security Leader of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2014. His career spans law, healthcare, accounting, retail, media and entertainment, giving him a broad perspective on cyber risk. He continues to drive innovation in security frameworks, cloud strategy, and public-private collaboration as a trusted advisor across the cybersecurity, cloud, and media industries.

Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group at Google

John Hultquist is Chief Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, having come to Google through its acquisition of Mandiant. John has over 25 years of experience in intelligence and special operations, principally covering emerging threats in cyber espionage. His team found and first publicly exposed the Russian threat actor best known as Sandworm. John is the founder of CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON, and he teaches at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a veteran of the US Army.

Chief Data Strategy Officer at Forcepoint

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.

SVP, Strategy & AI Innovation at Keyfactor

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.

Chief Security Scientist at Delinea

Frank Vukovits is Chief Security Scientist at Delinea and a 30-year experienced auditor, security, and business software professional. As a user, Frank has implemented and managed numerous ERP projects and now combines his software, security, and audit knowledge in his role at Delinea and is a frequent speaker at user groups and audit events. Frank has held corporate IT audit roles, and he carries Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor designations. Previously he was also a CISSP. He has presented educational sessions publicly for the past two decades and has been on all sides of auditing, as a user, an auditor, and a vendor of audit and security software in his role currently at Delinea.

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