Chief Security Officer, Traceable

Rick Davis is a freelance writer that specializes in cybersecurity and his mission is to spread online security awareness. In his free time, he enjoys long hikes with his dog and a great glass of Chianti.

Rishi Baviskar is Global Head Cyber Risk Consulting for corporate insurer Allianz Commercial based in London.

Robert is Cyber Security Product Director at Six Degrees. He is responsible for providing strategic guidance and planning across Six Degrees’ entire cyber security portfolio, ensuring product success by championing cyber security product development while assuring clear understanding of complex products for clients.
With over 25 years of experience in the technical infrastructure, technical audit and cyber security products and services fields, Robert’s cyber security credentials include PMI, PRINCE2 and hybrid project management, CISSP, and ITIL.
Robert can deliver complex cyber security solutions to a wide audience, explaining in terms that suit multiple levels of understanding. He applies this ability to a number of thought leadership activities, spreading cyber awareness both inside and outside Six Degrees.

Subject matter expert on mobile/wireless/radio security, intrusion detection and machine learning applied to anomaly detection. Corporate strategy and technology leadership on network security architecture, mobile application and system security, access management and BlueTeam/RedTeam/PurpleTeam. Applied research on machine learning applied to intrusion and anomaly detection in corporate computer networks. Security and technology leadership in architecture design/test of corporate, customer and consumer mobile application tools. Research and development of new security systems and architectures to enhance the security of next-gen biometrics and two-factor authentication devices.

Security researcher and subject matter expert on security of mobile LTE and 5G networks, and wireless short-range networks (Bluetooth, 802.11, ZigBee, LoRa). Implementation and test of advanced LTE protocol exploits and LTE rogue base station prototypes. Leadership and expert advice on wireless security, LTE and 5G mobile network security to academia and government agencies.

Roland Atoui, ETSI member

Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville. He is the founding and current director of the Cyber Security Lab and an author of many books including Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approach. Yampolskiy is a Senior member of IEEE and AGI; Member of Kentucky Academy of Science, and Research Advisor for MIRI and Associate of GCRI.

Dr. Yampolskiy’s main areas of interest are AI Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral Biometrics, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Games, Genetic Algorithms, and Pattern Recognition. Dr. Yampolskiy is an author of over 100 publications including multiple journal articles and books.

Ross Moore is the Cyber Security Support Analyst with Passageways. He was Co-lead on SOC 2 Type 1 implementation and Lead on SOC 2 Type 2 implementation, facilitated the company’s BCP/DR TTX, and is a HIPAA Security Officer. Over the course of his 20 year IT career, Ross has served in a variety of operations and infosec roles for companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, business insurance, and technology sectors. He holds (ISC)2’s SSCP and CompTIA’s Security + certifications, a B.S. in Cyber Security and Information Assurance from WGU, and a B.A. in Bible/Counseling from Johnson University. He is also a regular writer at Bora.

Saber Jafarizadeh received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical & Information Engineering at the University of Sydney in 2015. He is currently a research scientist at the Innovation and Advanced Research Department (the R&D organization of Rakuten Mobile) and an adjunct fellow at the University of New South Wales. His research interests lie in the fields of distributed systems and control and networking, with emphasis on distributed optimization.

Samantha Humphries, Head of Security Strategy EMEA atExabeam
Samantha has been happily entrenched in the cybersecurity industry for over 20 years. During this time she has helped hundreds of organisations of all shapes, sizes, and geographies recover and learn from cyberattacks, defined strategy for pioneering security products and technologies, and is a regular speaker at security conferences around the world. In her current regeneration, Sam is part of the security strategy team at Exabeam. She authors articles and blogs for various security publications, has a strong passion for mentoring, and often volunteers at community events, including BSides, The Diana Initiative, and Blue Team Village (DEFCON).

A 5G Security Architecture Specialist with management experience. Skilled in 5G mobile networktechnology, IP creation and management, standards, and applied research in the field of security.Strong verbal skills and eager to learn.

Scott Cadzow, Vice Chair of ETSI Encrypted Traffic Integration Industry Specification Group, participant to ETSI Technical Committee CYBER.

Sharon Mantin is the Founder & CEO of imVision an API Security company. imVision’s solution, API Anomaly Management Platform (AMP) uses Machine Learning and NLP to protect against API specific attacks by automatically learning the API Business logic behavioral patterns and enforcing them.

Shimon is a cyber security expert with experience in research and operations, both offensive and defensive. Prior to joining Deep Instinct in 2016 Shimon served for 14 years as an officer in the IDF’s elite cyber unit 8200. Shimon’s background includes a wide range of cyber security and research positions, where he managed multifunctional teams of hackers, researchers and engineers. Shimon led the development of new methods and tools for the analysis of cyber-campaigns, as well as a series of innovative cyber intelligence collection capabilities. Over the years Shimon has worked extensively with a variety of industry, defense and intelligence partners and agencies in North America and Europe. He is a recipient of the President of Israel Award for Outstanding Military Service, holds a B.Sc (Magna Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering from Ben Gurion University and MBA (Cum Laude) in Finance and Accounting from Tel Aviv University.

Shreyans Mehta is an innovator in network security and holds several patents in the field. Before co-founding Cequence Security, he was Architect and Technical Director at Symantec, where he led the development of advanced network security platforms and intrusion prevention technologies based on real-time packet inspection and cloud-based big data analytics. Prior to Symantec, Shreyans held senior software engineering roles at VPN Dynamics, Microsoft, and Wipro Limited.

Siegfried Lafon (Sieg) is a Security Senior Manager in Accenture Security Technology Consulting, based in Australia, with over15 years of extensive experience in the Security field. Sieg is a well-recognised Solution architect with a wide technical level of knowledge across different security domains (IAM, Cloud, Application Security, Information Security policies and processes, Strategy and Cyber Defence) and is passionate about futuristic technologies, innovation and ideas. He loves probabilities, chess, surfing, camping and is an advocate for X-cultural diversity.

Experienced Internal Auditor with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry. Skilled in Cybersecurity, IT Strategy, Project Portfolio Management, Business Intelligence, Risk Management, and Business Process Improvement. Strong information technology professional with a Doctor of Engineering – D.Eng degree focused in Cybersecurity Analytics.

Stefanie Shank. Having spent her career in various capacities and industries under the “high tech” umbrella, Stefanie is passionate about the trends, challenges, solutions, and stories of existing and emerging technologies. A storyteller at heart, she considers herself one of the lucky ones: someone who gets to make a living doing what she loves. Stefanie is a regular writer at Bora.