Security is everyone's problem, forging close partnerships between developers, DevOps, and AppSec teams is critical. Ops must create pipelines that let developers work at the speed of serverless and still deploy applications in a realistic and secure way.
AS we begin 2021, many financial services companies are turning their attention to planning for the future - this means adapting to a hybrid workforce and a much greater reliance on cloud for operational efficiencies. While the transition is well underway for many organizations, the journey is fraught with challenges ...
Today more than ever, financial intuitions are looking for the flexibility of a fully automated platform that validates security efficiency with a click of a button. Security teams are met with an unfair challenge, the attack surface continues to grow and the number of attacks increases yet no matter how many security ...
Knowing what you have is the critical starting point for any security footprint, but do you really know about everything in your environment? First and foremost on any CISO's mind, is to understand where all their risks are coming from. And for security personnel in financial services, those risks need to be balanced ...
Selim Aissi is a respected, veteran CISO who has deep experience in technology, management and financial services. In this exclusive fireside chat, he opens up on a range of hot topics, including
The security challenges of multicloud environments
How to defend against new DDoS and ransomware variants and ...
Web and mobile apps now represent the single most lucrative set of targets for cybercriminals - which means that application security has never been more important. Together, our combined F5 and Shape Security solutions deliver a comprehensive application security stack that marries best-in-class defenses with the ...
Financial services organizations are experiencing a culture shift as they respond to consumer demand for improved experiences delivered when and how they want them. Building applications and migrating regulated workloads to the cloud offers an attractive way to speed innovation, reduce time to market, and increase ...
2020 was a volatile year in the marketplace, and 2021 promises more of the same, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the news. But what often gets overlooked in the mix - even by those who know better - is cybersecurity. In this session, Joe Martinez, a veteran CISO with M&A experience, discusses:
How to ...
Join Forcepoint's Global Security Strategist Homayun Yaqub for a candid discussion on addressing financial services' security challenges today where viewing cyber risk as an information-technology issue will only continue to fall short. And the modern cyber path forward requires cyber integrated into the corporate ...
It is no longer a question of "if" financial institutions and cyber security organizations are exposed to cryptocurrency - it is now, "how." The question then becomes how to build a risk-based approach to engage responsibly, identify and mitigate risks, and investigate financial crime with a crypto nexus.
Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions are great enablers for organizations, but managing IAM across multiple entities that are ever expanding in capability and use? Big challenges. But here's an opportunity to re-do enterprise IAM. Join Tom Malta of Navy Federal Credit Union for insight on:
Today's modern applications are made up of a significant percentage of open source libraries, components, and packages. As a result, organizations must recognize, accept, and oversee how and where open source is used in the products and services delivered to their customer base.
Although organizations acknowledge a ...
2021: It's the big global reset. Business offices are likely to reopen, but much of the corporate world still prefers some work-from-home flexibility. Are you ready to secure this hybrid workforce? Do you have the visibility, tools, and skills to protect employees and critical assets, while enabling secure ...
Nestled deep in most networks is such a popular destination for attackers that network security, endpoint security, and cloud security vendors make it their prime directive to catch bad activities before attackers reach this enticing target. The place all attacks seem to be worming their way toward is Active ...
The IRS Criminal Investigation Cyber Crimes Unit is waging a battle against the use of cryptocurrency for financing terrorists and other money-laundering activities. Agents Chris Janczewski and Jon Gebhart describe recent cryptocurrency-related takedowns.
In this Exclusive Interview agents Janczewski ...
Mark has over 20 years' experience in IT security and has helped design and support some of the largest security environments in the country. As Head of Engineering for the US East at Check Point Software, Mark provides thought leadership for the IT security industry outlining the current threat landscape and helping organizations understand how they can pro-actively mitigate and manage risk.
Crew is Director, Industry Solutions at Gigamon. He brings a 30 year background in all aspects of enterprise IT to his role at Gigamon where he focuses on a number of initiatives and products including Gigamon's Application Visibility and Intelligence solutions.
Ahmed is a multi-disciplinary Technology Risk professional. He brings expertise in the areas of; risk management (operational/IT/enterprise), cyber security, business process improvement, internal audit (IT and financial), creating financial tools, and technology implementation. He has substantial experience applying technical knowledge to complex business issues and presenting well developed findings and recommendations to executive management.
As Vice President of Product Marketing, Chris is responsible for Armis' product marketing strategy and vision. He is a seasoned product and business development executive leading teams through development and marketing of exceptional products and cutting-edge technologies across enterprise and consumer market segments. Prior to Armis, Chris held executive management roles in product management, product marketing and business development at MobileIron, Cisco, Nokia, Ipsilon Networks and Kalpana. Chris' journey to Silicon Valley started after leaving college early to pursue his passion for building great products.
Rob Roj, Senior Solutions Architect at Shape Security, has over 20 years of early stage start up experience with over 7 years within the Cybersecurity and Identity space. He has been with Shape when there were only three customers and has consulted with F500 companies
Chris is the VP of Cloud Security Sales for Rapid7, where he combines his technical background and cloud technology expertise with his love of sales and marketing. Chris leads a team of solution architects, marketing, and sales professionals who partner with customers to deeply understand their goals and challenges, and provide the education, insights, and solutions they need to run cloud and container environments securely and compliantly.
Chris served as DivvyCloud's Chief Revenue Officer prior to Rapid7's 2020 acquisition. Prior to his leadership position at DivvyCloud, Chris was founder and CEO of New Signature, a systems integrator, and managed service provider. Under his leadership, New Signature helped hundreds of companies adopt and operate Microsoft Azure and Office 365, achieved 12 years of consecutive double-digit revenue growth, and won more than 120 awards, including being named twice as Microsoft's United States Partner of the Year
Since leaving GE in 2017, Thomas has dedicated his efforts to helping companies and technologists by sharing his in-depth expertise and insights related to large scale enterprise adoption, application migration and management of cloud technologies.
Homayun Yaqub is Forcepoint's Global Security Strategist. In this role, he partners with executives across various industries to architect and deliver tenable strategies addressing core business issues to reduce risk exposure and better protect their data and people assets. Homayun brings more than 25 years of security experience in the U.S. military, government, and private sector to Forcepoint.
Prior to joining, Homayun led multiple security initiatives at JPMorgan Chase & Company. As an independent consultant, Homayun advised Global 1000 companies on strategies to better manage risk and enhance their security posture. He was also a founding member of The MASY Group, a global security and risk consulting firm.
Homayun held multiple leadership and executive roles in the Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community with his last role serving as the DCS Deputy Director at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Homayun began his career as a U.S. Army Officer.
Homayun holds a Masters in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, and a Bachelors in International Business rom James Madison University. He is a board member of the Homaira Rahman Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating sustainable opportunities for Afghanistan's orphans.
Jackie Burns Koven is a Solutions Architect at Chainalysis where she works with law enforcement, financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and cybersecurity companies. Prior to joining Chainalysis, she served in the U.S. Intelligence Community. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University where she was a Research Fellow for Technology & Public Policy.
Don Spies is the Director of Market Development for Chainalysis where he provides solutions for cryptocurrency businesses, financial institutions, and government agencies. He joined Chainalysis in September 2020 and works with federal agencies numerous cryptocurrency topics.
Prior to this role, Don held roles at The U.S. Department of the Treasury as the lead for the Cyber Information Group (CIG) in the Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) and as the Director of The Intelligence Operations Center (IOC) in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Don spent 13 years as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves as both an Enlisted Soldier and as an Officer, deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2011-2012. Don has a Bachelor's Degree in Cartography/GIS from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Master of Strategic Intelligence from The American Military University, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University.
Head of Identity and Access Management, Navy Federal Credit Union
Tom Malta's extensive career in Financial Services Technology and Cyber Security started 25+ years ago as a hands-on developer building and supporting front office trading systems for many of the top Wall St. Brokerages and Investment Banks. Shortly after moving to Goldman Sachs in 2000, he landed in Cyber Security and has been there ever since focused on building and executing Global Cyber Security Solutions. Over the past 20+ years he's led many successful IAM Programs utilizing custom build as well as off the shelf technology supporting internal, external, customer, and 3rd party/cloud identities alike.
Tom is currently the Head of IAM at Navy Federal Credit Union where he is responsible for design, development, and execution of cyber technology solutions to support the overall IAM Strategy. The team is currently focused on the firm's transformation of both workforce and member (aka customer IAM) to drive more automation, agile development, and improve the effectiveness of existing IAM and Cyber Security Controls.
As a recognized Subject Matter Expert in IAM, Tom spends a lot of his time giving back to the industry through board representations, speaking engagements, and contributing to research papers. His passion for the space is unparalleled, and enjoys staying current with emerging technologies such as biometrics, AI, ML, and next generation customer authentication solutions such as blockchain.
Prior to Navy Federal, Tom held similar Managing Director / Executive IT roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNYMellon, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Synchrony Financial, and Brown Brothers Harriman. Mr. Malta is also a Board Member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance, an active participant of various IAM Customer Advisory Board's, and a distinguished Ponemon Fellow
James Brotsos serves as a Product Manager, Developer Experience at Checkmarx. With over 15 years of software development experience, James has previously held roles at large organizations including NASA, where he wrote source code for the real-time operating system that powers the Mars Curiosity Rover.
James has a particular passion for architecting automated solutions that are effective in driving security measures for DevOps organizations, helping them achieve their DevSecOps goals. In his spare time, he volunteers mentoring computer science high school students in San Francisco, running the Checkmarx User Group, and participating in hackathons.
Gary Sorrentino currently serves as Global Deputy CIO for Zoom Video
Communications. A former Managing Director for J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth
Management, Gary was the Global Head of Client Cyber Awareness and
For over 12 years, Gary was the Chief Technology Officer for J.P. Morgan AWM's
global technology infrastructure initiatives, where he managed its Data Privacy
program and was responsible for Infrastructure, Application and End User
Technology Production Support. In 2014, he assumed a new role as the lead for
their Cybersecurity efforts and developed a firm wide "Protect the Client" Cyber
program designed to raise cybersecurity awareness among employees and clients.
With almost 40 years of experience in Information Technology, Gary has served in
various other IT leadership positions in firms across the financial services industry.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2005, Gary was Head of Global Infrastructure and
Head of Technology Efficiencies at Citi Private Bank, where he was responsible for
Global Infrastructure Support and strategic technology initiatives. Other roles he
has held include Global Technology CFO at Credit Suisse and North America IT
Controller at UBS
Steve Hunt is a senior analyst on Aite Group's Cybersecurity team. A speaker, advisor, and most of all a teacher, Mr. Hunt has been a strategic advisor to worldwide leaders of business and government. He has assisted more than 400 global organizations to optimize success in IT, security, and leadership, and his primary goals are to identify major opportunities that can either dramatically reduce costs or generate new income streams in the shortest possible time.
Mr. Hunt has appeared as an analyst on CNBC, Fox News, CNN, and other news programs. His analysis has appeared in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Businessweek, and other global publications. Mr. Hunt was inducted into the Cyber Security Industry Hall of Fame and founded the Communities of Excellence, and CSO Magazine presented him with the "Industry Visionary" Compass Award. He has earned CPP and CISSP certifications, attended Elizabethtown College, and was a graduate fellow at the University of Chicago. Mr. Hunt's diverse background lends a fresh perspective on business and society.