Aaron Hughes
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SVP & CISO, Albertsons Companies
Former VP, Information Security and Deputy CISO, Capital One
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SVP & CISO, Albertsons Companies
Former VP, Information Security and Deputy CISO, Capital One
EVP, Head of Digital Products & Former CISO, Fidelity Investments
Former CISO eCommerce & Deputy CISO, Walmart
Founder, Wuchner Securities GmbH
Former Group Head IT & Risk Governance, Credit Suisse
Deputy CISO, Hearst
Former CISO, 2U and CTO, Bayshore Networks
President & Chief Underwriting Officer, Avoca Risk
Former Global Chief Underwriter, AXA XL; Former CEO and Co-Founder, Converge
CSO, Wiz
Former CSO, Aon
Co-Founder & GP, Ballistic Ventures
Former President, AT&T Cybersecurity
COO & Partner, Advantary Capital Partners
Former CFO, Progenco; Former VP, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co
CFO, GitLab
Former CFO, Sisense
CSO & VP, Cybersecurity & IT Compliance, SCE
Former Exec Dir Threat & Intel, Southern Company
Principle, Cybersecurity Services, KPMG
Former Global CISO, KPMG
Founder & President, CEA-Advisory
Former CIO, The Hershey Company
CEO, Marticulate
Former Chief Security Advocate & CMO, Attivo Networks – a SentinelOne Company
Former SVP of Business and Corporate Development, Palo Alto Networks
Group VP, 5G & Telco, Juniper Networks
Former VP & CTO, Telco/NFV, VmWare
CEO, Carahsoft
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Gula Tech Adventures
Former VP of Operations, Tenable
CMO, Katalon
Former CMO, Linux Foundation
EVP & Global CISO, PROG Holdings
Former Global CISO, Cummins; Former MD Global Cyber Security Leader, United Airlines
Public Cloud Strategy Lead, Fortinet
Former CEO & Co-Founder, Concourse Labs (acq. Fortinet); President & COO, Vapor.io; Technology Division Partner, Goldman Sachs
CISO, IberoLatam, Allianz
Former Enterprise Risk Partner, Swift
CISO, Blue Shield of California
Former CISO, Robert Half
Founder, TrustGuard AI
Former Chief Trust Officer, SAP and Global Information Security Executive, Bank of America
Advisor, Board Member
Former Strategy and Growth Leader - Americas Technology Consulting, EY
Chief Strategy Officer and Former CTO, Second Front Systems
Former Co-Founder, DIUx and USAF Kessel Run Program
SeniSVP, Mandiant; Senior Executive - Cybersecurity and Enterprise Readiness, OCISO, Googleor Executive & OCISO, Google; Senior Vice President, Mandiant
Former SES – Office of Private Sector, FBI
Founder & Managing Director, Synapse Partners
Former Managing Director, Trident Capital
COO & Co-Founder, AlertD
Fractional CMO, former GTM advisor to BehavioSec (acq. by LexisNexis Risk Solutions/RELX) and Mojo executive
Global CISO, AIG
Former Advisor, TAG Cyber and SVP & Chief Security Officer, USAA
Co-CEO, IronNet
Former Director, NSA & Commander, U.S. Cyber Command
CEO, Generation Capital
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital
Former CEO & President, Symantec
Managing Partner, OSG Consulting; Executive Chairman, National Security Center
Former CEO, Arturo; Former Strategic Advisor, U.S. DHS & DoD
Global CISO, Santander
Former Global CISO, Dufry Group; Head of Security Consultancy, Architecture and Design, Aviva; Senior Consultant, Deloitte
Co-founder & Sr. Managing Partner, Inventity & Sr. Advisor, Ballistic Ventures
Former AI Security, Privacy and Data Residency Architect and CTO M365 Security & Compliance, Microsoft
President, Pony Rose Holdings
Former SVP & GM of Network Services Business Unit, Cisco; Former CEO, Neohapsis
Global & U.S. Chief Information Technology Officer, PwC
Former Group CISO, Zurich Insurance Group
Former CEO, Indra Sistemas
CFO, Hackerone
Former VP of Strategic Finance, Treasury, and Investor Relations, Cloudflare
Global CISO, Jefferies
Former America’s CISO, Jefferies
Managing Partner, Cynergy Partners; Board Member, Lumos
Former Strategy Practice & Technology Sector Leader, The Chertoff Group
CEO, Sophos
Former President of Technology, Sophos and CTO, Blue Coat Systems (Symantec)
Chair of the Board of Directors, ISACA
Former CEO, HyTrust; Former CEO, TriCipher
Founder & CEO, Mirtillo Consulting LLC; Independent Board Member & Former CEO, Redhorse Corporation
Former CIO, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
CMO & COO, runZero
Former CMO, Bishop Fox
Founder, Board Member, CIO & Former CTO, Constella Intelligence
Former CTO, AlienVault
Partner, YL Ventures
Former CSO, Unity Technologies; Former CSO, SAP
Former CFO, Yahoo
Former CFO, Fortinet
CEO, Fortinet
Former CEO, NetScreen Technologies
CEO, Mandiant; Co-Founder & Strategic Partner, Ballistic Ventures
Former Founder, Mandiant/FireEye (Google Cloud)
President, Lighthouse Strategies
Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Principal to Principal
Former CEO, Aspen Healthcare
Founder & CEO, OIC Advisors
Former VP Strategy & Operations, Cisco and Neohapsis
Board Member, SPHERE, Lutron Eletronics
Board Member, SPHERE, Lutron Eletronics; Former Global CISO, Johnson & Johnson
President, NetDiligence®
Formerly of CIGNA
Principal Partner, Reisende Partners
Former VP Global Identity Sales & Ops, Sun Microsystems
Chief Security and Intelligence Officer, Telefonica
Former Senior Intelligence Officer, CNI Spain
Founder and CEO, Apogee Executive Advisors
Former Global CISO, Comcast
CEO, Check Point Software
Former Managing Partner, Team8; Former Commander, Unit 8200
Chief Architect – Behavioral Biometrics, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Former CEO, BehavioSec (acq. by LexisNexis Risk Solutions/RELX)
Founder, vCSO - Cybersecurity Executive Advisory
Former CISO, Silicon Valley Bank; Former Manager, Deloitte
Global CISO, JPMorgan Chase
Former Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Cloudflare Geo Vice President, Americas
Former President & GM, Blue Prism; SVP, Cisco
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Westcon; Former CEO, Afina
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, With Honor and Second Front Systems
Former Major, US Marine Corps
CSO & Former CISO, Boeing
Former CISO, SAP
Principal, Candr; Board Member, Data Stealth.io
Former CEO & Founder, Candr; Former CTO & Co-Founder, BlueCat
Operating Partner & Advisor, Elsewhere Partners
Former CEO, ActivTrak; Former CMO, AlienVault
Co-Founder & GP, Ballistic Ventures
Former VP of Product & Technology, AT&T Cybersecurity
President & Co-Founder, Gula Tech Ventures
Former Co-founder & CEO, Tenable
Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Technology Operational Risks & Intelligence, BNP Paribas
Former Board Member, F5 Networks, Sumo Logic, and Qualys
Former Director, ArcSight
Director, DCNC Sciences
Former CISO, BBVA
Founder & Managing Partner, Security Leadership Capital
Former CEO, Voltage
Former Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital
Former Director of Venture Investments, Intel Capital
Serial Entrepreneur
Former Co-founder & CTO; Skyhigh Networks (acq McAfee), Securent & Confluent Software
SVP & CISO, PayPal
Former VP, CISO, Freddie Mac; Former CISO, Discover Financial Services
Co-Founder & CTO, Knostic
Former CISO and Head of Research at JupiterOne; Former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America
Board Member, Cloudflare, DoorDash, Guardent Health, Medallia, and Snap
Former COO, TCV
CEO, Global Holdings
Former SVP & GM, Aon
President, Oplnet LLC
Former VP of CODEX at Raytheon, EVP of Technology at In-Q-Tel, and Director of Signals Intelligence, NSA
EVP & GCISO, UnitedHealth Group
Former CISO & CSO - SAP, GE, Fidelity Investments, Thomson Reuters, Northrop Grumman
President and CEO, Mountain Crest Consulting and Advisor, Touchstone Futures
Former CEO, [redacted]
Co-Founder, EAIGG: Ethical AI Governance Group
Founder and Former CEO, Attivo Networks – a SentinelOne Company
Managing General Partner, Global Forward Capital
Former CEO, Forescout; Former President, Trend Micro
CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Former CISO, Jack and Henry Associates