Aaron Hughes
CISO, Albertsons Companies
Former VP, Information Security and Deputy CISO, Capital One
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CISO, Albertsons Companies
Former VP, Information Security and Deputy CISO, Capital One
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
CSO, Wiz
Former CSO, Aon
Global Chief Underwriter, AXA XL
Former CEO and Co-Founder, Converge
Co-Founder & GP, Ballistic Ventures
Former President, AT&T Cybersecurity
CFO, Progenco
Former VP, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co
CISO, Cybersecurity & IT Compliance, SCE
Former Exec Dir Threat & Intel, Southern Company
CFO, GitLab
Former CFO, Sisense
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
Distinguishing Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University
Former Deputy Commander, US Cyber Command
CTO at Blockdaemon
Former Engineering Leader at Apple
CEO, Carahsoft
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Gula Tech Adventures
Former VP of Operations, Tenable
CMO, Katalon
Former CMO, Linux Foundation
EVP & CISO, PROG Holdings
Former Global CISO, Cummins; Former MD Global Cyber Security Leader, United Airlines
CEO & Co-founder, Concourse Labs
Former President & COO, Vapor.io; Former Technology Division Partner, Goldman Sachs
CISO, Blue Shield of California
Former CISO, Robert Half
CEO, TAG Cyber
Former SVP and CSO, AT&T
Chief Trust Officer, SAP
Former Global Information Security Executive, Bank of America
Advisor, Board Member
Former Strategy and Growth Leader - Americas Technology Consulting, EY
CTO, Second Front Systems
Co-Founder, DIUx and USAF Kessel Run Program
Senior Vice President, Mandiant
Former SES – Office of Private Sector, FBI
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Former Lead Policy Analyst, MITRE
Managing Director, Synapse Partners
Former Managing Director, Trident Capital
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
CEO, Generation Capital
Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital
Former CEO, Symantec
Managing Partner, OSG Consulting
Former CEO, Arturo; Former Strategic Advisor, U.S. DHS & DoD
Former AI Security, Privacy and Data Residency Architect and CTO M365 Security & Compliance, Microsoft
Chairman, Texas Department of Transportation
CEO, Southwest Bancshares Inc.
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
Former Strategy Practice & Technology Sector Leader, The Chertoff Group
CEO, Sophos
Former President of Technology, Sophos and CTO, Blue Coat Systems (Symantec)
Former CEO, HyTrust
Former CEO, TriCipher
CEO, Redhorse Corporation
Former CIO, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
CMO, runZero
Former CMO, Bishop Fox
President of Services and COO, Cyderes
Former SVP & GM of Cyber Protection & Identity, Optiv
CTO, Constella Intelligence
Former CTO, AlienVault
Partner, YL Ventures
Former CSO, Unity Technologies; Former CSO, SAP
Chief Technology Officer, Forescout
Former CTO & Co-Founder, Cysiv (acq. by Forescout)
Co-CEO, IronNet
Former Director, NSA & Commander, U.S. Cyber Command
Former CFO, Yahoo
Former CFO, Fortinet
CEO, Fortinet
Former CEO, NetScreen Technologies
GP, Ballistic Ventures
Former Founder and CEO, Mandiant/FireEye (Google Cloud)
President, Lighthouse Strategies
Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Managing Partner, 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 CISO, Johnson & Johnson
President, NetDiligence®
Formerly of CIGNA
Principal Partner, Reisende Partners
Former VP Global Identity Sales & Ops, Sun Microsystems
Principal, Hyatt Family Office
Former CEO, BlueCat
Chief Security and Intelligence Officer, Telefonica
Former Senior Intelligence Officer, CNI Spain
Board Director, Constella Intelligence
Former Chairman of the Board, MITRE; Former Chairman, U.S. House Intelligence Committee
Former Vice Chairman, Booz Allen Hamilton; Former Director, NSA
Founder and CEO, Apogee Executive Advisors
Former Global CISO, Comcast
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
President & GM, Blue Prism
Former SVP of Public Sector, Cisco
Founder & Principal Consultant, Idenovate
Former COO and Co-Founder, Remediant
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Westcon; Former CEO, Afina
Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Co-Founder, With Honor and Second Front Systems
Former Major, US Marine Corps
CISO, Boeing
Former CISO, SAP
CEO, Candr
Former CTO, BlueCat
Operating Partner & Advisor, Elsewhere Partners
Former CEO, ActivTrak; Former CMO, AlienVault
CEO, Beckstrom
Former CEO, ICANN; Former Director of National Cybersecurity Center, U.S. DHS
GP, Ballistic Ventures
Former VP of Product & Technology, AT&T Cybersecurity
President & Co-Founder, Gula Tech Ventures
Former Co-founder & CEO, Tenable
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, Chief Information Security Officer, 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
Former Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury
President and CEO, Mountain Crest Consulting and Advisor, Touchstone Futures
Former CEO, [redacted]
EVP & CSO, SAP
Former EVP & CISO, Thomson Reuters
VP, Autonomy, Boeing
Former VP, Combat Systems, Lockheed Martin
Co-Founder and CEO, anetac
Former CEO, vArmour
Founder and Former CEO, Attivo Networks – a SentinelOne Company
GM, Microsoft Federal
Former USMC Fighter Pilot (F/A-18 WSO (Ret.))
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