Speakers

Sneha Parmar, ISO, Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar

Sneha Parmar took on the role of ISO at Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar in June 2024. Prior to this, she was at Adidas, where she joined in 2018 in Cyber Defense and advanced through various roles to become Director of Global Information Security. She has also held cybersecurity positions at Cognizant and IBM.

Chuks Ojeme, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Brenntag

Chuks has over 15 years of experience in balancing agility with governance while building innovation, people, processes, and a technology-focused digital security ecosystem. He is engaged in providing transformation and strategic leadership in managing information security risks with regard to adaptive and proactive threat intelligence insights, risk appetite/tolerance... adaption, technical and organizational countermeasures as the enterprise’s digital boundaries become blurred. more

Meri Roboci, AI Security Strategist, DWS Group

Meri Roboci is an AI Security Strategist at DWS Group in Frankfurt, where she specializes in bridging the gap between innovation, cybersecurity, and business. With a strong focus on the evolving landscape of the (gen)AI, Meri specializes in navigating the challenges of AI Security, AI Literacy, EU AI Act regulatory, and Human-AI interaction, prioritizing the secure-by... design and human-centered use of the emerging technologies. She is dedicated to exploring the broader societal implications of AI, as well as the regulations impact on innovation, particularly within the financial industry.more

Ashar Javed, Head of Security Technology – Security Technology Section, Hyundai AutoEver Europe GmbH

Ashar Javed has been a valued member of the Hyundai AutoEver Europe GmbH team since 2015. He honed his skills through penetration testing and vulnerability assessments before becoming the manager of the security team in January 2022. Since November 2023, HAEE has assigned him the additional role of CISO. He also has three years of experience as a security researcher... at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany, making him a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a strong background.
Ashar holds a PhD from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and an MSc from Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg. He is a respected speaker at prestigious cybersecurity conferences such as BlackHat, HITB, and DeepSec.
Ashar's significant contributions to the cybersecurity world have earned him global recognition. He topped Microsoft's Top 100 Security Researcher List in 2018 and secured the fourth spot on Microsoft's Most Valuable Researcher List in both 2019 and 2020. In his free time, Ashar participates in bug bounty programs, continuously sharpening his skills and contributing to web application security.
Ashar also runs a blog called "Respect XSS," where he shares insights and knowledge on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. His favorite quote, "When You Really Pay Attention, Everything Is Your Teacher," encapsulates his approach to work and reflects his constant pursuit for learning and improvement in his field.
You can follow Ashar on Twitter at @soaj1664ashar for the latest insights and discoveries in web application security.
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Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker & Former Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming, Bank of England

Manit is an experienced offensive security expert who is certified by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as His Majesty’s CESG Check scheme (HMG CHECK). He has over ten years professional experience in both UK Government and private offensive security operations. Formerly, Manit was the Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming at the... Bank of England. He is contracted to Global Fund.more

Chris Robbins, Assistant Legal Attaché, LEGAT Berlin/Frankfurt Sub-office, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Special Agent Chris Robbins is an Assistant Legal Attaché responsible for FBI Cyber matters in Germany. Prior to arriving in Germany, he led the FBI Cyber Division's digital forensics and malware analysis team. He has been with the FBI since 2005 investigating cyber threats, including nation states, cyber crime, and ransomware. He is an expert in Digital Forensics... and Incident Response (DFIR) and is a member of the FBI's Cyber Action Team (CAT), a highly trained rapid response team of FBI agents, analysts, and computer forensics and malicious code experts who respond to cyber intrusions.
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Julian Dube, Information Security Officer, E.ON Digital Technology

Julian serves as the Information Security Officer at E.ON Digital Technology. He has over 12 years of experience in the utility sector. Julian began his career in cybersecurity with a focus on penetration testing, later advancing to shape IT and security strategies and drive internal security initiatives. Along this journey, he gained valuable insights into best practices—and... common pitfalls—in Third-Party Risk Management and Supply Chain Security, which he is eager to share. more

Kashif Husain, Information Security Officer, Nomura Continental Europe

Kashif Husain joined Nomura’s Frankfurt office as Vice President in 2019, bringing a wealth of expertise to the Japan-headquartered financial services group, which operates in over 30 countries. In his current role, he serves as the Information Security Officer and oversees Technology Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance for Nomura’s Continental European... offices. Prior to joining Nomura, Kashif spent over a decade at Deutsche Bank AG, where he held various roles in eDiscovery, Risk, and Regulatory Management, culminating as Lead Cyber/IT Security Manager. His earlier career includes 10 years as an Experienced Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young in Frankfurt, specializing in IT Audit, IT Forensics, and IT Governance. Kashif initially studied Medicine, later transitioning to Business Informatics to align with his passion for technology 
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Simon Brady, Event Chairman & Managing Editor, AKJ Associates Ltd

Simon is a former journalist, editor and publisher specializing in wholesale financial markets, particularly the technology intensive areas of derivatives, securities trading, cash management and FinTech. He has sat as an Executive Director on the main board of a FTSE-250 listed media company and has spent a lifetime travelling the globe talking to CEOs, CFOs and... government ministers about the trends driving business and finance. His experience has led him to look at cybersecurity as a key component of the value chain and to ask whether firms are really taking cyber threats seriously and why third-parties will force them to. more

Christian Schramm, Enterprise Sales Engineer, CrowdStrike

Christian Schramm is an Enterprise Sales Engineer at CrowdStrike and is responsible for the Southern Germany. He has more than 20 years of experience in IT in various areas and most recently worked intensively in the cloud and executive briefings. Before joining CrowdStrike in 2022, Christian was Christian was employed by Dell and Nutanix.

Florian Raack, Sales Engineer, Varonis

Florian Raack has been a Sales Engineer at Varonis since 2022 and is responsible for technical presales in the DACH region and Eastern Europe. His daily tasks include, in particular, evaluating the current pain around the topic of data security with customers and demonstrating solutions on how the company's treasure trove can be secured to avoid a data breach. In... particular, the new topics around AI trigger a special attraction in him, as the topic of data usually takes second place in these projects. With his 12 years of experience in IT consulting and presales, he finds his way around almost every customer situation and challenge.
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Dr. Martin Krämer, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

Martin is a Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4 and has over 10 years of experience in industry and research. He earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford with a thesis on privacy in the shared use of smart home devices. His research contributes to a better understanding of the human factors in cybersecurity. Martin believes that companies need to empower... and encourage their employees to achieve resilience in cybersecurity. He regularly speaks and writes on the topics of Security Awareness and Privacy Behaviour.more

Antony Seedhouse, Customer Engineer, Red Sift

Antony Seedhouse is a Customer Engineer for Red Sift, helping security teams understand and remediate cybersecurity risk before an incident happens. Previously he was Information Security Manager for ESL FACEIT Group, the world's leading esports company.

Harald Roeder, Senior Solutions Engineer, Censys

Harald Roder is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Censys, a leading company in the field of Attack Surface Management and Internet Intelligence. In his role, he supports customers in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) as well as in Central Europe. Throughout his career in various positions in the IT, network, and IT security sectors, he has gained extensive... expertise and experience. Censys offers advanced solutions for identifying and managing Internet risks, supported by continuous innovation and top-notch data collection.more

Tabatha von Koelichen, Regional Sales Director for DACH and Central Europe, Censys

Tabatha von Kölichen is Regional Sales Director for DACH and Central Europe at Censys. She has extensive international sales and channel experience with various IT manufacturers in France, Germany and Eastern Europe. Over the last 30 years, she has specialized in building up two-tier distribution for companies such as Newbridge, Mitel, Juniper, Meru, Fortinet and... Cambium.
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Filip Verloy, Field CTO EMEA & APJ, Rubrik

Filip Verloy serves as Field CTO EMEA & APJ for Rubrik X. In that role, Filip engages and advises customers, partners, and the security industry at large, sharing his experience, insights, and strategies on data security. Before joining Rubrik, Verloy was the Global Field CTO at API security start-up Noname Security and has previously served at various IT vendors... including Citrix, Dell, Riverbed, and VMware in roles ranging from Staff Architect to Solutions Executive supporting some of the largest and most complex customer environments. He has been in the IT industry for over 25 years, spanning the customer-, consulting-, and vendor side.more

Christopher Schrauf, Lead Security Solution Architect, CyberProof

Chris (Christopher Schrauf) is a cyber security leader with 10 years of experience as a Cybersecurity Architect and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) engineer. As he is working with the best cyber security professionals around the world, he established exceptional technical experience in corporate environments, and he is heavily engaged with intrapreneurship... within the cybersecurity start-up community. He started his professional career as a business development manager for emerging cyber security solutions, which he supported to gain a larger foothold in Europe. He enhanced this experience with an in-depth Hands-on experience in building up a SOC in an Enterprise environment. Community driven and passionate about sharing his technical expertise for cyber security professionals, he is a member of the ISACA, Google, Splunk and Microsoft Security community. 
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Pietro Verzi, Partner Engineering, Global Security Sales, Google Germany GmbH – on behalf of Cyberproof

At the age of 10 Pietro Verzi became interested in computer technologies. After graduating from school at the Monastery in Scheyern, he visited the law school in Augsburg and Munich, and while still a student he founded a company that dealt with cloud and IT security topics. Pietro Verzi has been with Google since 2019 and has been working exclusively on security... operations since 2021. Pietro Verzi works together with Google SecOps partners to provide customers with the best possible SecOps and threat intelligence services.more