Speakers

Chuks Ojeme, Global Chief Information Security & Compliance 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

Dr. Timo Wandhöfer, Group CISO, Klöckner & Co

Currently Dr. Timo Wandhöfer works as Group CISO at Klöckner & Co and is responsible for the group-wide... information security. The wealth of experience as CISO goes back 8 years. During this time, he has gained extensive insight into the sectors of the public sector, the state, banking, and industry. In the process, different framework conditions have emerged as drivers for information security. Even if the goal of protection targets for confidentiality, integrity and availability are overriding, the structure is often also very stringent based on regulation or IT driven. The greatest insight of the time as CISO is the holistic view from business, requirements, and tool support for a lean and goal-oriented governance. Prior to this Timo worked for Klöckner & Co, the Xella Group, the Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG and the Ministry for the Interior of NRW, he worked for 10 years in a non-university research institution (GESIS) in the area of machine learning and use of automatic data aggregation for political decision processes. These activities, as well as the doctoral thesis, were carried out within the EU's Seventh Research Program included publications in peer-reviewed articles as well as international technical presentations. The course of study was in computer visualistics with a degree in computer science. more

Sonia Neffati, Regional Chief Security Officer, Europe, Mastercard

Sonia Neffati is Mastercard’s European Regional Security Officer based in Waterloo, Belgium. Her primary focus is strengthening Mastercard’s external cybersecurity cohorts, driving Central Bank resiliency engagements, and supporting Mastercard’s newly established Mastercard European Cyber Resilience Center (ECRC) in Waterloo. Prior to her current role, Sonia... served as Mastercard’s European Crisis Manager and managed some of the largest crises in Mastercard’s history. She joined Mastercard in 2019 after developing an extensive experience in Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recover and Crisis Management, specifically in the payments technology and financial industries. Throughout her career, she has developed strong methodologies for assessing and identifying solutions for tackling enterprise-level pain points under high-stress conditions. Sonia holds a master’s degree in Marketing & International Business Negotiation and several certifications in Business Continuity and Security. more

Dominik Mauer, Analyst & Cooperation Manager, Federal Criminal Police Office/Bundeskriminalamt, Cybercrime Division

Dominik Mauer works as an Analyst and Cooperation Manager in the Cybercrime Division of BKA where he moved to in 2021 from the department of serious and organised crime. Before BKA he worked within the political sphere in state parliament. He studied Political Science and Civil Law at University.

Gulnara Hein, CISO, Chintai

With over 17 years of experience in information security and risk management, Gulnara developed her expertise at global institutions such as Deutsche Boerse Group, Cargill Inc. and PwC. Her fundamental expertise is backed by a PhD in Mathematics, where she specialized in cryptographic protocols research. While at Deutsche Boerse, she led the design of an overarching... security risk landscape and piloted the implementation of Open FAIR-based security risk quantification. Gulnara now serves as CISO at Chintai, an innovative blockchain-based tokenization and digital asset management platform more

Moona Ederveen-Schneider, Executive Director EMEA, FS-ISAC

FS-ISAC's Executive Director EMEA, Moona Ederveen, is responsible for two thirds of EMEA, as ambassador for members of key financial institutions and other stakeholders. Moona speaks four languages and after graduating with distinction from the University of Amsterdam, she joined ABN Amro as Information Security Officer. Moona built expertise as cyber security and... risk management consultant throughout her international career at Deutsche Bank, Nomura, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS. more

Dr. Jesus Luna Garcia, Cybersecurity Governance – Cloud and AI, Robert Bosch GmbH

Dr. Jesus Luna has worked in the field of cybersecurity since 1995, both in America and Europe. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Architecture from the ”Technical University of Catalonia” (Spain), and has co-authored more than 50 cybersecurity-related publications including scientific papers, standards, and a patent. He previously worked as research director for... the Cloud Security Alliance EMEA (U.K.), and currently for Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany) in areas relating to security governance for cloud and Artificial Intelligence. In 2020, he was nominated by ENISA as one of the 20 experts to develop the new European cybersecurity certification scheme for cloud services. Furthermore, Dr. Luna is technical manager of EU-funded flagship projects on automated cybersecurity certification. 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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Riccardo Riccobane, Head of CSO Security Assurance & Head of Operational Resilience, DWS

Riccardo has more that 10 years of experience in helping companies to manage Information Security Risk and Operational Resilience, Former experience in IT, Finance and Strategic Programs support in International Banking sector.

Paolo Passeri, Principal Sales Engineer and Cyber Intelligence Specialist, Netskope

Paolo Passeri, cyber intelligence principal in Netskope, is a consultant, blogger, and security professional with over 20 year experience in the information security arena. His current interests include cloud threats and advanced malware detection and mitigation. Paolo is also the founder and maintainer of hackmageddon.com,... a collection of timelines and statistics of the main cyber-attacks occurred since 2011. The blog is considered a primary source of data and trends in the threat landscape across the Infosec community. more

Rupert Collier, VP Global Sales, RangeForce

Over the last 20 years, Rupert has worked in commercial leadership and product management roles at many leading companies within cybersecurity and beyond, such as Blue Coat Systems (Symantec), PhishMe (Cofense) and Paessler AG. Bilingual in German and English, Rupert is responsible for RangeForce’s commercial activities worldwide.

Nikolei Steinhage, Enterprise Sales Engineer DACH, CrowdStrike

Nikolei Steinhage is an Enterprise Sales Engineer at CrowdStrike covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He joined Crowdstrike with tenure from Blue Coat Systems and Fidelis Cybersecurity, where he spent significant parts of his 16 years defending against cyber attacks. In that time, Nikolei has developed deep knowledge of perimeter security, encryption, SIEM and... the full spectrum of modern detection technology. He operates on the principle that there is not a single best solution for all environments, but rather a single solution best to solve any specific customer problem. He applies singular focus to developing a deep, shared understanding of the threat environment in order to implement effective and efficient defensive measures. more

Tom McVey, Solutions Architect, Menlo Security

Tom is a Solution Architect at Menlo Security for the EMEA region, a leader in cloud security. In this role, he works closely with customers to meet their technical requirements and architects web and email isolation deployments for organisations across different industries. Coming from a varied background in cyber, Tom provides expert cybersecurity... advice and strategic guidance to clients. Prior to Menlo Security, Tom previously worked for LogRhythm and Varonis. Tom is experienced at speaking at live events, including Infosecurity Europe, and presenting on webinars and podcasts. more

Bettina Bassermann, Business Strategist, Pre-Sales DACH, SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH

Bettina has over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry in various Roles at well-known Companies like Sun, Oracle, Dell EMC and others before she joined SUSE in Feb 2019. In her Role as Business Strategist within the Pre-Sales organisation in SUSE, she focuses on SUSE Technologies that support customers on their Digital Transformation Journey. Infrastructure Security... is one of her topics, including K8s Container Security. more

Thomas Schuchmann, Senior Director Sales Engineering Germany, Rubrik

Thomas Schuchmann currently serves as the Senior Director Sales Engineering Germany at Rubrik, where he dedicates himself to the areas of data security and cyber resilience. In this role, he advances innovative solutions to strengthen the digital security infrastructure of companies, better preparing them against cyber-attacks. Throughout his career, Thomas has... held key positions in Sales Engineering at Nutanix, Riverbed, and Dynatrace. His experience spans across the domains of hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, as well as Observability (APM, NPM). more

Stefan Schmugge, Director Sales Engineering, Rubrik

Stefan Schmugge is Director Sales Engineering at Rubrik. He previously gained a lot of experience in presales, sales and management at Dell and EMC. When he is not pondering his customers' Zero Trust Data Security strategies with his team, he enjoys music and sport and getting to know other countries through their cuisine.

Marvin Schneider, Customer Development, Cloudflare

Marvin Schneider is working in Customer Development at Cloudflare - the leading performance and security company helping to build a better Internet. Passionate about his customers' business needs, he enables cloud-first strategies by eliminating cyber risk and complexity. Clients value his expertise in industry best practices, data management, privacy and information... security. more

Bernd Knippers, Senior Sales Engineer DACH, Recorded Future

Christian Buhrow , Regional Sales Director, SpyCloud

Christian is the Sales Director for DACH and Southern Europe for SPYCLOUD Inc. including the Iberian market. He has well over 30 years of experience in the area of Cybersecurity and Cloud- and Network-infrastructures. With a Master's Degree in Economics and Computer Science he worked as a business consultant and sales engineer in some of the largest infrastructure... projects in Europe. His passion is to create secure environments, help enterprises to be safe and to disrupt cybercrime. more

Gerhard Sahner, Business Development Mobile Intelligence, JT Global

Gerhard Sahner is an experienced expert in the field of Business Development Mobile Intelligence at Jersey Telecom (JT). He is responsible for promoting JT's Fraud Management tools and offering cutting-edge solutions for fraud prevention, KYC, and AML. With over 18 years of experience in solution sales and strategic customer acquisition, he brings extensive expertise... in payment processing and fraud management. Before joining JT, Gerhard held various positions at leading payment service providers and played a significant role in building Klarna's business in Germany. more

Julian Wulff, Director, Cyber Security Central Europe, Red Sift

Cybersecurity leader with a strategic vision in helping organizations monitor, detect and manage evolving threats. Experience in cyber security and risk management.
Someone who feels comfortable in many areas and has an understanding of the big picture. Dedicated to helping clients advance cyber resilience through innovative strategies and industry-leading... practices. more

Giovanni Pascale, Account Manager, Proofpoint

With more than 13 years of experience in the IT security industry, Giovanni Pascale at Proofpoint is an expert in the intersection of technical expertise and effective sales of IT security solutions. His expertise spans several key areas including email security, sandboxing, CASB, DLP, security awareness training and email authentication.

Roland Stritt, Area Vice President Central EMEA, SentinelOne

Roland Stritt has 20+ years of extensive expertise in IT sales, sales leadership, channel management and technology. He has been Area Vice President Central EMEA for SentinelOne since August 2022. From January 2020 to July 2022, Roland Stritt worked for SentinelOne as Senior Director EMEA Channels. Before joining SentinelOne, he worked in various positions at Rubrik,... Palo Alto Networks, entrada Kommunikations GmbH, Secure Computing, CyberGuard and synergetic AG. He enjoys spending his free time with his family and doing sports. more