Speakers

Mario Beccia, Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, NATO

Mr. Mario Beccia is NATO’s Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, working in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. He holds a university degree in Economics and Management, an MBA in management of innovation, and several certifications in cybersecurity and information technology. He started his career in 1997 by joining a start-up company focused on the use of web... technologies for businesses. He then worked as independent consultant on IT and Information Assurance projects in Italy and Belgium. He joined NATO Allied Command Transformation in 2006, where he worked on business transformation and capability development programs. He supported the setup of the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and IT Modernization (ITM) programs by collecting and engineering requirements, championing the creation of an implementation roadmap for Cloud Computing and Cyber Defence in NATO. He joined the European Defence Agency in 2018 as Chief Information Security Officer and Project Officer Cyber Defence, leading the creation of a Cybersecurity practice in the Agency, the creation of a stronger classified information management ecosystem and the Cyber Defence program of the Agency. He led and supported several cross-domain and multinational projects under the PESCO (PErmanent and Structured COoperation) framework and other multinational initiatives. In 2020, he started the milCERTs Interactive Conference, a yearly cybersecurity exercise and conference aimed at creating a stronger military CERT interaction between EU military entities. In March 2021, he joined back NATO and, as of February 2022, he took on the role of Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, leading a major Cybersecurity Transformation program in NATO. He is passionate about martial arts, computer programming, crypto currencies and electric vehicles. more

Sarah Lawson, CISO and Deputy CIO, UCL

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in technology and cybersecurity, starting her cybersecurity journey as an IT assistant at a time when ransom attacks were focussed in the individual device. Now CISO at University College London (UCL), Sarah leads a team of professionals working on improving security resilience while ensuring users experience of robust security... is a positive one. more

Andy Giles, Executive Director, Head of Intelligence Integration, JPMorgan Chase

Andy leads cybersecurity intelligence integration with business security risk management stakeholder groups and manages strategic cybersecurity intelligence sharing relationships within the UK.  Andy is an internationally experienced cybersecurity leader in the financial services industry, where he has led security policy implementation, risk and control management,... consultancy services and cyberthreat intelligence frameworks integration within high-profile financial services firms, where he also provided transformational thought leadership in the Zero Trust architecture and metrics automation fields. A veteran of British military intelligence and security operations spanning Asia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Central Europe, Andy is passionate about clearly communicating how cyberthreats can impact security risks to enable effective decision-making.more

Valentina Soria, Global Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, UBS

Valentina is Global Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at UBS. She joined UBS in May 2023. In her current role, she manages a global team of threat analysts across the US, EMEA and APAC, overseeing daily monitoring, collection, analysis, and escalation operations. She’s also Deputy Head of UBS’s Cyber Intelligence Center. Prio to joining UBS, Valentina spent 6.5... years at Morgan Stanley where she built the firm’s global Cyber Threat Intelligence function as part of Morgan Stanley’s Cyber Fusion Center. Valentina built a Follow-the-Sun coverage model ensuring continuity of operations across all regions. In 2020, as the Fusion Center broadened its scope to become the Fusion Resilience Center, Valentina was tasked with expanding the remit of the intelligence function to cover any type of operational risk and threat, including, cyber, cyber-enabled fraud, geopolitical risk, civil unrest, extreme weather events, terrorism, and pandemic risks. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2017, Valentina spent 3.5 years at the Bank of England, starting as senior intel analyst and taking over as Head of CTI after 18 months. Throughout her career in the cyber intel space, Valentina has been an active contributor to a number of industry intelligence sharing initiatives and communities, and has spoken to a number of industry specific events and conferences as threat intel SME.more

Parul Khedwal, Security Operations Lead, Trainline

Parul has been working in Cybersecurity for over a decade across multiple areas including Incident response, SIEM administration, Threat Intelligence, SOC strategy and operations. In her current role as Security Operations Lead at Trainline she is responsible for building their next-gen Security Operations Center.

Mark Logsdon, CISO, NHS England

Mark is Chief Information Security Officer for NHS England having joined from UKHSA (Test and Trace) where he was head of Cyber Assurance and Oversight. With over 30 years of experience in security, Mark has held a number of high profile roles in the public and private sectors. He has a strong business focus seeing security as a business enabler. At every opportunity... Mark seeks to manage the needs of business against those of security and risk. Outside of work, Mark works to raise much needed funds for NSPCC Childline. He is a member and former Chair of the WhiteHat Ball Committee which to date has raised over £2M for the NSPCC. more

Ian Dalby, Global Head of GRC, A&O Shearman

Ian runs the global Cyber GRC team at A&O Shearman, a multinational law firm, prior to this Ian worked for number of public and private organisations in governance, risk, compliance and information security roles.
This included roles in Ford of Europe’s general counsel department, handling technical risk and compliance in all M&A programs, more recently... Ian worked in the Ministry of Justice operational IT risk team and also as a consultant for Microsoft advising their larger customers on strategic security matters.
In his previous role at Dentons, another multinational law firm, Ian was part of the main M&A team that led over 30 acquisitions as part of the strategic growth initiative – Ian is also part of the on-going merger team that is leading the integration work following one of the largest law firm mergers in history.more

Clair Phelps, CISO, Wagestream

Clair is CISO at Wagestream  — the financial wellbeing platform used by over 3 million frontline workers. She has extensive knowledge and experience of ISO 27001, SOC2 and Cyber Essentials Plus. She has gained over 20 years' experience in information security in numerous organisations including Legal & General and Earthport. Clair loves passing... on her knowledge at her masterclasses and is passionate that everyone takes personal responsibility for all things information security related.   more

Evie Wild, Information Security Officer, EMEA Region, LBBW Bank

Evie Wild formerly worked at the Financial regulator where she was responsible for policy formation and Sourcebook creation in relation to Operational Risk.  Since then she has worked in various Risk Management positions in the financial sector, specialising in Information and Cyber Security for the last 10 years.  She is currently the Information Security... Officer, EMEA Region, for LBBW bank. more

Goher Mohammad, Group Head of InfoSec, L&Q Group

Goher is the Group Head of InfoSec at L&Q Group. He has a huge passion for Technology, Information and Cyber Security with a drive not just do things well but in an innovative and better way. Having over 20 years experience shared across Technology and Information Security in global organisations dealing with more comprehensive but secure and controlled structures... in Citibank and Merrill Corporation to more agile environments within Omnicomgroup and Photobox Group Security, Goher’s vision is always taking and combining the best of both. At L&Q Group, he has brought information and cyber security to the forefront to meet the demands and ambitions of the organisation and group in an agile, modern and future proof way to deliver a world-class information security function. A keen diver, traveller keen to explore the world.more

Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker, The Global Fund

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

Simon Ashworth, Managing Director, Chief Analytical Officer – Insurance Ratings and Cyber Lead, S&P Global Ratings

Simon Ashworth is the Chief Analytical Officer for Insurance Ratings at S&P Global Ratings. In addition to his global insurance analytical responsibilities, Simon leads cross-practice analytics with respect to cyber risk in credit. This involves publishing thought leadership on the impact of cyber across the credit landscape. Before joining S&P Global Ratings... in early 2011, Simon trained as an actuary and qualified in 2009 with EY. Simon graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc Hons in Economics.more

Gavin Cartwright, Tech Consulting Lead (TMT), EY

Gavin is EY's Tech Consulting lead for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector.  He has 23 years of experience in Tech, predominantly in cyber security and resilience.  Gavin has worked across industries, starting off in Telco, where his team tested the resilience of their B2B networks, Government as a former CLAS consultant and Retail... and Consumer products, including a focus on Operational Technology (OT) security.more

Brett Raybould, Director, Solutions Engineering , Menlo Security

Passionate about Browser Security and Secure Service Edge (SSE) Security Controls, Brett Raybould leads the SE team for Menlo Security across EMEA. He works closely with customers and prospects to architect solutions that will mitigate Security Risk and improve operational efficiency and ROI. Brett has spent over two decades working for numerous market leading Security... vendors and uses this experience to provide cybersecurity advice and strategic guidance to our clients. more

Richard Meeus, EMEA Director of Security Technology and Strategy, Akamai

Richard Meeus is Akamai’s EMEA Director of Security Technology and Strategy. With more than 20 years of experience, Richard is responsible for designing and building secure solutions for some of the world’s most influential organisations.
Richard is an industry expert in cloud computing, enterprise software, and network security. During his time at Akamai,... Mirapoint, and Prolexic, Richard has held strategic roles across a broad range of projects, including the deployment of DDoS solutions for multinational organizations to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. Additionally, Richard is a chartered member of the BCS and a CISSP.more

Brett Ayres, VP of Product, Teneo

Brett Ayres is VP of Product for Teneo. He has over 16 years of experience working with customers on network and security transformation projects, balancing technical, operational, and commercial requirements to deliver secure, optimised, and highly visible networks. Brett has held a range of commercial and technical roles during his time with Teneo. Recently he has... enhanced Teneo’s offerings by adding next-generation security solutions to the portfolio, designed to secure remote workforces accessing hybrid networks within a Zero Trust architecture. 
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James Eason, CRA Practice Lead, Integrity360

James has over thirty years’ experience as a specialist consultant within strategic risk management and compliance, and acute crisis response.  During this time, he has consistently delivered exceptionally strong results in team and programme management for a broad range of project types and typically-so on a global scale.
Over the last 20 years much of... the attention and focus has been on and within the cyber risk, compliance and security sector providing expert guidance and advisory services for numerous major corporations.   An accomplished project leader, James has spearheaded the design, development, and implementation of both risk and compliance functions for publicly listed companies, through to smaller entities, with unique or extreme challenges.
During his career, James served as an extortive crime and kidnap for ransom response specialist gaining unique experience and skill advising business leaders in the required business risk strategy during existentially challenging circumstances. He was the risk and security consulting lead to the Royal Household, an advisor to CPNI and the FCO, and a co-author of BSI standard PAS 555:2013 Cyber Risk - Governance and Management.
Alongside being a certified OCEG GRC Professional and GRC Auditor, James is a member of the Institute of Risk Management and a certified Information Security Lead Auditor (ISO27001-2022).
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Paul Clark, Head of Sales, EMEA, Ironscales

Paul Clark joins IRONSCALES as their Head of Sales for EMEA and brings with him an impressive 24 years of cyber security experience, during which he has created and grown teams across the EMEA region and successfully taken world-class technologies to market through a robust partner landscape. Paul's extensive background includes leading sales efforts, strategic planning,... and team development most recently at Tufin and FireMon.more

Lee Elliott, Director, Solutions Engineering, Beyond Trust

Lee Elliott is the Director, Solutions Engineering, for BeyondTrust. A highly capable security leader with 20+ years’ experience, Lee has acquired a wide range of security and identity management experience and knowledge, working across multiple industries in both vendor and client-side organizations. As a regular speaker at industry conferences, Lee delivers disruptive... technical and strategic thought-leadership insight to the international cybersecurity community. more

Peter Batchelor, UK&I Regional Director, Silverfort

For the last 25 years, Peter Batchelor has collaborated closely with organisations, offering invaluable expertise in tackling their cybersecurity, identity, and compliance hurdles. Understanding the unique challenges that an organisation grapples with, including budget constraints, resource limitations, and the complexity of safeguarding legacy systems, Peter brings... a blend of empathy and strategic insight to his work. His proficiency spans the entire project lifecycle, from initial design to seamless deployment, ensuring successful outcomes for their business.more

Al Scott, Senior Sales Engineer EMEA, Silverfort

Allistair Scott is a Senior Sales Engineer with nearly 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, spanning multiple disciplines. With a background in both pre-sales and operational roles, including leading global security operations, Allistair is passionate about helping customers find solutions to meet their unique security needs.

Anthony Moillic, Field CISO, Netwrix Corporation

Anthony is a seasoned executive in the IT industry, with over 25 years of experience. At Netwrix, he serves as Field CISO for the EMEA and APAC regions, leveraging his expertise to ensure that partners and customers are well equipped to face the challenges of cybersecurity.

Tim Ayling, VP EMEA Cyber Security Specialists, Thales

Tim Ayling currently serves as the VP EMEA Cyber Security Specialists at Thales.  With over 25 years’ experience in the cybersecurity industry, Tim began his career in System Engineering.  He began his leadership career when he established Entrust Inc. in Australia in 2003 and was made Vice-President Asia Pacific in 2006. Tim has held numerous leadership... roles in large cybersecurity vendors, including RSA Security, Imperva, Trend Micro, Kaspersky Labs and now Thales, as well as spending time in the cyber-security practise of KPMG. Tim holds an MSc in Secure E-Commerce and an MBA from the University of Warwick.more

Noora Ahmed-Moshe, VP of Strategy and Operations, Hoxhunt

Noora is the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Hoxhunt, where she works with internal functions, customers, and partners to develop the future of Human Risk Management.With a strong focus on the human side of cybersecurity, she is an advocate for the importance of culture in driving secure behaviours, and in bridging the gap between technology and human... interaction.Noora’s career spans over 15 years of digital product and strategy development, and her educational background includes an MA in Digital Media and a BA in Media and Cultural Studies.
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Billy McDiarmid, Sr Director of Sales Engineering, Red Sift

Billy is the global head of the solutions team at Red Sift, and product specialist for Red Sift ASM and Red Sift Certificates.

William Priestley, Sales Engineer Manager, Varonis

William manages a sales engineering team at Varonis. A certified security professional, William provides extensive expertise in cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and data protection to clients, drawing on his deep industry knowledge. Passionate about security, William provides strategic insights to cyber resilience against both internal and sophisticated APT threats... across cloud and on-premise environments.more

Elliott Went, Senior Solutions Engineer, UKI, SentinelOne

Elliott has spent over a decade in cybersecurity working as a customer facing engineer in both security vendors and service providers. His career spans home-grown startups to industry leaders such as RSA and Dell, and in 2020 joined SentinelOne as an Enterprise Systems Engineer.
 

Zac Warren, Chief Security Advisor, Tanium

Zac Warren is Senior Director of Cybersecurity Advisory in EMEA. Zac started his career in IT with a passion for cybersecurity and was a senior security analyst at a leading manufacturer of security platforms and later a cybersecurity architect and consultant for large system integrators. Zac has spent most of his career helping government agencies and several Fortune100... companies reorganize their security architectures, controls, policies, and procedures. Today, Zac is responsible for developing and supporting Tanium's cybersecurity business in EMEA. more

Seamus Lennon, Vice President of Operations for EMEA, ThreatLocker

Seamus serves as the Vice President of Operations for EMEA at ThreatLocker. Boasting over two decades of expertise in the IT industry, he possesses an extensive wealth of knowledge that empowers him to guide businesses in adopting robust solutions for safeguarding their digital landscapes. Before his tenure at ThreatLocker, Seamus held various positions, notably as... an IT Technical Manager for a Managed Service Provider, where he delivered cutting-edge solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises.more

Glenn Smith, Principal Sales Engineer, Mimecast

Glenn has over two decades of experience in the dynamic realm of IT and cybersecurity. He is a seasoned professional who has thrived in various roles, from Senior Presales, working with the largest global organisations, to delivering large cloud transformation projects in enterprise environments. His deep understanding of technologies and how they integrate with security... from their inception provides a unique viewpoint to customers and decision-makers.more

Prash Somaiya, CTO, Hadrian

Prash is a seasoned technical leader with hands-on experience in e-commerce and cybersecurity. As Hadrian's CTO, he leads the execution of our product vision and strategy. His past roles include spearheading cybersecurity initiatives with tech giants like Uber and Airbnb, and crafting scalable flash-sale platforms for FMCG. His insights have also been recognized by... major media outlets, including the BBC and ZDNet.
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Richard Orange, Regional Vice President, EMEA, Abnormal Security

Richard is an experienced Cyber Security professional with over 20 years experience in the information security arena, partnering with some of the largest global brands to solve some of the complex issues faced by the modern enterprise.  He is passionate about delivering positive outcomes for clients, ensuring the  best customer experience along the way.

Dave Osler, Head of Product, Searchlight Cyber

Dave Osler is Head of Product at Searchlight Cyber. Dave started his career in law enforcement before transitioning into product management, where over the past 15 years he has specialized in the delivery of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions in the cybersecurity, healthcare, and clinical research industries. At Searchlight, Dave heads a team including product... managers, designers, and customer support. His role includes working closely with customers and coordinating internally with the development and threat intelligence teams to ensure that Searchlights products exceed customer requirements, help them overcome the cybersecurity challenges they face, and ultimately deliver value to their organization.more

Etay Maor, Chief Security Strategist, Founding Member of Cato CTRL, Cato Networks

Etay Maor is the Chief Security Strategist at Cato Networks, founding member of Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab), and an industry recognized cyber security researcher and keynote speaker.
Previously, Etay was the Chief Security Officer for IntSights where he led strategic cybersecurity research and security services. Before that Etay held numerous leadership... and research positions as an Executive Security Advisor at IBM where he created and led breach response training and security research and as Head of RSA Security’s Cyber Threats Research Labs where he managed malware research and intelligence teams and was part of cutting edge security research and operations.
Etay is an adjunct professor at Boston College and holds a BA in Computer Science and a MA in Counter Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism. Etay is a frequent featured speaker at major industry conferences and is part of RSA Conference and QuBits conference committees. He is often tapped by major news outlets for his astute commentary on and insights into the cybersecurity news of the day.more