December 6 2022

Speakers

Jeff Crume

Jeff Crume is a Distinguished Engineer, Master Inventor and CTO for IBM Security Americas with 39 years’ experience in the IT industry. He has a PhD in Cybersecurity and serves as an Adjunct Professor at NC State University. Jeff is the author of a book entitled “Inside Internet Security: What Hackers Don’t Want You To Know” as well as a contributing author to the “Information Security Management Handbook.” He is a member of the inaugural class of the NC State University Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame where he has served on the school’s Strategic Advisory Board. He also serves on the editorial board for the “Information and Computer Security” research journal and is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He holds CISSP and ISSAP professional IT Security certifications as well as Distinguished Chief IT Architect credentials from The Open Group. Jeff lived in Beijing on assignment in 2006 and has worked with clients in 50 countries.

Erin Joe

Erin joined the Company in July 2021 as the Senior Vice President, Strategy and Alliances. In this role, Erin draws from her 25-year career serving as a transformational leader guiding organizational change as well as an Executive Leadership Coach developing other leaders. Erin is responsible for the development and implementation of Mandiant strategy, along with key alliances.
Prior to Mandiant, Erin was a top-ranking FBI executive driving federal cyber response strategies and operations in partnership with the private sector. This includes co-authoring and implementing the FBI’s first integrated strategy for Cyber, Counterterrorism, and Counterintelligence as well as implementing strategic and tactical cyber operations adopted by the National Security Council and executed in collaboration with Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities and allied nations. Erin was an FBI Special Agent and leader in four FBI Field Offices and five divisions at FBI Headquarters where she worked closely with other federal, state, local, and international governments. She led the FBI’s work with Fusion Centers, IACP, Major City Chiefs, and Major County Sheriffs. Her career highlights include large scale crisis management and trial work related to the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, attacks against US Embassies, nation state cyber attacks against US critical infrastructure, threats following Covid-19, and threats to US elections.
During her six years in the FBI’s Senior Executive Service, Erin recently served in the Office of Private Sector where she improved intelligence sharing and threat preparedness with Fortune 500 company C-suite executives, and U.S. and foreign government counterparts. As a Section Chief and Deputy Assistant Director in the FBI’s Cyber Division, her efforts to counter cyber adversaries included directing synchronized actions with numerous global partner countries. As Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, Erin delivered the current, common threat picture across government.
Erin is the Executive Sponsor for Elevate, an initiative supporting women leaders in cyber. She serves on advisory boards for risk groups, CyberSAT, and a venture capital company; is an adjunct at George Mason law school and the National Intelligence University; and joined NSI as a fellow. She received her Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University, a Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Illinois, and she completed Executive Programs at the Naval Post Graduate School, Carnegie Mellon University, Kellogg School of Business, Harvard Business School, Ross School of Business, and the University of Southern California. She holds cyber security certifications, is a licensed attorney in Texas, and lives with her family in Northern Virginia.

Courtney Jackson

Courtney H. Jackson, MSISA, CISSP, CISM, CEH, CHFI is the Founder and CEO of Paragon Cyber Solutions, LLC, an 8(a), woman, minority, veteran-owned, HUBZone certified Tampa, Florida-based small business specializing in information security and assurance.
Ms. Jackson has more than 20 years of certified hands-on experience in Information Technology and security, encompassing both executive leadership and entrepreneurship. Through her work, she helps government agencies and private companies to protect the integrity of their business operations throug specialized cyber security and risk management solutions.
Ms. Jackson got her start in Information Technology during her tenure in the U.S. Navy. After completing her military service, she took at entry-level position as an IT Help Desk Representative, impressively working her way up to the C-Suite in a span of a career before exiting the Corporate space to pursue her entrepreneurial endeavors full-time. Courtney’s unique journey has positioned her to mentor women in male-dominated industries by helping them shatter the glass ceiling that stands in the way of their career advancement to executive leadership roles.
Ms. Jackson is the recipient of the 2022 Cybersecurity Woman Entrepreneur of the year award. She serves on the Board of Directors as the Programming Chair for the Women in Defense Greater Tampa Bay and the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Florida Affiliate Board. She is also a member of the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA) and a fellow of the Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI), a not-for-profit organization providing cyber warfare awareness, guidance, and security solutions through collaboration, education, volunteer work, and training to assist the U.S. Government, U.S. Military, commercial interests, and international partners.

Shawn Anderson

Shawn Anderson is the CTO and Managing Director at Boston Meridian. Shawn has over 25 years of experience in networking, cyber security, public speaking, systems engineering, and cloud computing. He is a former Marine who started working computer related investigations for the military. Throughout his career he has worked as a security analyst, engineer, security manager, Chief Information Security Officer, and Security Advisor.
Prior to Boston Meridian, Shawn was an Executive Security Advisor at Microsoft advising fortune 1000 companies on security, architecture design around zero trust, and cloud security solutions. He has helped guide customers, partners, and security providers in how to approach deployment, design, and implementation of security across their organizations. Shawn has also served as the CISO for both Raytheon’s Intelligence business and Babcock and Wilcox.
With his depth of experience, knowledge, and management capabilities he will lead Boston Meridians technology partnerships, security advisory services, and working to drive collaboration with industry partners. He is available immediately for discussions, executive briefings, and speaking engagements.
Shawn holds a BS in Computer Networking from Strayer University and a M.S. in IT Systems Management from the George Washington University. He also holds current CISSP and PMP certifications.
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/shawnanderson

Jerry Hoff

Jerry Hoff is the Group Senior Security Architect for NTT Holdings, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
Previous to NTT, Jerry was the head of security and executive information security officer for Sony, heading up and overseeing the security programs for both Sony Electronics and Sony Semiconductor lines of business.
Jerry has over 25 years of technical experience, 16 of which has been spent primarily focused on information security.
He holds a Masters degree in computer science from Washington University in Saint Louis, and currently lives in Austin Texas.

Debbie Christofferson

Fortune 500 Information Security Manager with 25 years working across industries in the US, Europe and Asia. Certificated in CISSP, CISM, CCSK (Cloud Security). Facilitated CISM certification exam prep workshops since the CISM inception 2005 to 2018 for ISACA Phoenix. Published book “Women in Security, Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation”. Cybersecurity consultant, writer and speaker/trainer. Director on the Board for Information Systems Security Association. Distinguished Fellow for ISSA. Founder of the local Cloud Security Alliance Chapter.

Linda Comerford

Linda Comerford, Assistant Vice President, Cyber Services and Incident Response, joined AmTrust in January 2022. She manages vendor relationships, and collaborates with the insured, privacy counsel, forensic firm and notification vendors to ensure superior cyber claim service throughout each critical stage of the incident response process.

Joe Vadakkan

Joe Vadakkan is EVP of Engineering and Sales with LightStream, for cloud and security platform strategy and market development. Previously he was Global Strategic Services leader of innovation and incubation with Optiv, and also the Global Head of Cloud Security. Joe shares 23 years as an executive leader and a technologist in global infrastructure & security products and services, supporting Fortune 100, top 5 industry organizations and startups. He is President of the Cloud Security Alliance Southwest Chapter.

Matt Clark

Matt Clark, Senior Cloud Security Engineer with Netskope. In depth experience with the cloud, the network infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Previously a National Channel Engineering Lead with Palo Alto Networks, Sales Engineer for the Western US & Canada with Tenable Network Security, Senior Sales Engineer with Fishnet Security, IT Infrastructure Manager, IT Engineer and Network Specialist with Pinal County. President of the ISSA Phoenix Chapter. Past President and a founding team member for the Cloud Security Alliance Southwest Chapter.

Vicki Dean

Dean is Senior Director at Supply Wisdom, an always-on monitoring solution helping companies stay ahead of supply chain disruptions.
Supply Wisdom is a patented, award-winning solution known for its innovation, most recently being recognized as the winner of the “Innovative Solution in Third Party Management” award by the Sourcing Industry Group.
Prior to joining Supply Wisdom, Dean was Senior Vice President at Shared Assessments, a member driven organization delivering secure and resilient third-party partnerships and solutions, and the creator of the widely used SIG (Standardized Information Gathering) questionnaire. Dean holds a Certified Third Party Risk Professional (CTPRP) designation.

Kate Kuehn

Kate has been an active thought leader in Security & Advanced Network Technologies for over 20 years. She has two main passions in life: bleeding-edge technology that helps secure our world, and developing world-class people and companies.
Early in her career, she had been given the opportunity to work with and lead some of the most innovative technologies that have shaped our industries and had access to the ingenious minds that have changed our world. She led some of the industry’s first projects in DDOS, Ethernet as a network (CPA), SaaS and IaaS, and was on the front line with some of the earliest attacks against the financial services markets.
Kate has purposely executed multiple roles across her career from CISO, CEO, Board of Director, Advisor, strategic business development / alliances, and leading sales and engineering teams. She has worked for companies including vArmour, Senseon, BT Group plc, Verizon, and Wandera. The culmination of her experience ensures Kate always brings expertise and a fresh perspective on emerging trends within cybersecurity. In addition, Kate has served for a number of years as a Cyber Advisor for the UK Government, representing their interests, and advising UK Government sponsored startups in missions across the US, UK and Latin America.
Kate is a trusted advisor in the industry, and holds positions on several boards including Redshield and Cybermainacs She is currently an Advisory Board Member for vArmour, Senseon, rThreat, and Net Thunder. She was also recently appointed to the IEEE steering committee for Cyber Security, and collaborates regularly with both ISSA & WSTA.
In addition to professional endeavors, Kate loves to give back to her community. She is active in a number of STEM initiatives including CORNCON, the Docent Group and the University of California, Berkeley. Kate also spends time as a volleyball coach at her children’s school.