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December 9-12, 2024
ExCel London / United Kingdom

Black Hat Executive Summit

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

ExCel, London, UK

Platinum Suite Rooms 1 & 2, Level 3

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Black Hat Executive Summit offers CISOs and other executive cybersecurity practitioners an opportunity to hear from a variety of industry experts who are helping to shape this next generation of information security strategy. The program dissects the latest technologies designed to stay ahead of sophisticated adversaries and provide a peek into future platforms; we'll outline the next-level skills and strategies CISOs need to bolster their relevance and we'll discuss the latest techniques for maintaining a proactive approach to data protection.

*Please note: In order to create an open and candid environment that promotes the sharing of ideas and discussion, the Executive Summit will follow Chatham House Rule. This program is designed for executive security practitioners and as such, attendees from solution providers, vendors, and media are not permitted with the exception of event sponsors.

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Tuesday, December 10

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Advisory Board

Dr. Jessica Barker

Dr. Jessica Barker

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Co-Founder and Socio-Technical Lead at Cygenta

Daniel Cuthbert

Daniel Cuthbert

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Black Hat Review Board

Daniel Cuthbert loves doing security research. With a career spanning over 20 years on both the offensive and defensive side, he's seen the evolution of hacking from a small groups of curious minds to organized criminal networks and nation state we see today. He is the original co-author of the OWASP Testing Guide, released in 2003 and now the co-author of the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) and sits on the UK Government Cybersecurity Advisory Board.

Jane Frankland

Jane Frankland

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CISO Advisor, Speaker, Author & Champion for Women in Cyber Security

Jane Frankland is an award-winning cybersecurity leader, author, and women’s change agent. Her authority is referenced by Wiki, LinkedIn (Top Voices) and UNESCO. In 2020 she won the Women in IT’s Security Leader award, and the National Cyber Security’s Cyber Citizen of the Year award. She has been featured in the Sunday Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Forbes and the BBC speaking about cybersecurity. Jane built her own global penetration testing firm in 1997, has worked as a Managing Director at Accenture, and contributed to numerous industry initiatives, including CREST, Cyber Essentials, and Women4Cyber. Through her IN Security Movement, which followed on from her bestselling book, 389 women have received her scholarships, a value of over $500,000. Today, as the CEO of KnewStart, Jane manages a portfolio career where she shares her thought leadership and leader-developer skills with forward-thinking companies and governments.

Phil Huggins

Phil Huggins

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Independent Consultant and Interim CISO

Phil Huggins is a delivery-focused, chartered, security and risk professional with extensive experience of governance, management, system engineering and practical architecture across a wide range of disciplines and technologies. Phil is experienced in briefing and presenting cybersecurity risk concepts to boards and training NEDs. Phil has designed and operated security for critical national infrastructure and sensitive government. Phil has advised and managed global financial services organisations and advised national regulators on cyber resilience and cybersecurity.

Becky Pinkard

Becky Pinkard

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Recipient of the 2022 Global Cyber Security Leadership Award - Editor's Choice (Global), previously appointed to the ‘100 Global CISOs for 2020’ list and awarded ‘CISO of the Year, 2020’ by SC Awards Europe, Becky Pinkard is a renowned practitioner and commentator on the information security sector who has been working in information technology and security since 1996.

A security transformation expert, Becky’s background and experience to date has provided her with broad information security expertise, coupled with global team management and in-depth, technical capabilities around cyber security operations.

Becky is an active advocate for promoting diversity and inclusion in business and was a co-founder of the ‘We Empower Diversity in Start-ups’ (WEDS) group. She has been a CyLon mentor since 2017, providing cyber security, operations and client success guidance to entrepreneurs. She also co-hosted a monthly podcast, Cyber Warrior Princess, focused on cyber security related commentary.

Becky was a SANS Certified Instructor for over a decade and served as a GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst advisory board member and on the Strategic Advisory Council for the Center of Internet Security. She co-authored "Nmap in the Enterprise" and "Intrusion Prevention and Active Response, Deploying Network and Host IPS". Becky has shared her expertise in numerous publications, both written and in live interviews all over the world, including: The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ChannelPost, The Telegraph, The New York Times, BBC News, Channel 4 News, and more.

Kai Roer

Kai Roer

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Praxis Security Labs

Currently serving as CEO at Praxis Security Labs, an innovative security software company which he co-founded in 2023, Kai has been providing actionable advice grounded in empirical evidence to public and private organizations around the world since the 1990s.

Kai is dedicated to improving the knowledge and understanding of the human factors that influence security and the organizational impact they have, and in recent years has focused on helping organizations understand what culture they currently have, what culture they would like to have, and more importantly, how to get there. In 2010, he created the Security Culture Framework (SCF), a framework and methodology to build and maintain security culture, which he later gifted to the open-source community. The SCF evolved into several spin-offs, including the Cybersecurity Culture Framework by The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

In 2015, Kai founded CLTRe, the world's first SaaS-platform built to measure and manage an organization's security culture, which was acquired by KnowBe4 in 2019. After which, Kai served as their Chief Research Officer, where he led a team of researchers that focused on bridging the gap between theory and practice and collaborated with both academia and other industry leaders on numerous well-received publications.

As best-selling author, an award-winning speaker, and guest expert lecturer, Kai works with the information security community on a global stage. He has written and co-written several best-selling books, including The Security Culture Playbook (Wiley, 2022) and Build a Security Culture (IT-Governance, 2015), which are recognized globally as the leading resources for industry leaders and practitioners to understand and learn how to improve security culture. Thanks to his invaluable contributions to the industry and unique background which combines leadership, communication, and technology, he is a popular keynote speaker, expert lecturer and makes frequent appearances in national and international media (newsprint, radio and TV) and on a variety of podcasts.

Kai focuses on presenting complex challenges in easy-to-understand language and explains security in ways that resonate with non-security people. Throughout his career, Kai has received several awards, including the Ron Knode Service Award by the Cloud Security Alliance CSA for his extensive volunteer work for the security community around the world.

When Kai is not working, he enjoys spending time outdoors, riding his motorcycles and BBQing with his family and friends.
Quentyn Taylor

Quentyn Taylor

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Senior Director – Product, Information Security and Global Incident Response - Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa

Quentyn Taylor is Director of Information Security at Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Using the power of stories and his own experience of testing products to destruction; Quentyn has embraced building business relationships across the world whilst driving Canon’s strategy and educating business customers to minimise their security risk.

Before joining Canon, Quentyn has worked in a variety of industries such as Internet service providers as well as startup businesses.

Erhan Temurkan

Erhan Temurkan

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Director of Information Security/CISO

Erhan Temurkan is a Director of Information Security/CISO with over a decade of experience working in both the Private and Public Sector. They have a proven track record of success in managing information security operations in complex multi-supplier environments and implementing security protocols into cloud integrations.

With an MSc in Information Security and an MBA, Erhan brings a wealth of expertise to the table, with a deep understanding of the industry and a comprehensive business acumen. They operate at both technical and commercial levels, delivering a business-driven focus to security that helps to drive innovation and growth.

Erhan is a passionate advocate for information security, committed to staying up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the field. They are skilled at collaborating with key stakeholders, including executive leadership, to align security initiatives with organizational goals.

Sponsors

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Alexander Lawrence

Alexander Lawrence

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Field CISO

Alex Lawrence is Field CISO at Sysdig. Alex has an extensive history working in the datacenter as well as with the world of DevOps. Prior to moving into a solutions role, Alex spent a majority of his time working in the world of OSS on identity, authentication, user management and security. Alex's educational background has nothing to do with his day-to-day career; however, if you'd like to have a spirited conversation on bioluminescence or fungus, he'd be happy to oblige.

David Koppe

David Koppe

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Director, Business Value Engineering

David Koppe is the Director of Business Value Consulting at Sysdig, focused on helping understand customers' desired Business Outcomes and Strategic Initiatives, and to quantify and articulate the value they will realize through the ongoing adoption of Sysdig’s CNAPP Cloud and Container Security platform.

With over 30 years experience, David has helped organizations across all Geos and Industries adopt innovative technologies to drive accelerated business growth, competitive advantage and enhanced organizational performance and profitability.

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Ollie Cheal

Ollie Cheal

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VP, EMEA

1Password

Ollie has over 15 years+ of IT experience, with the last 7 years spent transforming cyber security businesses in EMEA to deliver hyper growth. Experience leading cultural / organisational change and building out sales functions pre and post-acquisition has been crucial in delivering growth rates. Latterly, driving growth rates north of 80% in SaaS Security.

Starting his career in teaching, Ollie has built out a leadership approach that puts culture and his teams at the centre of everything. This is especially important when leading international teams and multi-national teams across Europe, the Middle East & Africa to capture market share.

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Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo Ferreira

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EMEA Field CISO

Fortinet

Ricardo Ferreira is a Field CISO at Fortinet. He serves as an advisor to help organizations and CxOs establish their security posture at scale. With over 15 years of experience working on disruptive technology such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and DevOps. Ricardo leverages Fortinet's capabilities to enable security-driven business transformations.

Ricardo Ferreira MSc is a technologist that loves to democratize technology. His career has been diverse, ranging from technical contributor to senior management in a Big Four where he advised some of the largest financial organizations how to adopt Cloud securely. This variety of experiences gave him a holistic understanding of organizations' challenges when adopting new emerging technologies, and how to drive policies for digital enablement.

Ricardo's recent book, "Policy Design in the Age of Digital Adoption," offers valuable insights into how organizations can develop effective risk management and compliance programs that align with NIS2.

White Hat (an EPAM company)

White Hat, part of the EPAM group, is a leading cyber intelligence and offensive security company that leverages an attacker’s perspective to craft innovative, proactive defense strategies. Founded in 2012, White Hat delivers strategic and technical expertise, trusted global entreprises across finance, healthcare, critical infrastructure, telecom and other key sectors.

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Gary Miller

Gary Miller

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Gary Miller is a strategic business leader with over two decades of experience in cybersecurity, defense, and digital transformation. As VP of International Business Development (Cyber) at EPAM Systems, Gary excels at driving growth and building robust international markets across the UK, EMEA, and APAC regions. His career is distinguished by high-impact leadership roles, including recent positions as EVP at Voyager Labs and multiple senior roles at Thales, where he led financial turnarounds, launched new cyber divisions, and forged key international partnerships.

Known for his expertise in market diversification and business transformation, Gary has consistently delivered innovative solutions in highly competitive sectors. His academic credentials include a postgraduate degree from The Institute of Directors and an engineering degree from Cardiff University.

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David McGuire

David McGuire

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David specializes in building enterprise adversary-focused assessment teams, which have performed thousands of engagements for large private-sector organizations and major government agencies. David has extensive experience in conducting highly specialized, large-scale adversarial operations against a variety of targets. In addition, he has built several training courses focused on red team operations methodologies. In his previous life, David was a senior technical lead for the National Security Agency Red Team, providing mission direction through numerous large-scale operations.

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Benny Lakunishok

Benny Lakunishok

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CEO & Co-Founder

Benny Lakunishok is Co-Founder and CEO of Zero Networks, the market leader in MFA-based Microsegmentation, and has more than a decade of experience in cybersecurity. He was part of the leadership team at Aorato, a disruptive detection platform eventually acquired by Microsoft. He led the product team at Microsoft that utilized the Aorato technology, as well as the team that integrated Microsoft’s acquisition of Hexadite into its portfolio. Prior to Aorato, Benny was Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft and in the security team of an elite intelligence unit within the Israeli Defense Forces.

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