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Black Hat - Omdia Analyst Summit

Location: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

This event will be in-person only and admission is by approval only—and is not guaranteed.

Digital is dominant. As organizations continue their drive towards "digital-first" and become more digitally dependent, so the threat landscape burgeons, taking advantage of these digital dependencies.

As such, organizations require cybersecurity capabilities that are proactive and responsive, with a relentless focus on resilience and development. Security is a function that must support the enterprise in its ambitions for its customers and citizens.

Join this Omdia Analyst Summit at Black Hat USA to hear how security functions are rising to this challenge, as a partner to the business and elevating the role of cybersecurity in modern organizations.

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Attendee Guidelines:

  • Have a cybersecurity focus or equivalent job title, be involved with cybersecurity technology or approaches to addressing cybersecurity issues, or otherwise have responsibility to ensure that cybersecurity is addressed in their organization (including board level).
  • To contribute to an interactive, cooperative atmosphere; we are unable to accept employees of other industry analyst firms.

*The final determination of participants in the OMDIA Analyst Summit rests with Black Hat & Omdia show management

Omdia Analysts

Maxine Holt

Maxine Holt

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Senior Director, Research

Maxine Holt leads Omdia cybersecurity research, developing a comprehensive research program to support vendor, service provider, and enterprise clients in the areas of infrastructure security, security operations, data security, and identity, authentication, and access.

Maxine rejoined Omdia (as Ovum) in 2018, following two years at the Information Security Forum (ISF) developing research in areas including Protecting the Crown Jewels, Securing Collaboration Platforms, and Building Tomorrow’s Security Workforce. Prior to the ISF, Maxine spent 15 years in research at Ovum, including security, having started her career as a software developer in the financial services industry and working in consulting for the financial services and internet sectors. Maxine is a regular speaker at events and contributes articles to high-profile publications in cybersecurity.

Eric Parizo

Eric Parizo

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Principal Analyst

Eric Parizo supports Omdia's Cybersecurity Operations (SecOps) Intelligence Service research practice, guiding vendor, service provider, and enterprise clients. He provides thought-leading analysis on technologies, trends, and innovations in enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), and specifically the thread detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) lifecycle.

In addition to SecOps, he assists in supporting Omdia’s Infrastructure Security Intelligence Service, contributes to Omdia Cyber’s coverage of mergers, acquisitions, and other overarching market trends in North America, and oversees Omdia Cyber’s social media efforts, including the Omdia research page on Dark Reading.

Eric has been covering, researching, or speaking on topics related to enterprise information technology for approximately 20 years. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum) in 2019, Eric spent four years at GlobalData (formerly Current Analysis), where his research focused on tracking and analyzing enterprise network security product segments, as well as top-tier enterprise security vendor technology and strategy.

Eric previously spent 15 years as a technology journalist and a multimedia editor at leading B2B publisher TechTarget, most recently serving as executive editor for the Security Media Group. He is a nine-time ASBPE award winner, the B2B publishing industry's most prestigious award for excellence.

Fernando Montenegro

Fernando Montenegro

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Senior Principal Analyst

Fernando Montenegro is a Senior Principal Analyst on Omdia’s cybersecurity research team, based in Toronto, Canada. He focuses on the Infrastructure Security Intelligence Service, which provides vendors, service providers, and enterprise clients with insights and data on network security, content security, and more.

Fernando’s experience in enterprise security environments includes network security, security architecture, cloud security, endpoint security, content security, and antifraud. He has a deep interest in the economic aspects of cybersecurity and is a regular speaker at industry events.

Before joining Omdia in 2021, Fernando was an industry analyst with 451 Research. He previously held a variety of operations, consulting, and sales engineering roles over his 25+ years in cybersecurity, always focusing on enterprise security at organizations including vArmour, RSA, Crossbeam, Hewlett Packard, and Nutec/Terra. Fernando holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science and different industry certifications.

Rik Turner

Rik Turner

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Principal Analyst

Rik Turner is a principal analyst in Omdia's IT security and technology team, specializing in cybersecurity technology trends, IT security, compliance, and call recording. Rik provides analysis and insights on market evolution and helps end users determine what type of technology and which vendor they should pursue.

Rik has also worked in Omdia's financial services technology team, with a specialization in capital markets technology. Prior to joining Informa (now Omdia), he worked as an IT journalist, specializing in networking and security. He was also a foreign correspondent in Brazil, where he worked, among others, for the Financial Times and The Economist.

Hollie Hennessy

Hollie Hennessy

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Senior Analyst

Hollie Hennessy provides insight into the fascinating and fast-moving domain of IoT cybersecurity.

Hollie has a range of experience in research. She began her career in the legal sector, writing and researching for expert witness reports on the labor market. She then moved into product testing, with a consumer protection focus. In this role, she was responsible for managing comparative tests of various technology products, as well as regular testing and investigative work into the security of these products.

She has published articles in Which?, one of the UK's largest subscription magazines, produced by the country's largest consumer organization; and Computing magazine.

Curt Franklin

Curt Franklin

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Senior Analyst

Curtis Franklin Jr. is Senior Analyst at Omdia, focusing on enterprise security management. Curtis has been writing about technologies and products in computing and networking since the early 1980s. He has been on staff and contributed to technology-industry publications including BYTE, ComputerWorld, CEO, Enterprise Efficiency, ChannelWeb, Network Computing, InfoWorld, PCWorld, Dark Reading, and ITWorld.com on subjects ranging from mobile enterprise computing to enterprise security and wireless networking.

Previously, he was senior editor of Dark Reading, editor of Light Reading's Security Now and executive editor, technology, at InformationWeek where he was also executive producer of InformationWeek's online radio and podcast episodes.

Curtis is the author of thousands of articles, the co-author of five books, and has been a frequent speaker at computer and networking industry conferences across North America and Europe. His most recent books, Cloud Computing: Technologies and Strategies of the Ubiquitous Data Center, and Securing the Cloud: Security Strategies for the Ubiquitous Data Center, with co-author Brian Chee, are published by Taylor and Francis.

When he's not writing, Curtis is a painter, photographer, cook, and multi-instrumentalist musician. He is active in running, amateur radio (KG4GWA), the MakerFX maker space in Orlando, FL, and is a certified Florida Master Naturalist.

Adam Etherington

Adam Etherington

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Principal Analyst, Digital Enterprise Services

Adam Etherington is part of Omdia’s Digital Enterprise Services practice, within the Global Service provider Enterprise and Wholesale Team. He covers telecommunications service providers, consulting, systems integrators, and managed services across cloud, cybersecurity, and emerging B2B managed services.

Adam joined Omdia in 2020, having spent more than two decades at some of the world’s largest telecoms and IT services vendors performing various roles across; strategic consulting, corporate strategy, business planning, market intelligence, product management, business development, IT solutions architecture, and managed services operations.

He is passionate about bringing clear insights to help enterprises and service providers understand and leverage business outcomes enabled by information technology.

Ketaki Borade

Ketaki Borade

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Ketaki Borade supports Omdia’s Infrastructure Security research practice. She is responsible for qualitative and quantitative analysis of key vendors in the service. She provides insights into technology, market trends, and competitive landscape.

Ketaki brings her eight years of experience in consulting and syndicate research to this role. Ketaki has researched the semiconductor market for three years with MarketsandMarkets. Prior to joining Omdia, she worked with Canalys for five years as a cybersecurity analyst. She was leading the North American security practice for endpoint security, network security, email and web security, and vulnerability management with channels insights. Ketaki has a bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunications and a master’s degree in operations.

Don Tait

Don Tait

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Senior Analyst

Don Tait is Omdia’s Senior Analyst for the cybersecurity team, bringing more than 20 years of research, consulting, and insights experience to his role as a lead analyst in the area of identity, authentication, and access.

Don has provided analyses on smart cards, payment and banking cards, near-field communications (NFC), and contactless credentials. He has presented the findings from his reports at many events and has written feature articles on his areas of expertise for leading journals and publications. Prior to joining Omdia, Don was a telecoms research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, responsible for the firm's broadband services subscription. He was also a marketing consultant at MSI Reports Limited, where he wrote industrial, healthcare, and telecommunications reports. Don has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in business studies from Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. He is based in the UK.

Elvia Finalle

Elvia Finalle

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Elvia Finalle is an experienced analyst in Omdia’s cybersecurity team covering various market areas with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Her specialized coverage includes SecOps and enterprise awareness training. Elvia has been creating databases and analyzing market trends for over three years in media and entertainment, ICT, and cybersecurity.

Elvia previously served as a research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, where she researched a full range of markets in the following industries: enterprise storage, broadcasting, cinematographic cameras, VR, and 360° video. Before entering the research industry, Elvia was engaged in a variety of roles in project management, sales, and public relations.

Andrew Braunberg

Andrew Braunberg

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Principal Analyst

Andrew Braunberg supports Omdia's Cybersecurity Operations (SecOps) Intelligence Service research practice, guiding vendor, service provider, and enterprise clients. He provides thought-leading analysis on technologies, trends, and innovations in enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), and specifically on the proactive technologies used to avoid breach, such as vulnerability management and attack surface management.

Andrew has been covering, researching, or speaking on topics related to enterprise information technology for approximately 20 years. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum) in 2022, Andrew spent five years at NSS Labs where he led the analyst group and worked closely with the company’s security product testing team.

Prior to NSS, Andrew spent more than a decade at GlobalData (formerly Current Analysis), where he managed the Enterprise team and was the firm’s principal security analyst. Over his career, Andrew’s coverage has ranged from endpoint malware suites, to network security appliances, and solutions for protecting cloud-based assets.

Agenda

Tuesday, August 9

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9:15 - 9:30 AM Welcome and Introductions
  • Bill Morelli, Chief Research Officer
9:30 - 10:00 AM Keynote:
Proactive Security to Manage Digital Dominance

Digital rules much of today’s world and organizations must be digitally resilient so that they can continue to serve their customers and citizens. Security plays a key role in resilience, and organizations require cybersecurity capabilities that are proactive and responsive. Join this Omdia Analyst Summit keynote presentation to hear how security functions are rising to the challenge as a partner to the business and elevating the role of cybersecurity.

  • Maxine Holt, Senior Director, Research
10:00 - 10:40 AM Panel:
Security, Digital Dominance, and the Real World

Digital dominance is a business reality, and while it may present challenges to cybersecurity organizations, it also presents opportunities to build security into new architectures and processes. Omdia Cybersecurity’s research practice leaders discuss how security functions can thrive in the era of digital dominance.

  • Maxine Holt, Senior Director, Research
  • Fernando Montenegro, Senior Principal Analyst
  • Eric Parizo, Managing Principal Analyst
  • Andrew Braunberg, Principal Analyst
  • Rik Turner, Senior Principal Analyst
10:40 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 - 11:40 AM
Zero Trust, for Real, Now?

The zero trust mantra is currently everywhere in cyber, from network security through identity management to cloud and all solution categories in between.

While the concept has gained popularity largely because of the widespread need to limit trusted access and prevent adversaries from executing multistage attacks, in practice the concept has become more difficult to understand. Seemingly every vendor now offers a “zero trust” solution, but many vary greatly. In this session, top Omdia analysts explore what it means to deliver zero trust in the enterprise today, what zero trust success looks like for security organizations, and how enterprises can adopt a zero trust mindset while continuing to meet key business objectives.

  • Rik Turner, Senior Principal Analyst
  • Don Tait, Senior Analyst
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
The Evolution of Ransomware

Ransomware has evolved from a relatively minor annoyance with negligible costs into a multi-billion-dollar international criminal economy. With the advent of nation-state sponsored support for these evolving campaigns, it's important to understand the various mitigation options so you never have to rely upon the "honour amongst thieves" in order to recover your data.

  • Fernando Montenegro, Senior Principal Analyst
  • Andrew Braunberg, Principal Analyst
12:20 - 1:20 PM Lunch Break
1:20 - 2:05 PM Breakout 1
XDR: The Supernova of SecOps

Extended Detection and Response technology is not only blazing a new entry point for a wide variety of organizations seeking enterprise-caliber threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) capabilities, but also creating a massive ripple effect across the enterprise SecOps solution landscape. This presentation will highlight the current state of the XDR market, the evolution of XDR technology, and illuminate what it takes for vendors and solution providers to compete successfully in the future.

  • Eric Parizo, Managing Principal Analyst
  • Elvia Finalle, Senior Analyst
  • Fireside Chat with Ryan Alba, Sr. Manager of Global Solutions Lead at Secureworks
Breakout 2
Standards Shaping and Driving Demand for IoT Security

One of the key drivers in IoT Security solution adoption is a wave of new standards popping up across the globe; it's clear that governments, regulators and standards bodies are taking notice. That said, the situation is far from perfect and there are gaps that need to be filled. In this session, Omdia will review the current IoT Security standards landscape and how to address the challenges that standards alone can’t solve.

  • Hollie Hennessy, Senior Analyst
  • Fireside Chat with Nadir Izrael, CTO from Armis
Breakout 3
Essential Guidance for Choosing an IT Security Services Provider

IT security service providers offer a wide range of consulting, threat, industry, and managed security services to secure the evolving digital workplace. But what sets them apart, and how do you choose which to partner with? In this session, learn from a recent Omdia Universe global benchmark on essential decision criteria to shortlist the best security services provider for your organization.

  • Maxine Holt, Senior Director, Research
  • Adam Etherington, Senior Principal Analyst
  • Fireside Chat
    with Theresa Lanowitz, Head of Cybersecurity Evangelism
2:10 - 2:55 PM Breakout 1
The Multi-faceted Challenge of ‘Securing Cloud’

The delivery and consumption of cloud-based services in its many forms is here to stay. Security teams are now tasked with helping secure an environment and delivery model that is in some cases similar but, in others, radically different than before. This session explores some of the key areas of focus for securing cloud, ranging from handling multi-cloud to the importance of cloud permissions management.

  • Fernando Montenegro, Senior Principal Analyst
  • Ketaki Borade, Senior Analyst
Breakout 2
Will Passwordless Authentication Become Mainstream in 2022?

The humble password is antiquated and a relic of a different era in authentication. In today's digital era, organizations must look at more secure, real-time, proactive and responsive forms of authentication. In this session, we will explore the different passwordless technologies and whether they will become mainstream in the near future.

  • Don Tait, Senior Analyst
  • Rik Turner, Senior Principal Analyst
Breakout 3
Cybersecurity Awareness & Education: Building the ‘Human Firewall’

Building the "human firewall" begins, ends, and continuously relies on testing and measurement. This means knowing where training starts, understanding how the training is working, and adapting based on how well employees can make use of the training. Content must stretch beyond recognizing threats to include what employees should DO about the threats. Proper response is critical.

In this session, Omdia will review the current state of cybersecurity awareness and education, with an emphasis on how to build or enhance programs to account for contemporary threats and pandemic-related disruptions, as well as incorporating worker productivity trends in the decade to come.

  • Curt Franklin, Senior Analyst
  • Maxine Holt, Senior Director, Research
2:55 - 3:10 PM Break
3:10 - 3:55 PM Legends panel:
Return of the Analysts

What if some of the most legendary trendsetters in the history of cybersecurity came back, just for the day, completely unfiltered? In this fast-paced panel, a well-known group of former cybersecurity industry analysts from across the industry will sound off on everything from the threat landscape, the evolution of zero trust, what’s working (and what isn’t) in cybersecurity solution marketing, and much more. And better yet, we’re making them leave their vendor hats at the door!

  • Eric Parizo, Managing Principal Analyst
  • Tanner Johnson

    Principal Analyst with direct experience in research, analysis, and forecasting, specializing in the cybersecurity, defense, intelligence, and aerospace markets. Interested in a broad range of cybersecurity and defense-related issues and topics.

  • Perry Carpenter

    Perry Carpenter is the author of two books "Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors" and "The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer." He's also the creator and host of the "8th Layer Insights" podcast) and currently serves as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer for KnowBe4, the world's most popular security awareness and simulated phishing platform.

    Previously, Perry led security awareness, security culture management, and anti-phishing behavior management research at Gartner Research, in addition to covering areas of IAM strategy, CISO Program Management mentoring, and Technology Service Provider success strategies. With a long career as a security professional and researcher, Mr. Carpenter has broad experience in North America and Europe, providing security consulting and advisory services for many of the best-known global brands.

    Perry holds a Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) from Norwich University in Vermont and is a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO).

  • Diana Kelley

    Diana Kelley is the CSO2 (Chief Strategy Officer/Chief Security Officer) and co-founder of Cybrize. She also serves on the boards of Cyber Future Foundation, WiCyS, and The Executive Women’s Forum (EWF). Diana was Cybersecurity Field CTO for Microsoft, Global Executive Security Advisor at IBM Security, GM at Symantec, VP at Burton Group (now Gartner), a Manager at KPMG, CTO and co-founder of SecurityCurve, and Chief vCISO at SaltCybersecurity.

    Her extensive volunteer work has included serving on the ACM Ethics & Plagiarism Committee, Cybersecurity Committee Advisor at CompTIA, CTO and Board Member at Sightline Security, Advisory Board Chair at WOPLLI Technologies, Advisory Council member Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics, Bridgewater State University, and RSAC US Program Committee.

    She is a sought-after keynote speaker, the host of BrightTALK’s The (Security) Balancing Act, co-author of the books Practical Cybersecurity Architecture and Cryptographic Libraries for Developers, has been a lecturer at Boston College's Masters program in cybersecurity, the EWF 2020 Executive of the Year and EWF Conference Chair 2021 and 2022, an SCMedia Power Player, and one of Cybersecurity Ventures 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime.
3:55 - 4:00 PM Wrap-up & close
  • Maxine Holt, Senior Director, Research
4:00 - 5:00 PM Drinks & chat to the analysts
  • All

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