Akira Brand is an Application Security Engineer at Resilia, a Podcaster at AppSec weekly, and a DevRel consultant with companies such as Sitecore.

Ed Moore is known for building, developing, and leading high performance security, database, and development teams on a global scale. He works with other IT leaders and business leaders to help solve business problems.

Daniel Thomas is a technology writer, researcher, and content producer for CyberRisk Alliance. He has over a decade of experience writing on the most critical topics of interest for the cybersecurity community, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, threat hunting, automation, IAM, and digital security policies. He previously served as a senior editor for Defense News, and as the director of research for GovExec News in Washington, D.C.. He is currently based in beautiful Bend, Oregon, where — if not at his writing desk — he can almost certainly be found snowboarding out on Mt. Bachelor.

Paul Wagenseil is custom content strategist for CyberRisk Alliance, leading creation of content developed from CRA research and aligned to the most critical topics of interest for the cybersecurity community. He previously held editor roles focused on the security market at Tom’s Guide, TechNewsDaily.com, SecurityNewsDaily.com, and spent nearly 10 years at FoxNews.com.

Brandon McCaffrey is an Identity and Access Management (IAM) expert, currently serving as a Solution Strategy Architect at CyberArk. With a focus on Identity Security, Brandon collaborates with major enterprises, to craft robust strategies designed to mitigate risks and secure all identities. As a trusted advisor, his concise articulation of complex concepts allows him to support clients in reaching their identity security goals in the ongoing fight against cyber threats.

If you’re looking for someone who’s passionate about cyber security, look no farther than Andy Thompson. Andy brings nearly 30 years of firsthand experience in IT and security to the table. He is a highly certified information security professional, and evangelist.
Prior to joining CyberArk, Thompson worked as a senior as a Senior Systems Admin and Security Engineer with a variety of organizations, including large hospitals, global retail, entertainment, and hospitality. He is now a member of the CyberArk Research Labs Division, the team responsible for sharing ongoing research on offensive technology and information security trends.
Thompson is also an active member of the Dallas Hacking scene as an organizer and emcee of the Dallas Hackers Association where shares his expertise with fellow hackers. Despite his busy schedule, Thompson loves to travel the world with his wife and two daughters, always on the lookout for new adventures.

Khizar Sultan is the Vice President of CyberArk Identity and Access Management solutions. Khizar coordinates and collaborates with teams across CyberArk to ensure our Identity and Access solutions address our customer’s most pressing challenges, exceed expectations, and stay ahead of industry trends. With more than a decade of hands-on technical leadership he has worked with hundreds of the worlds most demanding enterprise customers to solve complex identity related issues and mitigate organizational cyber risk.

IT Security Engineer with more than 13 years of experience in enterprise and security software industry with a focus on Identity and Access Management. Experience in different stages of the product lifecycle, from sales/technical presentations and demos/PoC, to system architecture followed by product implementation and user training.

As a dynamic security evangelist, Max Fathauer embarked on his career journey in government consulting, where he honed his expertise in the intricacies of public policy and security. Now, at the forefront of cybersecurity with Ping Identity, he works with CISOs and other practitioners on clarifying and implementing cutting-edge practices that safeguard their organizations in an ever-evolving digital landscape. With a wealth of passion for distilling the complex into consumable security strategy, Max Fathauer takes pride in shaping the future of security through the power of digital identity.

Didi Dotan is a veteran technical leader, creative thinker, skier and passionate Bruins fan. Didi is a relentless pursuer of excellent user experience and is on a mission to fix identity and access so people can get to their applications securely without giving blood every time they login. He built three products from the ground up, has over 90 patents and a PhD in Epidemiology.

Alex Zaslavsky is a Data Scientist at Cisco where he primarily focuses on identity analysis and behavior analytics. For more than a decade, he has been working as a data scientist analyzing identities to build solutions in fraud, IAM, RBA and spam. Alex has an affinity for cybersecurity and data science and has been able to meld these two passions to solve some real-world security problems.

For over 25 years, Chul has been involved in more than a hundred security and identity management projects. His experience spans multiple industries and public segment entities. He has served diverse roles in these IAM programs and holds a patent for entitlement management. Since 2019, he’s been working as a Senior Solution Architect for Okta.