Cybersecurity Forum - Sept 14

Description

Decode data breach: reading the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR)

Moderator:  Scott Schindler, vCISO Director, Tracepoint

Panelists:    
Alex Pinto, DBIR team manager, Verizon 
George Finney, CISO, SMU
Andy Ulrich, head of security, Ericsson

Alex Pinto is the manager of the Verizon Security Product Research team, which is responsible, among other things, for the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). He joined Verizon in 2018, after it acquired his machine learning-based network detection company, Niddel. 
 
Alex has over 20 years of experience in building security solutions and products, focused on the application of data science techniques on cybersecurity. He also holds multiple certifications, such as CISSP-ISSAP, CISA, CISM, and was previously PMP and PCI-QSA certified. 

George Finney is a Chief Information Security Officer that believes that people are the key to solving our cybersecurity challenges. George is the bestselling author of several cybersecurity books, including the award-winning book, Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. George was recognized in 2021 as one of the top 100 CISOs in the world by CISOs Connect and has worked in Cybersecurity for over 20 years and has helped startups, global telecommunications firms, and nonprofits improve their security posture.




Andy Ulrich is the Head of Security, North America, at Ericsson, the global telecommunications products and services company, with responsibility for managing security challenges in both the physical and cyber worlds. He has been in this role for seven years. He has been a cyber security leader for many years, with previous experience as the Chief Information Security Officer for MoneyGram, and a career in the US Army. Andy values communication about information security, and never passes an opportunity to speak about it to audiences who are either captive or voluntary, or to individuals who want to know more.
 

Scott Schindler is a 26-year IT and IT Security veteran with more than 70 technical certifications.   He built a cyber security nonprofit in 2018 to help drive cybersecurity education and employment opportunities, which led to the development of a full cybersecurity event company in 2019, ICI Events. He  is currently the vCISO Director for Tracepoint, a SMB, nonprofit, and local government cybersecurity provider.  Scott’s mission is to drive cyber hygiene and resiliency practices for organizations that do not have the resources to staff full-time enterprise-level cybersecurity leadership.