Meet Our Leaders

Assaf serves as Chief Information Security Officer & VP, Enterprise Cyber Security for PayPal where he oversees all aspects of PayPal’s security product and service delivery organization globally.  Assaf provides strategic leadership for PayPal’s Security teams, which build security products, manage security infrastructure, and provide security services for the company’s customer base.

Tim is VP and Global Chief Information Security Officer at the Kellogg Company with global responsibility for information and cybersecurity. Before joining Kellogg, Tim held IT security leadership roles at MasterCard for 13 years, including Senior Director of Global Information Security and Enterprise Security Solutions.

Niall is currently Chief Trust Officer and VP Trust at Workday. He has more than 18 years of experience building and managing Global Information Security, Audit, Fraud, Compliance and Risk Management programs for financial institutions, technology providers and cloud providers.

Christine is CISO of Finance of America. Prior to this role she was Global Head of Morgan Stanley’s Operational Assurance Team. Before that she was Technical Director for the U.S. Department of Defense. A Distinguished Cyber Visiting Fellow of the U.K. government, she holds a degree from SUNY at Buffalo.

Malcolm Harkins is the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cylance. Malcolm reports to the CEO and is responsible for enabling business growth through trusted infrastructure, systems, and business processes. He has direct organizational responsibility for information risk, security, and privacy policy.

Highly experienced information security leader leading risk-based information security programs while mentoring a new generation of security professionals.

David is a CISO, Advisor and a trusted business partner. His career includes Financial Services like Silicon Valley Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, Software Product and Services with Intuit, and large diversified Media/Data company with Hearst Corporation with large stakes in TV, Newspapers, Magazines, Healthcare, Transportation and Financial (Fitch Ratings). He is an Advisor to various companies and Venture firms in Security and Technology.

Yaron Levi is CISO for Dolby. He was previously CISO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, InfoSec Director for Cerner, Security Architect for eBay; and Director of Cloud Security for ANX. Yaron is a Research Fellow for the Cloud Security Alliance, holds a B.A in Social Sciences and Management and graduated from the FBI CISO Academy.

As VP and CSO at FireEye, Craig built and now leads the company’s first information security and risk management practice. Prior to FireEye, Craig launched the first security architecture practice at Pacific Gas & Electric.

Yossi Barkalifa is the CISO and Head of Customer Solutions at Laika. Yossi has a deep background in cybersecurity and developing and implementing information security programs for global organizations. Prior to joining Laika, he held leadership roles at DoubleVerify, Amdocs, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and other companies in industries that require the highest levels of information security and regulatory compliance.

Sherry Ryan is Vice President and CISO of Juniper Networks. Previously, Sherry held similar leadership positions at Blue Shield of California, Hewlett-Packard, Safeway and Levi Strauss where she established and led their information security programs.

Brian is responsible for Information Security Strategy and Threat Research across PayPal Holdings, Inc. and PayPal properties globally.

Jody Len, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Guidepoint Security, has over 18 years of sales experience in cybersecurity, growing revenue via partnerships, professional services organizations, and global consultancies. Previously, Jody launched and ran the global partner program at CrowdStrike.

Varun Badhwar is the founder & CEO of RedLock, a venture backed startup in the cyber-security space. Prior to founding RedLock, Varun cofounded CipherCloud where he was responsible for product strategy and worldwide field operations.

Peter Liebert is the founder and CEO of Liebert Security and Commander of the Cyber Operations Unit for the California State Guard. Prior to these positions, he was CISO for the State of California. He is also the SC Magazine 2019 CISO of the Year, a recognized expert in the cybersecurity community as well as a frequent speaker at industry events.

Kris is a security startup veteran who built successful teams in product management, UX/Design, sales engineering, product evangelism/marketing, education/training, consulting services, and incident response for Mandiant (acquired by FEYE 1.05B) and Cylance (acquired by BB 1.5B). He is an active industry advisor, published author, speaker, trainer, and inventor.

Ronni has over twenty years of experience in multi-national, high-technology companies. Prior to Akamai, Ronni was CEO and co-founder of Cotendo, a leading provider of web and mobile acceleration services, which was acquired by Akamai for $300M.

Moti was the founder and CEO of WatchDox until its acquisition by BlackBerry, establishing WatchDox as a visionary in the secure enterprise mobility and collaboration space. Previously Moti was General Manager of the application management business at EMC.

Robert Bigman, now retired from the Central Intelligence Agency after a distinguished thirty-year career, is recognized as a pioneer in the field of classified information protection and an information security trailblazer.

Robert Fly is co-founder and CEO of Elevate Security, which is building a security behavior change platform aimed at improving employees’ security postures through behavioral and data science.