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Portland, Or, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Halcyon.ai is the industry’s first dedicated, adaptive security platform that combines multiple advanced proprietary prevention engines along with AI models focused specifically on stopping ransomware – talk to a Halcyon expert today to find out more. And check out the Recent Ransomware Attacks resource site to get near real-time tracking of ransomware attacks, threat actor groups and their victims. Based in Austin, TX, Halcyon was founded in 2021 by a team of cyber industry veterans after battling the scourge of ransomware and advanced threats for over a decade at some of the most innovative and disruptive security vendors of our day, including leaders from Cylance (now Blackberry), Accuvant (now Optiv), and ISS X-Force (now IBM). Halcyon is focused on building products and solutions for mid-market and enterprise customers that give organizations the edge against ransomware and other advanced threats.

Received notoriety as a freelance journalist with numerous articles published by leading media syndicates such as Tech Target's Search Security, NetworkWorld, The Chicago Sun-Times, Business Week’s Business Exchange, Seeking Alpha, InvestorCentric, OpenSalon, Bear Market Investments, Alacra Pulse, Mortgage Lender Implode, and more.

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

The Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Omaha, NE, and in Washington, DC, with a mission to provide Cyber Warfare awareness, guidance, and security solutions through collaboration, education, volunteer work, and training to assist the US Government, US Military, Commercial Interests, and International Partners. CSFI was born out of the collaboration of dozens of experts, and today CSFI is comprised of a large community of over 150,000 Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare professionals from the government, military, private sector, and academia. Our amazing members are the core of all of our activities, and it is for them that we are pushing forward our mission.

San Diego, California, Us

Cybereason's mission is to return the advantage to the defender through a completely new approach to cybersecurity. Cybereason offers endpoint prevention, detection and response and active monitoring. Cybereason is a privately held, international company, headquartered in Boston, MA with customers in more than 30 countries.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

The award-winning Malicious Life Podcast exposes the human and financial powers operating under the surface that make cybercrime what it is today. Malicious Life explores the people and the stories behind the cybersecurity industry and its evolution. Host Ran Levi interviews hackers and industry experts, discussing the hacking culture of the 1970s and 80s, the subsequent rise of malware in the 1990s and today’s advanced cyber threats. The podcast is regularly ranked in the iTunes Top 20 Tech Podcasts US and does over 250k downloads per month.

Every week on the InSecurity Podcast leading authorities in the security industry provide an expert perspective on a wide variety of topics like risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security - in addition to a healthy dose of science, history, social issues, and pop-culture. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line.

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) is a trusted security software and services company that provides enterprises and governments with the technology they need to secure the Internet of Things. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company is unwavering in its commitment to safety, cybersecurity and data privacy, and leads in key areas such as artificial intelligence, endpoint security and management, encryption and embedded systems.

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

Cylance was the first company to apply artificial intelligence, algorithmic science and machine learning to cybersecurity and improve the way companies, governments and end-users proactively solve the world’s most difficult security problems.

By delivering the fastest security intelligence available to cloud engineers in a friendly, consumable manner, Evident.io bridged the gap between agile and airtight. In 2013, Evident was founded by security experts, engineers, and DevOps experts with the mission of creating a cloud security infrastructure that is as easy to install and use as it is rock solid.

Foster City, Ca, Us

Oversaw all operations for the award winning DarkMatters publication, including managing content production, publication schedule, and dissemination via syndication partners. Manage production by dozens of internal and external SME contributors, and work closely with the executive team on managing brand reputation and positioning as an industry thought leader. Authored hundreds of feature articles and security news briefs on topics impacting enterprise risk with a focus on bridging the communications gap between security teams and the C-level. Conceived and oversaw the creation of the DarkMatters platform, which was awarded “Best New Corporate Security Blog” by the peer-reviewed Security Bloggers Network.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Oversaw all operations for the award winning The State of Security publication, including managing content production, publication schedule, and dissemination via social media outlets and syndication partners. Authored hundreds of feature articles and security news briefs focusing on current topics impacting enterprise risk with a focus on bridging the communications gap between security teams and the C-level. Earned two awards from the peer-reviewed Security Bloggers Network. Also assisted in Analyst relations and press, media, and public relations intitiatives.

Charlestown, Ma, Us

Infosec Island is a vendor-neutral community of information security professionals serving the interests of SMBs, mid-market enterprises, and large corporations across multiple industries, government, education, legal, financial, and healthcare sectors. Infosec Island is widely recognized as one of the leading independent online information security publications.Managing Editor: Managed daily operations including coordinating the publication, distribution and promotion of fifty to sixty articles per week from submissions offered by dozens of industry thought leaders and subject matter experts from around the globe. Expanded contributing author pool through active recruitment efforts, dramatically increased publication volume and breadth of coverage, and achieved a worldwide traffic ranking inside the top 70,000 websites and a U.S. ranking inside the top 45,000 websites. Writer/Contributor: Authored numerous feature articles, interviews and investigative reports which have been sourced and cited by dozens of major media outlets, including The New York Times, Reuters, The Register, Financial Times of London, MSNBC, Fox News, PC/IT/Computer/Tech World, eWeek, SC Magazine, CSO Magazine, Federal News Radio, The Herald-Tribune, Naked Security, and many more. Noteworthy achievements include breaking news of the Symantec Norton AV source code leak; exclusive coverage of hacktivist The Jester’s attacks against militant Islamic websites, WikiLeaks, Westboro Baptist Church, and the iFrame injection psyops campaign targeting the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi; the breach of usernames and passwords for dozens of U.S. government secure domains by hacktivist YamaTough. Director of Business Development: Coordinated strategic alignment efforts with multiple security vendors, publications and industry advocacy groups.

Responsibilities included all operations, content selection, media and advertiser relations, website development and administration, marketing and content distribution, and coordinated a diverse ensemble of contributing authors from across the globe. Wrote a series of articles questioning the timing of Heartland Payment Systems CEO’s 2009 stock sales that occurred during the course of a massive network breach, and the materials were cited as Scienter Evidence in an investor initiated class action lawsuit (See Items 117-119 from Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation). ISR was acquired by Infosec Island (Wirehead Security) in 2010.

Eugene, Oregon, Us

Developed competitive market intelligence for the banking and finance industries with a focus on product guidelines, underwriting and legal compliance. Worked directly with senior members of Product Development, Secondary and Capital Markets from the largest financial institutions in the country. Extensive experience in research, data collection, analysis and custom report design as well as project and client management.

Education record

Bachelor Of Science