General Session Speakers

A Rally Cry for a Cyber Resilience Imperative

Every day we read the news about major disruptive cyber events happening that have tremendous disruptive effects on people and on businesses. What you don’t hear about is the broader impact on society. Cybersecurity is no longer considered the way of the future. It is cyber resilience that will better prepare security and IT professionals to combat human error, technical failure and malicious intent. In this keynote Peter Bauer, CEO of Mimecast, will present the cyber resilience imperative, the Mimecast mission and the strategic vision for the company.  Learn how you can be better prepared to make the world more resilient and join us in our mission to stop bad things from happening to good organizations.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Things Happen in 3's

What’s the trifecta for next-generation security and compliance? Christina Van Houten, Mimecast’s Chief Strategy Officer, will provide an overview of three key ingredients for success, exploring how organizations can achieve the often elusive combination of effectiveness and efficiency. You’ll learn more about how Mimecast is innovating and partnering with organizations around the globe to change the game for IT, security, and compliance teams as they fight to keep bad things from happening to good organizations.

 

 

Extending the Value of Mimecast to your Broader Security Eco-System

Email is the #1 attack vector that hackers use to infiltrate your organization. Both for email and beyond, organizations have implemented on average ~75 best of breed controls to create a “defense in depth” security strategy. In this keynote panel you will understand how organizations can capitalize on integrating Mimecast with a broader set of security controls to share threat information that make all security controls smarter and help make your security teams become more efficient. Peter Bauer, CEO of Mimecast will moderate a panel discussion with key Mimecast partners including SegaSec, DMARC Analyzer, Crowdstrike and Rapid7 who will provide real world use cases on the value of integrating email security to your end point, vulnerability, domain and brand protection.  

 

 

 

Reducing Friction: Strategies for Better IT and Security Alignment

How do you reduce friction between IT and Security? Honey is better than vinegar and for IT and security to work better together share goals, team structure, great leadership and clear charters are all good steps. However, there is still a need for better alignment so that together IT and Security teams can build a strong resilience strategy for their organization. During the panel discussion you will hear from leaders and practitioners from Lifepoint Health, The Kraft Group (New England Patriots) and Mimecast on how they are approaching IT/IS alignment to achieve better incident response processes, vendor risk management, and actionable ideas on how to integrate security controls so that you too can build trust across IT and Security within your organization. 

 

 

 

Bend Don’t Break: Why Flexibility Matters in the Age of IoT

 While some people might interpret resilience as the ability to stand fast in the face of major challenges and increasing threats, experienced cyber security professionals recognize that adaptability and flexibility are key tools to survive and thrive.  Like the parable of the river reed that bends and flexes in the storm, those who use today’s technological advantages to adapt and innovate are still standing, while rigid, antiquated security organizations topple like too-old trees.  Who will be left standing?
 
Join Art Coviello  for his insights into how cybersecurity has evolved up to the current state of cyber threats and  what rapid change means for cybersecurity professionals in the Age Of IoT.  Who will be left behind and why?  In addition to sharing his first-hand experiences with cyber-attacks, Art will share details of how board members think about risk and what cybersecurity professionals can do to help board members and themselves.
 

 

 

The Fallacy of “Impossible”

Since the launch of the Eyewriter and Not Impossible Foundation, Mick has passionately studied the concept of “Impossible.” All the modern conveniences we see around us were once considered “impossible” by people who didn’t know any better. Synthetic fabrics, cell phones and digital watches (not to mention cars and computers) were all figments of the imagination until inspiration met execution and the impossible became a reality. In this talk, Mick dives deeper into “Impossible,” the underlying psychological affects it has on an organization, and how to overcome “Impossible” so true innovation can take place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pushing Past Impossible

Ryan takes his audiences on a journey with him, through story telling and strong visuals, he illustrates just how limited and governed we all are, in every aspect of our lives, by believing in out own limitations. How we under achieve in our comfort zones and how each and everyone of us has the resilience to push past impossible.