Speakers

Robert Morgus is a Senior Director for the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where he directs research and analysis for Task Force Two. At the Commission, Morgus has led the development of the ecosystem pillar of the Commission’s final report as well as the Pandemic White Paper and the Supply Chain White Paper. Previously, he helped build New America’s Cybersecurity Initiative, where he headed the organization’s international cyber policy work. While at New America, his research focused on mechanisms to counter the spread of offensive cyber capability, cybersecurity and international governance, and Russian internet doctrine. In the past, he has authored reports on international cybersecurity norms, internet governance, cybersecurity insurance, amongst others. Morgus has spoken about cybersecurity at a number of international forums including NATO’s CyCon, the Global Conference on Cyberspace at The Hague, and Cy Fy 2015 in New Delhi, India. His research has been published and recognized by the New York Times, Slate, the IEEE, peer-reviewed academic journals, and numerous other national and international media outlets. Morgus serves as a member of the Research Advisory Network for the Global Commission on Internet Governance, as well as the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, and has served as an expert advisor for the World Economic Forum.

Brandon is an admired CTO and security executive well-known for driving sales growth and IT transformation. He is responsible for Netenrich’s technical sales and security strategy for both the company and its customers. Most recently, he oversaw solution architecture for Intel 471’s dark web threat intelligence business. As former CTO at Lumeta Corporation and RedSeal Networks, Brandon led technical and field development in network security, vulnerability and risk. He’s also held key practitioner roles focused in security architecture, penetration testing, networking and data center operations. Brandon holds a MS degree from Northwestern University and a BS degree from University of Illinois at Chicago.

Randy is the Chief Information Security Officer of Virginia Tech and the Director of Virginia Tech’s IT Security Laboratory and has 25 years experience as a systems administrator, IT auditor, and security specialist. He is a co-author of the original SANS Top 10 Internet Threats, the SANS Top 20 Internet Threats, the SANS Consensus Roadmap for Defeating DDoS Attacks, and the SANS Incident Response: Step-by-Step guides. Randy is currently a senior instructor for the SANS Institute and has taught a wide variety of courses over the years. Currently, he can be found teaching SEC440: Critical Security Controls: Planning, Implementing, and Auditing and SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Critical Security Controls on a regular basis.

Dennis Miller is the founder, president, and Security Architect of Talent Cyber Security (TCS) located in Albany Oregon. TCS focuses on supporting and empowering local small and mid-sized businesses with information risk management, security, compliance, and business continuity.
Mr. Miller has a bachelor’s degree in business/Information Systems, a master’s in Information Security Management, and is CISSP certified. He is an active member of the Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) and the ISSA Eugene Oregon chapter. His 25 + years as CIO and IT Manager of enterprise organizations in the finance, manufacturing, and retail business sectors give him significant experience with risk management, compliance and security.

Jake Williams is an accomplished infosec professional with almost two decades of industry experience. After spending more than a decade in the US Intelligence Community performing various missions in offensive and defensive cyber, Jake founded Rendition Infosec where he leads a team of professionals performing adversary emulation, incident response, malware reverse engineering, forensics, and exploit development. He is an accomplished conference speaker and is a recognized leader in the infosec community. Jake loves teaching and mentoring other information security professionals and teaches thousands of information security professionals annually. After being called out by the Shadow Brokers, Jake’s past is officially no longer a secret. He’s lived through the things that most in our industry have only read about in books. He brings insight that his background affords to his professional work and mentoring, providing students and clients an experience they can’t get anywhere else.