Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)

Richard is a highly experienced technology leader with a remarkable career ranging from software development, project management through to C-level roles as CEO, CIO, and CISO. Richard is highly rated and ranked in Ireland's top 100 CIOs. As an author for Pluralsight - a leader in online training for technology professionals - Richard's courses are highly-rated in the Pluralsight library and focus on teaching critical skills in cybersecurity including ISO27001 and Ransomware. As a Certified Info... morermation Security Manager (CISM) Richard is ideally positioned and passionate about sharing his extensive knowledge and experience to empower others to be successful. Richard also writes extensively on technology and security leadership and regularly speaks at conferences. When he is not writing for his blog https://www.richardharpur.com/ Richard enjoys hiking with his wife and 4 children in County Kerry, the tourist capital of Ireland. You can reach Richard on twitter @rharpur.

Bobby E. Rogers is an information security engineer working as a contractor for Department of Defense agencies, helping to secure, certify, and accredit their information systems. His duties include information system security engineering, risk management, and certification and accreditation efforts. He retired after 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, serving as a network security engineer and instructor, and has secured networks all over the world. Bobby has a master’s degree in information assura... morence and is pursuing a doctoral degree in cybersecurity from Capitol Technology University in Maryland. His many certifications include CISSP-ISSEP, CEH, and MCSE: Security, as well as the CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, and Mobility+ certifications.

John Elliott is a specialist in regulated security and data protection. His fascination is the way that people engage with security directives: whether that’s a company following external regulation, an information security team developing policies, an IT team following them, or a colleague who is just trying to do their job securely. John has led information security and data protection functions in aviation and financial services. He’s represented both Visa Europe and Mastercard on the PCI S... moreecurity Standards Council, and contributed to many of the PCI standards including PCI DSS v4. He has LLM in Information Rights Law, holds the expected information security certificates (CISSP, CISA , CRISC, CDPSE) and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society - the Chartered Institute for IT.

Dr. Shaila Rana is the Founder of CyberSecure and the Co-Founder of ACT Research Institute. Dr. Rana also serves as a Graduate Professor of Information Technology and Cybersecurity at Purdue University Global. She holds a PhD specializing in Information Systems Security and holds an MS in Cybersecurity. She has a background consisting of both education and industry experience. Her passion is to help people protect themselves, their families, and their communities against cyber threats and attack... mores.

Mike is an information security manager who has worked in the IT and Information Security fields for 22+ years. A broad background from helpdesk to sysadmin, system engineer, networking, DB and development work. Most of Mike's work now centers around pentests and risk assessments, but an integral part will always be awareness training. An active member in various local security groups, Mike volunteers, speaks, or attends various information security cons.

Jo Harder is a self-professed nerd and has been involved with virtualization and secure remote access technologies for over 20 years. After holding several sales and marketing roles, she started her technical career at Citrix in 1999, where she became a Senior Architect. Her 11-year tenure included a combination of Citrix Consulting and Technical Readiness positions. Post Citrix, Jo has taken on roles focused on consulting services and hosting provider services, as well as technical marketing. S... morehe was an eight-time awardee of Citrix Technology Professional designation and was a founding member of the Citrix User Group Women in Technology mentoring program. In 2023, she was awarded CISSP and combines her cybersecurity knowledge and experience in the EUC space.