Omar Santos is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) security, research, incident response, and vulnerability disclosure. He is a board member of the OASIS Open standards organization and the founder of OpenEoX. Omar's collaborative efforts extend to numerous organizations, including the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) and the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI). Omar is the co-chair of the FIRST PSIRT Special Interest Group (SIG). Omar is the lead of the DEF CON Red Team Village and the chair of the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) technical committee. Omar is the author of over 20 books, numerous video courses, and over 50 academic research papers. Omar is a renowned expert in ethical hacking, vulnerability research, incident response, and AI security. His dedication to cybersecurity has made a significant impact on technology standards, businesses, academic institutions, government agencies, and other entities striving to improve their cybersecurity programs.
Sari Greene (CISSP-ISSMP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, SEC+, NSA/IAM) is an information security practitioner, author, educator, entrepreneur, and sailor. In 2003, Sari founded one of the first dedicated cybersecurity consultancies. She is a recognized leader in the field of cybersecurity and has amassed thousands of hours in the field working with a spectrum of technical, operational, compliance and management personnel as well as boards of directors, regulators, service providers, and law enforcement agencies. Sari is the author and presenter of multiple best-selling certification videos including CISSP Complete Video Course 1st, 2nd & 3rd editions, the Pearson Complete Course for CISM and the CompTIA SY0-501 & SY0-601Security+ Complete Video Courses. Sari has published a number of articles related to cybersecurity, has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN and on CNBC, speaks regularly at cybersecurity, legal, financial and healthcare conferences and workshops around the country. Sari serves on the Bangor Savings Bank Board of Directors and chairs the Enterprise Risk Management Committee. In 2018, Sari was named Cybersecurity Educator of the Year, and presented with the Cybersecurity Excellence award. The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an annual competition honoring individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security.
Aamir Lakhani is a leading senior security strategist. He is responsible for providing IT security solutions to major enterprises and government organizations. Mr. Lakhani creates technical security strategies and leads security implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Industries of focus include healthcare providers, educational institutions, financial institutions and government organizations. Aamir has designed offensive counter-defense measures for the Department of Defense and national intelligence agencies. He has also assisted organizations with safeguarding IT and physical environments from attacks perpetrated by underground cybercriminal groups. Mr. Lakhani is considered an industry leader for creating detailed security architectures within complex computing environments. His areas of expertise include cyber defense, mobile application threats, malware management, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) research, and investigations relating to the Internet's dark security movement. He is the author or contributor of several books, and has appeared on FOX Business News, National Public Radio, and other media outlets as an expert on cybersecurity. Writing under the pseudonym Dr. Chaos, Mr. Lakhani also operates the popular security social media blog which is hosted at DrChaos.com. In its recent list of 46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter, Forbes magazine described Aamir Lakhani as "a blogger, InfoSec specialist, super hero...and all around good guy."
Steven (Steve) McNutt, CCIE #6495 (Enterprise Infrastructure, Security), M.S. Cybersecurity, and DevNet Professional is a Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect for Cisco. He's presented on XDR Orchestration at Cisco Live multiple times. Steve is a member of the Security Programmability Team (SPOT), which develops and delivers training content around Security Programmability. Steve has been in the Information Technology business since 1995 in various roles, including individual contributor, management, and business founder/owner.
Katherine McNamara, CCIE No. 50931, is a Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems and has worked with large enterprise and public sector customers. Katherine joined Cisco in 2014 and has worked in IT since 2007 in multiple networking and security roles. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in IT Security and a Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance. Her many certifications include CCIE Data Center, CCIE Security, MCSE, VCP, CISSP, CCNP, CCDP, and more. Outside of her day job, she runs a blog called network-node.com, which provides training articles and videos about Cisco Security products. She also helps co-organize the largest Cisco study Meetup group in the world named Routergods.
Matt Vander Horst is a Technical Leader in Cisco's Security Business Group focused on Cisco XDR. He's a subject matter expert for XDR automation and is responsible for helping Cisco engineers, customers, and partners get the most value out of XDR. Matt has hosted a multitude of webinars and deep dives about XDR, has presented about XDR at conferences around the globe, and currently manages the automation content built into XDR and the XDR Automation Exchange. Prior to joining Cisco in early 2020, Matt spent eight years managing a Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployment and network infrastructure automation for a large international financial organization. His background includes network engineering, system administration, software development, and DevOps.
