CYBERSECUREMIT.COM - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Security Officer

Andy Purdy oversees Huawei USA's cybersecurity and user privacy protection program as Chief Security Officer. He leads the Huawei East-West Institute global cyber initiative and is on the Steering Committee of The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum. He is also a member of the Software and Supply Chain Assurance Forum hosted by DoD, DHS, NIST, and GSA. Andy was formerly a federal prosecutor and a senior cybersecurity official with the Department of Homeland Security during the George W. Bush administration. Prior to Huawei USA, Andy worked as Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

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• Senior Editor
• Senior Editor at MIT Technology Review

Bobbie Johnson is a senior editor at MIT Technology Review, based in San Francisco. He oversees the Covid Tracing Tracker project, and was previously co-founder of award-winning online magazine Matter and a technology reporter and editor at the Guardian.

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• Chief Strategy Officer
• Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt

Caroline Wong is the Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt. As CSO, Caroline leads the Security, Community, and People teams at Cobalt. She brings a proven background in communications, cybersecurity, and experience delivering global programs to the role. Caroline's close and practical information security knowledge stems from her broad experience as a Cigital consultant, a Symantec product manager, and day-to-day leadership roles at eBay and Zynga. Caroline also hosts the Humans of InfoSec podcast, teaches cybersecurity courses on LinkedIn Learning, and has authored the popular textbook Security Metrics, A Beginner's Guide. Caroline holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley and a certificate in finance and accounting from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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• CEO and Publisher of MIT Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Since Elizabeth took the helm of MIT Technology Review in mid-2017, the business has undergone a massive transformation from its previous position as a respected but niche print magazine to a widely read, multi-platform media brand with a global audience and a sustainable business. Under her leadership, MIT Technology Review has been lauded for its editorial authority, its best-in-class events, and its novel use of independent, original research to support both advertisers and readers. Elizabeth has a 20-year background in building and running teams at world-leading media companies. She maintains a keen focus on new ways to commercialize media content to appeal to discerning, demanding consumers as well as B2B audiences. Prior to joining MIT Technology Review, Elizabeth held a senior executive role at The Economist Group, where her leadership stretched across business lines and included mergers and acquisitions; editorial and product creation and modernization; sales; marketing; and events. Earlier in her career, she worked as a consultant advising technology firms on market entry and international expansion. Elizabeth holds an executive MBA from the London Business School, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College.

Job Titles:

• Assistant
• Assistant Special Agent

Elvis Chan is an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) assigned to FBI San Francisco. ASAC Chan manages the field office's Cyber Branch, which is responsible for cyber investigations, digital forensics, technical operations, and private sector engagement. With over 16 years in the Bureau, he is a decorated agent who is recognized within the Intelligence Community as an election cybersecurity and cyberterrorism expert. ASAC Chan was the lead agent on significant cyber investigations and managed joint counterterrorism operations with domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining the Bureau, ASAC Chan was a process development engineer in the semiconductor industry for almost 12 years. He holds two U.S. patents, presents at many technical and law enforcement symposiums, and published multiple articles in journals. ASAC Chan earned his bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry from the University of Washington and his master's degree in homeland security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School.

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• Principal
• Principal Data Scientist

Ignacio Arnaldo is a principal data scientist at Corelight, where he is focused on using machine learning to solve cybersecurity challenges. He is especially interested in building systems that can put machine learning to use, human-in-the-loop analytics, threat detection, and pentesting. His research has been published both in academic conferences as well as in general press (Wired, CBS news). He was Chief Data Scientist at PatternEx, and worked as a researcher at CSAIL, MIT. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Universidad Complutense.

Job Titles:

• Corporate Vice President
• Corporate Vice President of the Identity and Network

Joy Chik is corporate vice president of the Identity and Network Access Division in Microsoft's Cloud + AI group. Her team builds innovative identity solutions to provide secure access for billions of people every day-from consumers around the world to employees of the world's largest enterprises. She's responsible for products such as Azure Active Directory, a leading enterprise identity solution serving over 300,000 customers; Microsoft Account, one of the world's largest consumer identity services; Microsoft Identity Platform and Microsoft Graph, serving millions of developers; Microsoft Authenticator, and more. Joy believes that strong authentication and risk-based Conditional Access are essential for helping organizations explicitly verify every access request, one of the core principles of a Zero Trust security strategy. In today's climate, when a single compromised password can bring critical infrastructure services to a halt, strong authentication methods provide necessary protection-and hope. For several years, Joy has championed the elimination of passwords as a security paradigm. Microsoft has been at the forefront of the passwordless revolution, building authentication technologies tied to individual biometrics and cryptographic keys that make signing-in seamless for legitimate users across platforms and virtually impossible for malicious actors. These innovations include Windows Hello, Microsoft Authenticator app, and Temporary Access Pass. An avid proponent of Microsoft's conviction that security is a team sport, Joy encourages her team to collaborate with partners to build seamless customer experiences that improve both security and productivity. Her organization works closely with members of the FIDO Alliance on open standards and with partners in the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association-including Ensurity, Feitian Technologies, HID, Trusona, TrustKey, and Yubico-to provide a range of passwordless options that organizations can adopt to strengthen their security posture.

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• Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan

Keri Pearlson is the Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan: The Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (IC)3 at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Keri has held positions in academia and industry including Babson College, The University of Texas at Austin, Gartner's Research Board, CSC, and AT&T. She founded KP Partners, a CIO advisory services firm, and the IT Leaders' Forum, a community of next generation IT executives. She is the founding director of the Analytics Leadership Consortium at the International Institute of Analytics. Keri began her career at Hughes Aircraft Company as a systems analyst. Keri's research spans MIS, business strategy, and organizational design. Her current research studies how organizations build a culture of cybersecurity and how organizations build trust to share mitigations for cyber breaches. She is the coauthor of Managing and Using Information: A Strategic Approach 6thed and of Zero Time: Providing Instant Customer Value. Her work has been published in the MIT Sloan Management Review, The Academy of Management Executive, Information Resources Management Journal, and Harvard Business Publishing. Keri holds a Doctorate in business administration (DBA) in MIS from Harvard Business School and an MS in industrial engineering and BS in mathematics from Stanford. She is the founding president of the Austin Society for Information Management (SIM) and was named "2014 National SIM Leader of the Year."

Job Titles:

• Editor in Chief
• Editor in Chief at MIT Technology Review

Mat Honan is the editor in chief at MIT Technology Review. Mat leads the editorial direction for the entire MIT Technology Review portfolio, including the website, podcasts, newsletters, and print magazine, as well as new platforms and formats under development. Mat joined MIT Technology Review from BuzzFeed News, where he was an executive editor and launched the BuzzFeed News tech desk, San Francisco bureau, and the company's Open Lab for Technology, Journalism and the Arts. His teams there published impactful, hard-hitting journalism and won multiple awards including the Polk, Livingston, Mirror, and 2021 Pulitzer Prize. A former WIRED magazine columnist and senior writer, Honan has covered the tech industry for more than 20 years in publications such as Popular Science, The National Journal, Macworld, and Gizmodo. He has appeared on CNBC, CNN, NBC Dateline, NPR Morning Edition, NOVA, and the PBS NewsHour, among others. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, children, and dog.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Director of Intelligence

Maurits Lucas is Director of Intelligence Solutions at Intel 471, where he specializes in bridging the gap between technology and business. Maurits has held various positions in Cyber Threat Intelligence and IT Security over the past 17 years and is a subject matter expert on cybercrime, presenting his research and providing his thought-leadership to distinguished audiences around the world.

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• Editor in Chief
• Editor in Chief of Observer

Meg Marco is the Editor in Chief of Observer leading all editorial operations for the Observer brand. Before joining Observer Media, Meg held senior editorial positions at ProPublica, The Wall Street Journal, and Axios. At ProPublica, her team's work was honored with the 2021 National Magazine Award for Social Media, and she was part of the team of editors whose work was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She is also formerly the editor and head of product of Consumerist, a Gawker Media publication that was later acquired by Consumer Reports. During her tenure, Consumerist produced deeply reported coverage of topics such as fraud, surprise medical bills, for-profit colleges, telecom policy, consumer privacy, and product safety. She is the author of Field Guide to the Apocalypse, a satirical guide to surviving the end of the world published by Simon & Schuster in 2005, well in advance of the actual end times.

Job Titles:

• CISO
• Director

Nick Godfrey is Director, Office of the CISO for Google Cloud. Nick has worked in information and cyber security, resilience and technology risk within financial services, for over 20 years. Prior to joining Google Cloud, Nick was the CISO at Quilter, a UK wealth manager. Nick also spent almost 17 years at Goldman Sachs in a range of roles across security and resilience, including serving as the global co-CISO. During that time, he participated in and led a variety of financial services and cross-sector initiatives to improve collaboration and coordination in the information security domain.

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• Research Scientist
• MIT 's Sloan School of Management As a Research Scientist
• Professional Engineer

Shaharyar Khan is a licensed professional engineer, with several years of experience in the Canadian nuclear industry, both in the field as a technical lead for reactor inspection and maintenance as well as in the design and analysis of critical components, such as steam generators and heat exchangers. After completing graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Shaharyar joined MIT's Sloan School of Management as a Research Scientist where he is developing system-theoretic methods to identify cyber-vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies to protect complex critical infrastructure systems. Shaharyar's skills and research interests include Cybersecurity of Cyber-physical systems, Complex System Design and System Dynamics, Agent-based modeling, Organizational Leadership, Game-theory, Operations Research, Value-based decision analysis and Tradespace development.

Job Titles:

• Reporter