Richard Cassidy has been consulting to businesses on cyber security strategies and programs for more than 19 years, working across highly regulated industries including finance, insurance, retail, manufacturing, government and military. During his career, Richard has been heavily engaged in the design and implementation of solutions, helping organisations in evolving security, compliance, risk management, data assurance, automation, orchestration & response practices.

Richard’s security operations experience includes managing CERT, breach response teams, threat intelligence & hunting teams, as well as teaching customers a practical understanding of how their data and assets are targeted by cyber-criminal groups, driving effective security practices and mitigation strategies.

 Combining hands on experience of the technologies and services that have evolved over the past two decades, with a detailed perspective on end user security risks, Richard focuses on delivering thought leadership tracks that help decision makers define practical security, compliance and data assurance strategies. He is well versed in showing organisations how to better navigate a highly complex and automated threat landscape, in tandem with achieving (and maintaining) regulatory, compliance and data assurance mandates that business leaders face in today’s technology landscape.

Throughout his career, Richard has participated in a number of speaker sessions at events including BlackHat 2017 and most recently at IP Expo 2018. During his time at Alert Logic Richard narrated a partner track for IP Expo as well as talk tracks on topics including the cyber kill chain, threat intelligence, applied threat intelligence, and the role of the SOC.”

Samantha has 20 years of experience in cyber security, and during this time has held a plethora of roles, one of her favourite titles being Global Threat Response Manager, which definitely sounds more glamorous than it was in reality. She has defined strategy for multiple security products and technologies, helped hundreds of organisations of all shapes, sizes, and geographies recover and learn from cyberattacks, and trained anyone who’ll listen on security concepts and solutions. 

In her current regeneration, she’s thoroughly enjoying being a part of the global product marketing team at Exabeam, where she has responsibility for EMEA, SaaS, plus anything that has “cloud” in the name. Sam’s a go-to person for data compliance related questions, and has to regularly remind people that she isn’t a lawyer, although if she had a time machine she probably would be. 

She authors articles for various security publications, and is a regular speaker and volunteer at industry events, including BSides, IPExpo, CyberSecurityX, The Diana Initiative, and Blue Team Village (DEFCON).

Steve is Mastercard’s European lead for Cyber Security. He is responsible for the implementation and integration of Mastercard's Cyber Security Framework including data breach detection and cyber risk assessment technologies and capabilities across all related stakeholders including issuers, acquirers, merchants and Governments. Steve also works to build and maintain strategic relationships with both internal, external, private and public sector parties, working with Global teams to understand the needs of customers and technology required to deliver applicable solutions.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Steve was an Officer of the UK’s National Crime Agency for 17 years where, as Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, he led the UK’s strategic response to Cyber Crime with overall responsibility for the collection, management, analysis and assessment of intelligence on the Cyber Crime threat to UK. Steve ensured a proactive response to prevent and mitigate harm to UK individuals and business through assessed threat and risk management, working across Government and Industry to determine and detail the National and International response to Cyber Crime.

Steve also served as the UK’s Cyber Attaché to the USA during 2016-2019, embedded with the FBI Cyber Division at National Cyber & Forensics Training Alliance (NCFTA). Steve was responsible for diplomatic and political relationships and negotiations relating to the investigation of cyber criminality affecting the UK and USA.

Responsible for Corporate security and Anti-Financial Crime functions of OP financial group, which includes the following areas:
- Corporate Security (facility, personnel security, fire safety etc.)
- Cyber Security
- Anti-money laundering
- Sanction screening
- KYC
- Anti-fraud

Terje Aleksander Fjeldvær is a former Police Superintendent from the Norwegian police where he was a specialist within investigation of economic crime. He started working in the largest financial institution in Scandinavia, DNB, in August 2015 as a fraud investigator. Since September 2016 he has had the global professional responsibility for handling of fraud cases against DNB Group and the groups customers and is now leading DNBs Financial Cyber Crime Center (FC3). He is also DNBs spokesperson on fraud and digital safety.

Chief Information Security Officer at Estonian Tax and Customs Board responsible for establishing and maintaining Estonian Tax and Customs Board's information security vision, strategy, and program to assure that information assets and technologies are adequately protected.

Thea Sogenbits is cyber defense and information security expert advising private and public institutions on privacy and cyber security related executive management decisions, counter-intelligence, business process and -model optimization and security and privacy by design solutions development.

As a researcher she is doing her research at Estonian Business School on business of cybercrime. Thea has her master training from Tallinn University in Human Computer Interaction as well as MBA in IT Management. Her current research focuses on the business and practices of professional organized cross-border transnational cybercrime.

Thea has worked at the IBM, represented European YWCA in various European institutions and consulted public and private institutions on cybersecurity and strategic management.

As a trainer Thea prepares military, corporate and public professionals on countering social engineering, BEC, BPC and other types of attacks and coaches business process and business model redesign from the cyber defense perspective.

Tom Engly is the Chief Security Officer in Tryg since 2015. He has a 23 years background in LE before joining Tryg – latest being part of establishing the Danish National Cyber Crime Center back in 1999. Cyber has been his core competence since then, and besides holding various certifications, Tom is also appointed by the Danish Government as Chairman of the Business Forum for Digital Security,  and a member of the Council for Digital Security in Denmark

“After a Degree of Master of Laws, LLM, Tony has gathered a broad background and has hold such diverse positions as Lawyer at a Business Law Firm,  Head of Legal Department and Head of a Sales Department within the finance industry, CEO of IT-Companies and of a Business Incubator and Partner/Investment Manager within a venture capital company. The last ten years he has been working as Head of Legal Baltic, Head of Procurement and CSO/CISO, Head of Group Security and Cyber Defence, within SEB."