Security Stage

Martin McKeay is a Senior Security Advocate at Akamai, joining the company in 2011.

Martin is a senior editor of Akamai’s State of the Internet Security Report, Akamai’s report on Security, focusing on DDoS, DNS, Bots, just to name a few of the topics. Martin has represented Akamai in Europe in the past and currently lives in Miami, Fl.

With nearly 20 years experience in the security space and five years of direct Payment Card Industry work, Martin has provided expertise to hundreds of companies. He has spoken at events in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, including RSA, Black Hat, Defcon and FIRST. He is a member of Europol’s European Cybercrime Center Internet Advisory Committee. He frequently writes for publications such as CSO Online and IBM’s Security Intelligence blog.

Alan Goode is the founder and managing director of Goode Intelligence – a cybersecurity research and consulting company.

• 13 years of research and analysis experience
• Seventeen years of management and technology consultancy with experience of strategy and deployment
• Experienced security manager and senior technical consultant:
• Head of Information Security at T-Mobile UK
• Security Practice Manager at Atos Origin
• Head of Digital Security at De La Rue Identity Systems (including biometric passports)
• Security analyst for Citibank (Payments)
• Expert in biometrics, authentication/identity, fraud management and cyber security
• Frequent speaker and conference lead including Judge for GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; speaker on biometrics at Connect ID, Biometrics & Identity Conference 2015 , MoneyConf 2016, ATM & Cyber Security 2017 & 2018 and Lendit Europe 2017.

Joseph Carson is a cyber security professional and ethical hacker with more than 25 years’ experience in enterprise security specializing in blockchain, endpoint security, network security, application security & virtualization, access controls and privileged account management.

Joseph is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), active member of the cyber security community frequently speaking at cyber security conferences globally, often being quoted and contributing to global cyber security publications. He is a cyber security advisor to several governments, critical infrastructure, financial, transportation and maritime industries. Joseph is regularly sharing his knowledge and experience giving workshops on vulnerabilities assessments, patch management best practices, the evolving cyber security perimeter and the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

Joseph serves as Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic and author of Privileged Account Management for dummies.

Mr. Barnhart-Magen is currently a security research manager at Intel, where he focuses on AI Security, reverse engineering and researching various embedded systems.

He is a member of the BSidesTLV organizing team and recipient of the Cisco “black belt” security ninja honor – the highest cyber security advocate rank and has over 15 years of experience in the cyber-security industry, where he held various positions in both corporates and start-ups.

Denis Makrushin is Application Security Team Leader at Ingram Micro.

Formerly, with the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab was focused on vulnerability research and development of targeted attacks mitigation technologies. Denis has gained diverse experience while working in the cybersecurity area. From the offensive security standpoint he’s been engaged in vulnerability research and penetration testing of corporate infrastructure, network security assessments of banking systems, and he took part in the organization and holding of an international forum on practical security aspects.

He took time to look at the industry from the defense side perspective and built information security processes for critical infrastructure and developing threat intelligence products. He graduated from the Information Security Faculty of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute).

At this time he is continuing his research project ‘Targeted Attack Detection Based on Game Theory Methods’ as PhD candidate of MEPhI. Denis has presented at many public international security conferences including Defcon, RSA Conference, CARO, BSides, Infosecurity, PHDays, ZeroNights as well as multiple closed door invite-only security events.

A business-focused cyber security leader, Flavius has held senior security positions both within the public and the private sector and has lead a number of enterprise-wide security transformation programmes, in complex global organisations. Passionate about solving real industry problems, cultivating and building teams to deliver on the organisation’s mission, values and goals.

Alongside his role as a Head of Information Security at Bank of Ireland UK, Flavius is also one of the co-founders of OutThink, a team of CISOs and security practitioners who are changing the way in which organisations engage with their employees to shape behaviours and build a risk-aware cyber security culture.

Balazs Bucsay (@xoreipeip) is a Managing Security Consultant at NCC Group in the United Kingdom who does research and penetration testing for various companies.

He has presented at many conferences around the world including Honolulu, Atlanta, London, Oslo, Moscow, and Vienna on multiple advanced topics relating to the Linux kernel, NFC and Windows security. Moreover he has multiple certifications (CREST CCT, OSCE, OSCP, OSWP, GIAC GPEN) related to penetration testing, exploit writing and other low-level topics; and has degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Balazs thinks that sharing knowledge is one of the most important things in life.

Pete Herzog is the shining example of a hacker trying to fix the world.

He built a career out of taking apart the security world piece by piece to figure out how it works. You can find articles and projects from him all over the place, especially at the non-profit research organization, The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM), he co-founded in 2001 to help make this happen. There you’ll find his work with the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), Hacker Highschool, and the Cybersecurity Playbook as well as work in trust metrics, authentication, social engineering, vulnerabilities, risk analysis, and so much more. Pete also teaches training classes, coaches corporations, develops security products, advises start-ups, and hacks things.

Joppe is a cryptographic researcher in the business unit identification at NXP Semiconductors. Previously, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Cryptography Research Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA.

His research focuses on computational number theory and high-performance arithmetic as used in public-key cryptography. On the one hand, he has an interest in the various mathematical problems used in applied cryptography. Examples include the integer factorization problem and the (elliptic curve) discrete logarithm problem. On the other hand Joppe likes to investigate the different techniques to realize efficient cryptographic implementations on various exotic or embedded architectures.

Adrian is a veteran of the direct and digital marketing industry, with more than 15 years of experience. For the last 10 years he is running Interactions, a full-service digital agency which helds an impressive past and present portfolio of brands: Telekom, Audi, Nestle, LG, Hochland, Mega Image and many others from Romania and Europe.

Before Interactions Adrian founded and led the direct and digital division of Ogilvy Group Romania and also worked for 5 years in direct marketing and international outsourcing within Hit Mail Group.

Maria Maxim is a Partner with Wolf Theiss and the coordinator of the TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom) and Data protection practice in Romania.

During her legal career of nearly 20 years, Maria has implemented numerous data privacy (EU GDPR), anti-trust and compliance programs for major companies and has conducted a number of trainings programmes in her areas of expertise.

She has extensive knowledge of the telecom industry, as prior to joining Wolf Theiss Maria was for 18 years in-house legal counsel of a major telecom company in Romania where she coordinated the litigation, data protection, compliance and Anti – Money Laundering activities. Her impressive experience includes also the position of senior manager, FIDS inside one of the “Big Four” accounting firms in Romania.

Ex-Investment Banker, Python fan and open source advocate. Constantly learning new technologies looking for breakthroughs. Fan of all things involving big data, security, IoT and human augmentation. Currently working as a Security Engineer during the day and dabbling into DIY hardware at night.

Lucian Constantin is a freelance journalist who has been covering computer security and the hacker culture for over a decade. His work has appeared in many technology publications including Forbes, VICE Motherboard, PCWorld, Computerworld, The Inquirer, Security Boulevard and The New Stack.

Lucian has a bachelor’s degree in political science, but he’s been passionate about computers and cybersecurity from an early age. Before he decided to pursue a career in journalism, he worked as a system and network administrator. He enjoys attending security conferences, talking to technical people and delving into interesting research papers.

Founder and CEO of XEDUCO Institute (formerly INTELPROF), George Dobrea is a cybersecurity expert and a well-known technical instructor delivering consultancy and training programs for military, commercial or public organizations in more than 20 countries. Awarded thirteen times by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Cloud and Datacenter Security and by EC-Council as the ‘Instructor of The Year’ for 2016, 2017 and 2018 he’s a popular speaker at technical conferences including Microsoft Ignite, TechED and Hacker Halted USA.

Cotiso spent over 15 years as a network security consultant (CCIE – Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) and trainer (CCSI – Cisco Certified Systems Instructor) for various technology integrators and for various Fortune 500 companies in telco, automotive, banking and pharma industries.He has extensive experience designing, implementing and operating complex and scalable secure networks for large customers and has an in-depth experience with top Network Security vendors.

Istvan Laky is Senior Systems Engineer at Juniper Networks. He started  his Juniper carrier more than 10 years ago as service provider network design expert and broaden his experiences towards enterprise architectures and security solutions. He works with multiple territories across Eastern Europe countries.

Cybersecurity researcher with 27 years of experience in vulnerability research, malware research, threat analysis, penetration testing and digital forensics, currently acting as security consultant for Romanian National CERT, CERT-RO, and few other entities in the governmental and financial sector, founder and developer of Dekeneas, a Romanian startup based on the idea of detecting complex cyberattacks such as watering holes and cryptojacking, using artificial intelligence in big data environments.

Corporate innovator with over 18 years of experience in the telecom industry, leading Orange’s innovation efforts in working with startups at Orange Fab Romania and coordinating several research projects in the fields of: future internet networks, critical infrastructure security, Wi-Fi offload for cellular data networks and network’s APIs.

Tiberiu has extensive experience in cyber security in both the public and private sector, managing technology, corporate governance and legislation. He is currently leading the operations of CyBourn’s Bucharest-based Security Operations Center, serving clients across the European Union, leading integrations, monitoring and incident response.

Prior to co-founding CyBourn, he has been part of CERT-RO, Romania’s National Computer Emergency Response team. He has also been part of ENEVO Group an Industrial Internet of Things start-up now active across 3 continents.

Tiberiu holds a MSc from University of Amsterdam on Innovation Management and International Entrepreneurship and a BSc in International Business from Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

Roger Halbheer is Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft in EMEA. In this role, he acts as a trusted advisor to C-level executives in the commercial and private sectors and has established relationships with industry leaders, security communities and government and intelligence agencies across the world. Roger is a regular speaker at industry events and has worked with national and international print and broadcast media both to represent Microsoft and provide expert comment on security issues.

Before re-joining Microsoft in 2018 he was a Managing Director for Accenture Security working in the Austria, Switzerland, Germany region and additionally responsible for the global cybersecurity alliance between Accenture and Microsoft.

Until 2015 he was the Head of Group Security (Chief Security Officer) at Swisscom. He was responsible for the security strategy of the overall Swisscom Group in close collaboration with the group’s companies.

Before, Roger was Microsoft’s Worldwide Chief Security Advisor. He joined Microsoft as the Chief Security Advisor Switzerland and was promoted to Chief Security Advisor Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2007. From 2010, Roger led Microsoft’s worldwide team of Chief Security Advisors who work with national organizations – including governments, law enforcement and intelligence agencies – on information technology issues and strategies.