2022

Bio Russell Richardson is Sr. Manager of OT Cybersecurity for Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas. Duke Energy serves 7.7MM energy customers, 1.6MM gas customers, and owns approximately 51,000 megawatts of generating capacity. Russell also serves as program delivery lead for the IT/OT Cybersecurity Program, bringing cyber monitoring and response to all operational areas of […]

Bio: Colton Robinson has completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Criminology from Saint Vincent College. Past experience includes time as a Juvenile Probation Officer and mental health casemanagement. Colton has since transitioned into the cybersecurity world at the NCFTA about a year ago as an Intelligence Analyst on the Malware […]

Bio:&nbsp Rick Scot is a member of the Bank of America Global Information Security (GIS) Cyber Crime Prevention International team. He is the lead of the Europol OSINT Task Force and the banks representative on the Ransomware Task Force, as well as a driver of the telecom work centered around combating telecom scams. Rick is […]

Bio: Jay Smith is a lead security researcher for the Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) team at Wells Fargo where he is responsible for application, mainframe, and Active Directory security. His work primarily involves research and development, performing penetration tests, and incident response. In addition to his work in cyber security, he has a background […]

Bio: Jason Smith leads the Advisory Services team at Internetwork Engineering. Jason is a blogger, and a strategic technologist. Jason, in his role as Sr IT Security and Compliance Consultant, has worked with dozens of organizations to find innovative, cost effective solutions to complex technology problems. Jason holds multiple security and compliance certifications and is […]

Bio: Michael has a 20-year track record steering product management and marketing teams for successful, innovative companies. His articles and interviews have appeared in SC Magazine, Cyber Defense Magazine, ITProfessional, Cyber Security: A Peer Reviewed Journal, and he speaks at industry events like BSides, Gartner’s IAM Summit, and RSA. Michael received CISSP training through SANS […]

Bio: Dr. Yongge Wang is a professor at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Wang has published extensively on research topics including algorithmic information theory, cryptography, and post-quantum security. Dr. Wang has proved several classical results in modern effective randomness research which are included as the fundamental theorems in most Algorithmic Information Theory graduate textbooks. Dr. Wang is […]

Bio: Kurt Wassersug of Sepio brings over 20 years of leadership experience and has worked in a myriad of cyber and InfoSec companies during his tenure. He has worked with some of largest global companies and has a deep understanding of operational and technical challenges security practitioners face. Kurt is a senior manager at Sepio, […]

Bio: Howard Whyte is an Executive Vice President and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Truist Financial Corporation. As CISO, Mr. Whyte is responsible for execution of the Corporation’s Information Security Program and alignment with enterprise programs and business objectives, ensuring that information assets and technologies are protected. Prior to joining Truist in January […]

Bio: SA Katherine Wise joined the FBI in January 2018 and was assigned to the Charlotte Field Office where she has investigated violent crimes against children, human trafficking and computer intrusions. SA Wise is a member of the Charlotte Cyber Task Force, which is responsible for both criminal and national security computer intrusion investigations. Prior […]