Daniel DeCloss is Founder and CEO of PlexTrac and has over 15 years of experience in Cybersecurity. Dan started his career in the Department of Defense then moved to private sector consulting where he worked at companies like Veracode as a Principal Consultant in Penetration Testing. He also served as a Principal Security Engineer for the Mayo Clinic and a Sr. Security Advisor for Anthem. Prior to PlexTrac, Dan was the Director of Cybersecurity at Scentsy where he built the security program fro infancy into a best-in-class-program. Dan has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from t ..read more

Michael Manrod, CISO at Grand Canyon Education  Mike Manrod, MSISE, CCSBA, CSSBB, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer--Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise.   Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention expert for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other large enterprise customers.  He is also a co-author/contributor for t ..read more

Anu Kukar is an industry award winner, international keynote speaker and diverse executive with 20 years of experience in both consulting and industry. She has spoken 60+ events, published articles and been a guest on podcasts globally across 9 countries. She shares insights and provides practical tips through her unique storytelling whilst taking the audience on a virtual around the world tour. Anu has worked across and within Critical Infrastructure – energy, utilities, telecommunication, media and financial services. LinkedIn: www.linkedin/com/in/anukukar Switch2Cyber Campaign: https ..read more

Alex Rhodes is a Cybersecurity Research Engineer and Space Cyber affluent. He also serves on the board of advisors and as Youth and Community Director for Whole Cyber Human Initiative. He's retired from the U.S. Army in 2018 as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Digital Forensics Research Branch for the Army Criminal Investigative Division, (USACIDC). In addition to conducting digital forensics and felony investigations for the Army, he spent 5 years as a Russian Linguist and about 2 years as a Satellite Communications Specialist. After retiring from the Army, he worked for Lock ..read more

About Our Diary Entry: Diana Kelley’s security career spans over 30 years. She is Co-Founder and CTO of SecurityCurve and donates much of her time to volunteer work in the cybersecurity community, including serving on the ACM Ethics & Plagiarism Committee, as CTO and Board member at Sightline Security, Board member and Inclusion Working Group champion at WiCyS, Cybersecurity Committee Advisor at CompTIA, Advisory Council, Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics, Bridgewater State University, and RSAC US Program Committee.  Diana produces the #MyCyberWhy series and is the ..read more

This week’s guest is persistent and has turned her passion into fuel to fight the good fight and help entry level people break into cybersecurity, while movin’ past the gatekeepers. Naomi Buckwalter, CISSP CISM is the Director of Information Security & IT at Beam Technologies. She has over 20 years' experience in IT and Security and has held roles in Software Engineering, Security Architecture, Security Engineering, and Security Leadership. As a cybersecurity career adviser and mentor for people around the world, her passion is helping people, particularly women, get into cybersecurit ..read more

This week we chat with the guy who served as the first CISO for the state of Michigan, Dan Lohrmann in May 2002. Today he serves as Chief Security Officer at Security Mentor, Inc. He has advised senior leaders at the White House, National Governors™ Association (NGA), National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), federal, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and non-profit institutions. He’s a frequent author for GovTech and other blogs. Tune in to hear Dan’s story of the time he nearly got fired and why his per ..read more

Les Correia, Global Head of Application Security at The Estée Lauder Companies – Powerful Intriguing Force!  This week we welcome the worldly Les Correia, who is the Global Head of Application Security at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. In a previous life he held Senior/Advisory roles providing thought leadership at AT&T, Lucent, INS (now BT Professional services) and many other organizations in the US, Canada, Qatar, Germany, Brazil, and India. During his spare time, he enjoys flying aircraft and exploring New York museums and art galleries. Recently he also contributed to the Purple ..read more

This week we have the pleasure of having Mary N. Chaney, someone who's had one heck of a journey through our industry. Mary is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent where she investigated cybercrime and served as their Information Systems Security Officer. Currently, she practices cyber law for her own firm, specializing in helping the CIO, CISO and General Counsel understand each other to protect the enterprise. She also founded and runs Minorities in Cybersecurity, Inc., a non-profit focused on support, leadership and career development for women and minorities in cybe ..read more

About Valmiki Mukherjee: Valmiki (Val) is Chairman and Founder of Cyber Future Foundation and a globally recognized expert in the cyber and cloud security industry with a focus on innovation and collaboration to address the Information Security needs of the future. He previously served as an Executive Director in the Cyber Advisory Services at EY. For several years, Val has served as a trusted advisor to a number of the top Fortune 500 C-Level executives, public agency leaders and education institution management teams. Val is considered as an original thought leader in the domain of Cybe ..read more