Joel Rosenblatt – Columbia University
Joel Rosenblatt is the Director of Computer and Network Security at Columbia University. In that position, he oversees the computer security for all systems connected to the Columbia Network. He is the chairperson of the Security Metrics subcommittee of the Security Effective Practices committee of Educause. He Graduated from Columbia Engineering in 1977 and went to work for what was then called CUCCA (Columbia University Center for Computing Activities) running the IBM Mainframe systems. His current responsibilities include oversight of the security of over 250,000 network nodes, DMCA, PCI and DLP for Columbia University. He writes for the online security magazine SecurityCurrent and is a member of Infragard and the NYECTF. He is currently teaching a graduate class on Intrusion Detection systems for the CS department at the Columbia school of Engineering and Applied Science, and is serving as the Senator representing all Administrative officers on the Morningside campus.
He is also active in other security organizations that he can neither confirm or deny the existence of.
Gary Brickhouse – GuidePoint Security
Gary Brickhouse, CISO & VP of GRC Services at GuidePoint Security, began his career in the security industry in 2001. Having both internal and customer-facing roles is a unique position allowing greater visibility into customer needs from an industry services perspective and also as a practitioner, addressing the same risks for GuidePoint. Before joining GuidePoint, Gary had various security and compliance roles within The Walt Disney Company and Publix Super Markets.
Sherry Horeanopoulos – Fitchburg State University
Sherry Horeanopoulos is the CISO at Fitchburg State University. Previously she was a Help Desk Manager, IT Trainer, Systems Administrator and IT Project Manager and has worked in Higher Ed for over 25 years. She has participated or presented in over 300 Zoom Meetings in the last 4.5 months! Can’t wait to see people in 3-D again.
Sherri Davidoff– LMG Security
Sherri Davidoff is the CEO of LMG Security and the author of the recently released book “Data Breaches.” As a recognized expert in cybersecurity and data breach response, Sherri has been called a “security badass” by The New York Times. She has conducted cybersecurity training for many distinguished organizations, including the Department of Defense, the American Bar Association, FFIEC/FDIC, and many more. She is a faculty member at the Pacific Coast Banking School, and an instructor for Black Hat, where she teaches her “Data Breaches” course. She is also the co-author of Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers Through Cyberspace (Prentice Hall, 2012), a noted security text in the private sector and a college textbook for many cybersecurity courses. Sherri is a GIAC-certified forensic examiner (GCFA) and penetration tester (GPEN), and holds her degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT. She has also been featured as the protagonist in the book, Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called “Alien”.
Siobhan Kelleher – Boston College
Siobhan Kelleher is a Senior Security Analyst at Boston College. She has been in IT for just over 8 years and worked in both government and corporate environments before joining higher ed. Prior to her career in Information Security she worked in Business to Business sales where OSINT and Social Engineering skills were vital to creating sales leads and closing deals. She carried this knowledge with her into Information Security and it helps her better educate end users on their vulnerability to social engineering attacks. It also comes in handy when building out her holiday card list.