Insights and Predictions: What's Next in InfoSec

Presented at Black Hat Asia 2021 Virtual, May 7, 2021, 9 a.m. (60 minutes).

At the beginning of day two of this year's virtual conference, join Black Hat Review Board members Lidia Giuliano, Vitaly Kamluk, Vandana Verma, and Neil Wyler (Grifter) with Moderator, Jeff Wilson for an insightful conversation on the most pressing issues facing the InfoSec community. This session will feature a candid discussion on the key takeaways and how these trends will impact future InfoSec strategies.


Presenters:

  • Lidia Giuliano - Security Advisor/Consultant, Financial Services
    Lidia Giuliano has over 15 years' experience in the Defence, Financial Services and Telecommunications. Lidia has an extensive background in security testing, vulnerability management and prevention and detection techniques. Originally from Melbourne, Lidia spent a number of years in the USA working and researching malware evasion and obfuscation techniques. She has been a past speaker at Black Hat, SecTor, DevSecCon, and has been published in various media.<br><br>Lidia has since returned to Australia where she continues her endpoint security research and speaks at conferences both at home and internationally. She is the conference organiser for BSides Melbourne, spends a lot of her time mentoring others and is passionate about growing the information security community.
  • Vandana Verma - Vice-Chair, Global Board of Directors, OWASP Foundation
    Vandana Verma is a seasoned security professional with a current focus on DevSecOps. In her previous experience, she has dealt with Application security, Vulnerability management, SOC, Infrastructure security, and Cloud Security. She is a seasoned speaker / Trainer and presented at various public events ranging from Global OWASP AppSec events to BlackHat events to regional events like BSides events in India. She is part of the OWASP Global board of directors. She also works in various communities towards diversity initiatives InfosecGirls, WoSec, and null.<br><br>Vandana is a member of the Black Hat Asia Review Board as well as multiple other conferences including Grace Hopper India, OWASP AppSec USA to name a few. She is also one of the organiser of BSides Delhi.<br><br>She has been the recipient of multiple prestigious awards like Resilient CISO award by Dynamic CISO, Cyber Security Woman of the Year Award 2020 by Cyber Sec Awards, Application Security Influencer 2020 by Whitesource, Global cybersecurity influencer among IFSEC Global’s “Top Influencers in Security and Fire” Category for 2019, Cybersecurity Women of the year award by Women Cyberjutsu Society in the Category “Secure Coder”. She has also been listed as one of the top women leaders in this field of technology and cybersecurity in India by Instasafe.<br>
  • Jeff Wilson - Chief Analyst, Cybersecurity Technology, Omdia
    <div><span>Jeff Wilson has become a security market guru, in his 25 years of covering the cybersecurity technology market. He has a record of accurate market forecasts and a deep understanding of cybersecurity appliance, software, and services markets for endpoint, network, and cloud security—with specific expertise in NGFW, DDoS, and cloud security.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Jeff is an author, speaker, and thought leader in the network security space. He is frequently quoted in the trade and business press, including Businessweek, Forbes, Reuters, Light Reading, and the Wall Street Journal. Jeff also educates the financial community about new markets and technologies and performs due diligence for M&A. He joined Informa Tech (now Omdia) in 2019 when it acquired the remaining Infonetics Research analysts and portfolio from IHS Markit. Jeff was instrumental in building Infonetics’ meticulous research methodologies and business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California in Berkeley, California. </span></div>
  • Vitaly Kamluk - Principal Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab
    Vitaly Kamluk is Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, focusing on target attack investigation, malware analysis, and broader security research. He spent two years with INTERPOL in Singapore specializing in malware reverse engineering, digital forensics and cybercrime investigation.<br /><br />Vitaly has presented at numerous security conferences including Black Hat, DEF CON, Hitcon, BSides, PHDays, Ruxcon, SAS, etc. He is a trainer in Yara hunting, Advanced malware reversing and Digital forensics. He is also the author of open-source project Bitscout for remote system analysis.
  • Neil R. Wyler / Grifter - Threat Hunting & Incident Response Specialist, RSA   as Neil R. Wyler (A.K.A. Grifter)
    Neil R. Wyler (a.k.a. Grifter) is an Information Security Engineer and Researcher located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Neil is currently with RSA Security as an Advanced Security Operations Specialist. He has spent over 15 years as a security professional, focusing on vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, physical security, and incident response. He has been a staff member of the Black Hat Security Briefings for over 13 years and is a member of the Senior Staff at DEF CON. Neil has spoken at numerous security conferences worldwide, including Black Hat, DEF CON, and the RSA Conference. He has been the subject of various online, print, film, and television interviews, and has authored several books on information security. Neil is a member of the DEF CON CFP Review Board and Black Hat Briefings and Trainings Review Boards.

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