Ryan Kovar, with over 20 years of experience cybering, has done everything from pulling miles of CAT5 cable to learning he didn't want to be a malware RE. Most recently he worked at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a team dedicated to detecting and mitigating advanced threats. Ryan moved onto Splunk as a Principal Security Strategist where he helps out with IR, hunting, and solving fun problems for customers around the world. Ryan loves Bernese mountain dogs and despises printers.