Faculty Directory

Ken leads as the Chief Digital & Information Officer at Reladyne. He is responsible for defining and executing its business technology strategy and leading its digital transformation initiatives. Ken previously served as CIO for U.S. Silica, Global Partners, SGR Energy, and MRE Consulting, where he contributed to tremendous growth and transformation. He is a strategic business partner who leverages emerging technology solutions, vendor partnerships, and people development across multi-industry verticals – logistics, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, and consulting to accelerate the pace of bottom-line results.

Mike is the Chief Technology Officer at Security Risk Advisors, an information security advisory and SOC services firm. With over a decade of healthcare C-level experience, Mike has overseen and managed software development, SOC, and innovation groups in the information security realm. He has had the unique experience of fulfilling CISO and CTO roles in the healthcare payer, provider, and medical device manufacturer spaces. Mike is also a Microsoft MVP, with a focus on AI in Cyber Security.

Chris is a Principal Consulting Engineer at BitSight Technologies, an information security risk management company that created the security ratings platform market. He has 35 years in information security and served in a variety of technical and management roles ranging from a programmer for the US intelligence community to founder and CEO of his own consultancy. Chris’s experience has spanned many industries working in organizations as large as IBM in addition to small startups. Although he spent almost a decade building the IoT security practice at IBM and running an Industrial Control and automotive security practice at Booz Allen, his current focus has shifted to enterprise risk. Bringing his broad experience in information security, Chris also serves as a mentor and advisor to science and technology organizations.

Teri Radichel is the CEO of 2nd Sight Lab, a cloud security company that offers cloud security training, penetration tests, and cloud security assessments to organizations worldwide. She is the author of the book Cybersecurity for Executives in the Age of Cloud, an AWS Hero and meetup organizer, a member of the IANS Faculty and Infragard, and received the SANS 2017 Difference Makers Award for security innovation. Teri holds numerous cloud security certifications, including the GSE, which many regard as one of the most challenging certifications to obtain in cybersecurity. She was a member of the original Capital One cloud team and has worked as Cloud Architect, Director of SAAS Engineering, and now CEO, helping companies secure their clouds. Teri has spoken at numerous conferences worldwide including AWS re:Invent, re:Inforce, RSA, OWASP AppSec Day, and Serverless Days, to name a few.

Ashish has over 13 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, with the last seven focused primarily on helping enterprises manage security risk at scale in a cloud-first world. Most recently, he was the CISO of a global cloud-first tech company. Ashish is also a keynote speaker and host of the wildly popular Cloud Security Podcast, a SANS trainer for cloud security and an outspoken opinion leader on all things cloud security and DevSecOps. He is a frequent contributor on topics related to public cloud transformation, cloud security, DevSecOps, security leadership, future tech and the associated security challenges for practitioners and CISOs.

Marcus is a semi-retired independent consultant and technology advisor to start-ups and large enterprises. He is recognized as an innovator in firewall technology and the implementer of the first commercial firewall product. Marcus’s work has been cited in at least 15 published U.S. patents in addition to computer and network security articles and books.

Holly has over 20+ years of global Cybersecurity, Risk and Technology experience and is recognized as an expert in her field. She has advised global clients in multiple sectors including: government administrations, financial, healthcare, high tech, hospitality, and professional services. Holly was Senior Executive Service in the federal government (DOJ/FBI/FDIC) which is the highest achievable level. Most recently, Holly was the Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Citizens Financial Group.

Ron is a seasoned technologist specializing in cyber security with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Currently, he is the global lead for Cyber Architecture at JP Morgan Chase. His group is responsible for designing secure solutions to support their clients and employees. He is also an active researcher and speaker in the Information Assurance (IA) field and is widely published on network security topics including co-authoring books on Software Assurance and Insider Threats.

Kati is a Product Manager at a pharmaceutical company in Salt Lake City and an independent Behavior Design, Methodology, and Analytics Expert. She has applied her diverse set of skills to creating, implementing and evaluating innovative security awareness programs for Fortune 100 companies. Likewise, she has assisted in creating effective social engineering tools and testing scenarios for penetration testing teams. Kati also has experience managing curriculum strategy and content development in psychology to information technology for both online and live instruction.

Mike is the Chief Strategy Officer and GM of Techstrong. Formerly Mike served as President of Securosis, an information security research and advisory firm, as well as Co-Founder and President of DisruptOps, a cloud detection and response company. His breadth of experience in the information security space and bold perspectives are invaluable as companies determine effective strategies to grapple with the dynamic security threatscape. Mike started practicing and advising on security topics over 25 years ago, and he’s been trying to get out of the business ever since…to no avail.

Adrian is the Principal Researcher at The Defenders Initiative, a firm he founded to feature and support decades of cybersecurity research. His foundation spans technical, GRC, and leadership roles with a background as a practitioner, incident responder, penetration tester, and PCI QSA.

As an industry analyst, studying market trends, working with founders and investors brought a deep understanding of the business side of cybersecurity. After Adrian’s own startup was acquired, he spent seven years helping startups grow, market, and sell to their clients. Leaving the startup space, Adrian is once again focused on helping practitioners solve fundamental challenges, with or without the help of industry vendors.

Mike has been an IANS Faculty member since 2011, and founded First Security Alliance, LLC, to serve as an independent cybersecurity advisory and consultancy. Mike spent nearly 20 years in financial services leading cybersecurity, IT operations, and digital banking services. After his long run in financial services, Mike was the head of global strategic alliances at VMRay as well as the director of technical alliances at Cofense. Additionally, Mike was research director at Security Current, focused on C-level research, practical advice, and trusted collaboration. In addition, Mike is involved in higher education as an adjunct curriculum advisor and mentor to cybersecurity students for over 20-years.

Justin is the Director of ICS Security at InGuardians, specializing in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security architecture design and penetration testing. He also led the Smart Grid Security Architecture group in the creation of NIST Interagency Report 7628 and has played key roles in the Advanced Security Acceleration Project for the Smart Grid (ASAP-SG), National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization Resources (NESCOR), and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). Justin has authored and taught courses in hacking techniques, forensics, networking, and intrusion detection for multiple universities, corporations, and security conferences.