Nicholas Merker Partner and co-chair of Ice Miller’s Data Security and Privacy Practice
Session 1: GDPR: Are your data privacy processes regulation-ready?
Nicholas Merker is a partner and co-chair of Ice Miller's Data Security and Privacy Practice. His experience is unique, as he is only one of a handful of DSP lawyers in the country who can say that they've worked as a computer systems, network and security engineer for 10 years before practicing law. Merker's forte is being able to quickly judge a room at a client site and determining which hat to wear -- lawyer, technologist, or some combination thereof. Merker's technology background gives him the unique ability to bridge the gap between lawyers and technologists, often times translating between the two disparate disciplines to resolve legal issues. He strives to provide practical advice to clients that they can go implement immediately rather than generate long-winded academic answers to basic legal questions.
Mike Chaple Senior Director of IT Service Delivery - University of Notre Dame
Session 2: Security operations center: The new threat hunting
Mike Chapple, Ph. D., CISA, CISSP, is a senior director of IT with the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as an information security researcher with the National Security Agency and the U.S. Air Force. Chapple is a frequent contributor to SearchSecurity.com, and serves as its resident expert on enterprise compliance, frameworks and standards for its Ask the Experts panel. He previously served as site expert on network security, is a technical editor forInformation Securitymagazine and the author of several information security titles, including the CISSP Prep GuideandInformation Security Illuminated.
Kevin Beaver Founder and Principal Information Security Consultant of Principle Logic, LLC.
Session 3: Modern Day Endpoint Protection
Kevin Beaver is an information security consultant, expert witness, and professional speaker with Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC. With over 27 years of experience in the industry, Kevin specializes in performing independent security assessments revolving around information risk management. He has authored/co-authored 12 books on information security including Hacking For Dummies (currently in its 5th edition) and The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance. In addition, he’s the creator of the Security On Wheels information security audio books and blog providing security learning for IT professionals on the go. Kevin can be reached at www.principlelogic.com and you can follow him on Twitter, watch him on YouTube, and connect to him on LinkedIn.
Johna Till Johnson President and Senior Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Session 4: AI, Automation and Analytics for Operational Security Success
Johna Till Johnson is the CEO and founder of Nemertes Research, a 12-year old research-advisory firm specializing in the business impact of emerging technologies. Ms. Johnson spearheads Nemertes’ security and risk management practice, where she works with Fortune 200 financial services, manufacturing, utility, and other leading organizations to craft robust, scalable, and flexible information security architectures and effectively manage the information security component of an organization’s risk portfolio. Ms. Johnson's career in information security began over 25 years ago when, as a young engineer, she developed security products for Mosler Security Systems. Since then, shehas spent a large part of her career focusing on security architecture, testing, and operations and governance.