The Place: The Grenada Theatre
The Event: Digital Fight Club Cyber
The Date: April 19, 2023
The fight card was set. Big name fighters at big name firms were ready to give their all on stage in a knock-down, drag-out battle of wits on April 19 in front of a room full of CISOs.
AdChat’s Patty Harrison was on the scene to interview the fighters and referees before the event.
Check it out…
The Fights
Fight #1: Zero Trust
Allan Alford – Producer, Cyber Ranch Podcast vs Mark Mahovlich – VP, Strategy, ICM Cyber
Fight #2: Ransomware Victims
Alex Cherones – MD, Cyber, Risk & Regulatory vs Dave Trader – Field CISO, Presidio
Fight #3: The Cyber Hiring Problem
Mike Saylor – CEO, Blackswan Cybersecurity vs Jessie Bolton – CEO, Bolt Resources
Fight #4: To certify or not to certify?
Jessica Nemmers – Field CISO, Flair Data Systems vs Andrew Winkelmann – MD, Cloud/Infrastructure Security, Accenture
Fight #5: Government Cyber Regulation
Julio Casblanca – Field CISO, WWT vs Sharon Reynolds – Principal, Kudelski Security
Referees
• Pat Benoit – Global CISO, Brinks
• Sujeet Bambawale – CISO, 7-Eleven
• Sarah McMahon – VP, Endpoint Systems, Federal Reserve
• Cecil Pineda – CISO, R1 RCM
• David Bell – CISO – American Airlines