Free virtual event provides access to globally recognized experts, technical content, and latest threat-informed defense techniques against cyberattacks

AttackIQ®, the leading independent vendor of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, today announced the details surrounding its upcoming second annual Purple Hats Conference, to be held virtually on Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PT.

WHAT: The award-winning Purple Hats Conference is the industry destination for cybersecurity practitioners around the globe to collaborate, share ideas, and learn how to evolve from a reactive to proactive threat-informed defense. Founded by AttackIQ and leveraging the open AttackIQ Academy platform for cybersecurity education and certification, Purple Hats provides a free, multi-perspective experience for thousands of virtual attendees to learn how to improve, enhance, and evolve their cybersecurity practices.

AttackIQ CEO Brett Galloway will kick off the conference at 8 a.m. PT with welcome remarks, followed by a keynote conversation with Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Dr. Richard J. Danzig, Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, a Trustee of the RAND Corporation, and former U.S. Secretary of the Navy on key challenges in cybersecurity and cyberspace operations today, and how the U.S. government can best respond.

The conference will feature four main tracks:

• Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Management
  
  This track brings together leading thinkers and practitioners in national security and cybersecurity planning to discuss how organizations can build an evidence-based cybersecurity program to achieve better business outcomes.
  
  
  
  Speakers in this track include: Vicente Aceituno Canal, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Lottoland; Christopher Frenz, AVP IT Security at Mount Sinai South Nassau; Loretta (Lori) Reynolds, Retired Lieutenant General of the U.S. Marine Corps; Dr. Richard J. Danzig, Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and former U.S. Secretary of the Navy; and Dr. Melanie Mitchell, Davis Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.

• Threat-Informed Defense and MITRE ATT&CK
  
  In this track, industry cybersecurity leaders and experts from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Threat-Informed Defense will discuss the state of research and the state of the practice in how teams elevate their security program performance.
  
  
  
  Speakers include: Neal Bridges, Chief Cyber Officer and Content Officer at INE; Jonathan Baker, Director of Research and Development for Center for Threat-Informed Defense at MITRE Engenuity; Cat Self, Lead Adversary Emulation Engineer at MITRE; Ingrid Skoog, Assistant Director of Research and Development at the Center for Threat-Informed Defense; Suzanne Schwartz, Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation at FDA; Margie Zuk, Senior Principal Health Cyber Security Engineer at MITRE Corporation; Chris Kissel, Research Director for International Data Corporation (IDC)'s Security and Trust Products Group; and Russ Nolen, Security Engineer at Stripe.

• Leading in Cybersecurity
  
  This track distills the unique challenges facing those tasked to lead teams in a complex environment, an environment defined by escalating attacks on U.S. and allied national interests and offers clear examples from the field on how to succeed.
  
  
  
  Speakers include: Martin Peterson, Head of Information Security at ISS A/S; Marlys Rodgers, CISO and Head of Technology Oversight at CSAA Insurance Group; Allan Alford, CISO and CTO of TrustMAPP; Uma Mahesh Reddy, CISO at Prime Healthcare Services; Timothy Rohrbaugh, CISO at JetBlue Airways; Gabe Lawrence, General Manager of Cybersecurity Protection at Toyota; and Maggie Miller, journalist and cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO.

• Applied Solutions for a Threat-Informed Defense
  
  This content track features cybersecurity solution providers on the front lines of helping customers confront advanced persistent threats, ransomware, and cybercrime. Attendees will learn how MITRE ATT&CK elevates cybersecurity effectiveness for providers and customers alike.
  
  
  
  Speakers include: Chad Skipper, Global Security Technologist at VMware; Victor Monga, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, Security at VMware; Ken Westin, Director of Security Strategy at Cybereason; Doug Hurd, Leader, Secure Technical Alliances at Cisco; and Ian Redden, Customer Program Director at Cisco; along with AttackIQ VP of Product Mark Bagley and Technical Director Cory Sutliff.

• Technical
  
  This track will feature insights from industry experts on how organizations technically improve, enhance, and evolve their cybersecurity practice.
  
  
  
  Speakers include: Vicente Diaz, Threat Intelligence Strategist at Google; John Boyle, Senior Strategy Lead – Security, Manageability, Supply Chain & Services at Dell; and David Branscome, Global Enablement Lead for Security, Compliance and Identity at Microsoft.

WHERE: The Purple Hats Conference is virtual. Guests can register at www.purplehats.org. Presentations will be available on demand after the conference for all registered attendees.

About AttackIQ

AttackIQ, the leading independent vendor of breach and attack simulation solutions, built the industry’s first Security Optimization Platform for continuous security control validation and improving security program effectiveness and efficiency. AttackIQ is trusted by leading organizations worldwide to plan security improvements and verify that cyberdefenses work as expected, aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The Company is committed to giving back to the cybersecurity community through its free award-winning AttackIQ Academy, open Preactive Security Exchange, and partnership with MITRE Engenuity’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense. For more information, visit www.attackiq.com. Follow AttackIQ on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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