The cybersecurity industry talks about a skills shortage, but it’s not skills that are missing—it’s experience. Security leaders know that tools alone don’t stop attacks—teams do. This discussion will share best approaches to enhance the defenders’ experience and practice the critical decision-making and response actions needed in the heat of a real incident, especially with the complexity and velocity that AI-driven attacks are presenting.
These scenarios call for more confident and well-prepared teams that can shift from reactive to proactive by giving their security teams opportunities to prepare, practice, and perform before an attack happens.

Robert Rodriguez
Chairman, SINET
Venture Partner, SYN Ventures

Yasmine Abdillahi
Executive Director,
Cyber GRC & Business
Information Security Officer
Comcast

Weryke Rader
Deputy CISO
OPENLANE

Raj Yavatkar
CTO
Juniper Networks

Abe Chen
SVP, Security Engineering
Match Group Inc.

Debbie Gordon
Founder and CEO
Cloud Range

Larry Zelvin
Executive Vice President, Financial Crime – Cyber, Fraud, Physical Security, and Crisis Management
BMO Financial Group