Being Effective.... Securely

CISO Council

Date

November 18, 2021

Community

CISO
Your Vision is our mission

Agenda

November 18, 2021
All times Central Standard Time (CST)
3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Being Effective.... Securely

In the post pandemic era, remote employment is the new status quo. Employers are forced to implement and improve the digital workplace by providing productivity tools and accessibility to company resources. In this session, we will share case studies of successful digital workplace implementations, including how to deal with the inherent security risks of expanded accessibility to company resources. In this session you will learn from real working examples the keys to implementing a successful digital workplace including how to evaluate the potential ROI from the different security strategies available.

Chair
VJ Viswanathan Torqe
VJ Viswanathan

CEO

Torqe

VJ Viswanathan is a veteran global technology executive recognized and awarded for technology innovation, capability transformation and inclusive leadership. Most recently, VJ is the founding partner at CYFORIX, a global cybersecurity research, advisory & strategy firm delivering solutions to public and private sectors. He serves as the CEO at TORQE, a specialized due diligence, advisory and technology services firm delivering value through analytics and automation. VJ is also the co-host of ELEVATEINTEL, a podcast series at the nexus of technology, social and defense.

With over 25 years of Enterprise technology, Cyber Security, Privacy, Compliance and Risk Management experience, VJ has a detailed track record of designing, implementing and leading highly successful programs, products & services at multinational brands spanning CPG, Telecom, Media, Supply-chain & Finance segments.
As a strategic thought leader, VJ has delivered the first of its kind "Supply Chain Security" & “Omni-channel Risk management” frameworks. As a published author and featured keynote speaker at global industry events, he approaches disruptive digital paradigms with innovation, creativity and active collaboration with his key industry peers, national & international law enforcement and defense groups.

VJ is an active advisor, investor at select incubators & accelerators groups. As a strategic advisor to VC & PE firms, he specializes in developing market analysis, competitive product road map and guides in opportunity mapping. As a Board member and subject matter advisor to CEOs and Corporate directors, VJ evaluates and audits cyber security program for veracity and operational effectiveness.

VJ is passionate about animal rights and giving back to the technology & security industry. He has created a rescue & foster care group for large breed dogs. He is actively engaged with academic institutions and purpose driven professional groups like ‘Minorities in Cyber security’, where he serves as the Board member and chair of mentorship programs to develop the next generation talent through coaching and facilitating scholarships for cyber security education.

Panelists
Adam Gavish DoControl

Speaker

Adam Gavish

CEO

DoControl

Adam Gavish is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DoControl. Adam brings 15 years of experience in product management, software engineering, and network security. Prior to founding DoControl, Adam was a Product Manager at Google Cloud, where he led ideation, execution, and strategy of Assured Workloads (GovCloud) customer experience serving Fortune 500 customers. Before Google, Adam was a Senior Technical Product Manager at Amazon, where he launched customer-obsessed products improving the payment experience for 300M customers globally. Before Amazon, Adam was a Software Engineer in two successfully acquired startups, eXelate for $200M, and Skyfence for $60M. Adam is a proud alumni of Unit 8200, Israel’s Intelligence Corps.

Adam holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yafo and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. 

Peter Dentico Omnicom Media Group

Speaker

Peter Dentico

CISO

Omnicom Media Group

Passionate and innovative Information Security leader. Continuous learner and pragmatic strategist, always seeking to balance security with practicality and business process.

Johan Hybinette Ziff Davis
Johan Hybinette

CISO

Ziff Davis

Nitin Sethi Visteon Corporation

Speaker

Nitin Sethi

Global IT Director, Digital Transformation

Visteon Corporation

Visteon Corporation (VC) is a global automotive electronics supplier and Fortune 500 company spun off from the Ford Motor Company in 2000. Visteon employs 8000 globally and is composed of multiple businesses that design, engineer, and manufacture vehicle cockpit electronics products and connected car services for a diversified customer base, including all of the major automakers worldwide.


Nitin leads critical initiatives around the implementation of Digital PLM, Recalibration of ERP, Transforming Financial Consolidation and Planning, and Industry 4.0 with the vision of transforming the organization from traditional mechanical automotive to system and solutions company.


He is the interface between IT and business partners to stimulate, surface, and shape business improvement opportunities and ensure that the potential business value is captured, realized, optimized, and recognized using existing or IT tools like RPA and Low code.

Jason Allen BrightSpring Health Services

Speaker

Jason Allen

CISO

BrightSpring Health Services

Working in technology for 30 years, Jason is a proactive leader and practitioner in the Information Security domain, with a passion to understand and master system security. Working up from desktop support roles into Datacenter and cloud service management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Incident Response, Jason has overseen the remediation of over 2,000 endpoints in North America during the WannaCry malware outbreak, identity role and access creation for a significant company merger, and the implementation of an MDR covering 2,000 endpoints. Jason enjoys building strong relationships between security, IT, operations, and users to ensure security and privacy becomes engrained in business processes.

 

Education/Roles- 

Member of the Kentucky Cybersecurity Working Group 

Technology Sector Chief for the Cincinnati chapter of the FBI sponsored InfraGard program

Master’s Degree in Information Systems and maintains an ISC2 CISSP certification

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-allen-6017657/ 

Soma Venkat Ph.D. Cooper Standard

Speaker

Soma Venkat Ph.D.

CIO

Cooper Standard

Cooper Standard, headquartered in Northville, Mich., is a leading global supplier of systems and components in diverse transportation and industrial markets. Products include sealing, fuel and brake delivery and fluid transfer systems. Cooper Standard employs approximately 25,000 people globally and operates in 21 countries around the world.

Dr. Soma Venkat is a results-proven Technology Executive offering 20 years of demonstrated success directing and executing IT strategies during all cycles of business, including start-up, high growth, downturns and acquisition integration with a track record of developing business partnership to impact immediate savings and future business growth.

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