Securing The Cloud: Persistent Challenges, Emerging Threats, and The Rise of AI Defense

Dr. Anton Chuvakin is a security advisor in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, helping shape global cloud security strategy. A recognized expert in threat detection and SIEM, he previously served as a Gartner analyst and is credited with coining the term “EDR.” He’s also the author of several seminal books on security and co-hosts the Cloud Security Podcast by Google.

Vice President, Distinguished Engineer and Deputy CISO at Amazon Web Services (AWS). The founder and CEO of five startup companies covering the fields of DNS, anti-spam, Internet exchange, Internet carriage and hosting, and Internet security.

Frank Kim is the Founder of ThinkSec, a security consulting and CISO advisory firm. He leads the Cybersecurity Leadership and Cloud Security curricula at SANS, as well as authors and instructs multiple SANS courses.

Simon Vernon brings more than a quarter century of experience to his role as Head of Research and Development for SANS Institute where he is responsible for the creation and operations of all Jupiter Rockets, BootUP, and Community Cyber Ranges.

Brandon is a Partner at Cyverity and SANS Senior Instructor at the SANS Institute. He is lead author for SEC510: Cloud Security Engineering and Controls; GPCS holder #1, multi-year RSA Conference presenter, and cloud Bug Bounty collector.

Dave Shackleford, founder of Voodoo Security, has advanced cybersecurity through his leadership roles, including serving as CTO for the Center for Internet Security, where he coordinated the first published virtualization security benchmarks.