Keynotes

  • Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

    Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk is the CTO of Cloud and AI Security division, Microsoft. Michal and team are driving the Microsoft security strategy and innovation. Prior to her promotion to CTO in September 2017, Michal was the Azure Cybersecurity GM where among other achievements, she initiated and managed Azure Security Center, Microsoft's leading hybrid security SaaS. Michal is a world-class expert in Cyber Security and a renowned speaker. Prior to joining Microsoft in November 2013, Michal worked at RSA/EMC (now Dell). Michal came to RSA via the Cyota acquisition in 2006. Following the acquisition, she became the GM of RSA Israel and the global leader of the Cyber Fraud and Risk Analytics product line. Under Michal’s leadership, the revenues of the Fraud and Risk Analytics product line grew 20-fold (to over $200M) and the number of protected users worldwide reached 300M. Michal was later appointed as the GM of RSA Global Solutions and was tasked with business-driven innovation. At Cyota, an innovative Cyber startup, Michal served as the COO, leading the R&D, product management and the Anti-Fraud array of services. Prior to Cyota, Michal served in several senior management positions in Israeli and Global companies. Michal holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York (Summa Cum Laude) and graduated the Top Executive program at the Recanati Graduate school of Business at Tel Aviv University.

  • Astha Singhal

    Astha Singhal leads the Application Security team at Netflix that is responsible for securing all the applications in Netflix's cloud infrastructure. Prior to this, she managed product security for the Salesforce AppExchange and other core Salesforce products. She is a security engineer by qualification who is passionate about proactive security and developer enablement. She is also an active member of the Bay Area security community as an organizer of conferences like AppSec USA and BSidesSF.

  • Amit Klein

    Amit Klein is a world renowned information security expert, with 28 years in information security and over 30 published technical and academic papers on this topic. Amit is VP Security Research at SafeBreach, responsible for researching various infiltration, exfiltration and lateral movement attacks. Before SafeBreach, Amit was CTO for Trusteer (acquired by IBM) for 8.5 years. Prior to Trusteer, Amit was chief scientist for Cyota (acquired by RSA) for 2 years, and prior to that, director of Security and Research for Sanctum (acquired by Watchfire, now part of IBM security division) for 7 years. Amit has a B.Sc. from the Hebrew University in Mathematics and Physics (magna cum laude, Talpiot program), recognized by InfoWorld as a CTO of the year 2010 , and has presented at BlackHat USA, DefCon, NDSS, InfoCom, DSN, HITB, RSA, OWASP, CertConf, BlueHat, CyberTech, APWG and AusCERT.

  • Yoram Golandsky

    Yoram is the VP Technologies and InfoSec at NSO Group, prior to that Yoram was the founder and CEO of CSA, which provided strategic advisory on Cyber Security, Crisis management and Blockchain to Board of Directors and executive teams. He is a sought after speaker and has presented at global industry conferences around the world about the importance of Blockchain technology, Cyber Security, and Crisis Management. Yoram Golandsky is a seasoned executive with nearly 25 years of proven experience in the security field and veteran entrepreneur with proven experience in technology, and management. Before Founding CSA, Yoram was the GM of the Cisco Cyber Security center of Excellence, he was the Global Head of Information Security for RSA IPV (the security division of EMC), and a Senior Manager with PriceWaterhouseCooper's Global Risk practice. Yoram was named for the National Law Journal's inaugural list of Trailblazers in Cybersecurity and Data Protection for 2015.