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Reduce Cybersecurity Risk Effectively

With cyber-attacks growing in complexity and frequency faster than traditional VM and SIEM tools can handle, Security and IT teams don’t need more of the same – they need expert insights into minimizing their cybersecurity risk by leveraging the most innovative approaches to vulnerability management.

April 25, 2023

Virtual

Tap into a dynamic series of live conversations that explore the latest innovations leading cybersecurity practitioners are deploying to stay ahead of today’s most innovative cybercriminals.

See how a unified, risk-based approach to vulnerability management is providing organizations with a clearer understanding of their security posture for rapid response.

Hear from industry experts and work alongside your peers to learn new strategies and front-line tactics that will empower your Security and IT teams to protect your attack surface like never before.

Featured Speakers

Sumedh Thakar
President and CEO, Qualys

Sanjay Poonen
CEO and President, Cohesity

Rajeev Gupta
CPO and Co-founder, Cowbell

Rinki Sethi
VP & CISO, BILL

Jonathan Trull
CISO & SVP Security Solution Architecture, Qualys

Shailesh Athalye
Senior Vice President, Product Management, Qualys

Travis Smith
Vice President, Threat Research Unit, Qualys

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Keynotes

Get inspired to shield your organization's external, internet-facing assets from advanced threats with an all star line-up of Keynote Speakers who will sharing valuable insights, best practices and alternative viewpoints on strengthening your security posture in 2023 and beyond.

Innovation Sessions

Simplifying your security posture and protecting every externally exposed IT asset across your evolving attack sur- face can seem like a daunting proposition to many cybersecurity practitioners. Be sure to tune into this unique opportunity to see the latest Qualys innovations that are revolutionizing cybersecurity risk management and making it easier to safeguard re-cloud sources through a single pane of glass.

Partner Sessions

Don't miss your opportunity to learn, share, and exchange ideas with members of the Qualys partner community across a wide-range of pivotal topics, including the rising cost of cyber insurance and pioneering tactics designed to help small and mid-sized businesses stay ahead of cybercriminals.

Hands-on Sessions

What's the best way to maximize visibility across your entire attack surface? Is your Mean Time to Remediation (MTTR) faster than your attackers? Find out at this fast-paced, ask-me-anything, hands-on session where you'll get direct, on-the-spot advice from highly experienced Qualys experts.

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10:00 AM PT

Keynotes

Building a cyber resilient enterprise by pivoting to risk management

Sumedh Thakar
President and CEO, Qualys

10:30 AM PT

Keynotes

The convergence of data security and data management in a world of ransomware protection and recovery

Sanjay Poonen
CEO and President, Cohesity

Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity, is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in cybersecurity and an active investor in several security startups, as also is on the Board of Philips and Synk. In this keynote, he will discuss the importance of taking a platform approach to security to reduce overall cyber risk. With the proliferation of ransomware attacks and the fragmented nature of the security industry, it is also critical to have a proactive approach to data protection - one that includes identifying, detecting, and protecting against threats - while also simulating breaches, with ways to respond and recover from them. He’ll also discuss how and why we need an increased awareness to all employees of common principles of cyber-hygiene.

11:00 AM PT

Keynotes

Fireside Chat: How CISOs Can Navigate the Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity

Jonathan Trull
Chief Security Officer, Qualys
Rinki Sethi
VP & CISO, Bill

Qualys CISO, Jonathan Trull will lead an engaging conversation with Rinki Sethi, CISO at Bill.com covering the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and security leaders’ evolving role in fortifying the security postures of their organizations. Key discussion areas will include the evolution of the CISO role over time, shifting priorities of CISOs, and thoughts on how to address reporting to board members.

11:30 AM PT

Keynotes

Unlocking Intelligence-Backed Remediation: Insights from the Qualys Threat Research Unit

Travis Smith
Vice President, Threat Research Unit, Qualys

Qualys’ 2023 TruRisk Threat Research Report scanned more than 2.3 billion anonymized vulnerabilities around the world uncovering a wealth of data exposing the most common ways adversaries are exploiting opportunities to render attacks. In this enlightening session, the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) will share highlights of their revealing findings, including the critical role speed and automation play in outsmarting your attackers.

12:00 PM PT

Partner Session

Cyber Insurance – Are we there yet?

Rajeev Gupta
CPO and Co-founder, Cowbell

Attend this session to understand the convergence of cyber risk and cyber insurance and how cyber risk telemetry can help navigate cyber insurance policies.

12:30 PM PT

Innovation Session

Sneak Peak of Qualys Latest Innovation

Shailesh Athalye
SVP, Product Management, Qualys

Qualys will share a sneak peek of our upcoming platform innovations to help organizations know and reduce cyber risk. Shailesh will discuss, extending the power of MITRE to proactively defend against attack risk; provide insights on how to know SCAs risk, and avoid throwing SCA/OSS vulnerability report at each other; and leverage third-party security findings for communicating a normalized view of risk.

1:00 PM PT

Hands-on Session

Live: Insights & Expert Advice from Industry Leaders

Corey Smith
Sr. Director Solutions Architecture, Qualys

This session provides a unique opportunity for cybersecurity practitioners to engage with cyber experts and get answers to their burning questions. During this session, attendees will have the chance to discuss their biggest cybersecurity challenges and get on the spot insight and advice from Qualys experts who have years of experience in the field.

Travis Smith

Travis Smith

Vice President, Threat Research Unit, Qualys

Travis is the Vice President of Malware Threat Research at Qualys. He has spent the past 15 years in the security industry with a focus on digital forensics and incident response. He holds a wide array of certifications ranging from GIAC Certified Penetration Tester to the CISSP, as well as an MBA with a concentration in information security. Travis has presented his research at conferences worldwide at venues such as BlackHat, RSA, and SecTor.

Sumedh Thakar

Sumedh Thakar

President and CEO, Qualys

As President and CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. From 2014 to 2021, he served as Qualys’ Chief Product Officer, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24x7 follow-the-sun product team.

Sumedh is a long-time proponent of SaaS and cloud computing. He previously worked at Intacct, a cloud-based financial and accounting software provider. He also worked at Northwest Airlines developing complex algorithms for its yield and revenue management reservation system. Sumedh has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with distinction from the University of Pune.

Shailesh Athalye

Shailesh Athalye

Senior Vice President, Product Management, Qualys Inc.

As Senior Vice President of Product Management, Shailesh leads the product management team and drives the Qualys product vision helping customers assess and improve their IT, security and compliance posture. Since joining Qualys in 2012, he has worked in various security and compliance roles driving innovative solutions, including remote endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, and SaaS security. In addition, Shailesh headed engineering, research and product management for Qualys Policy Compliance and File Integrity Monitoring, where he helped customers go beyond compliance to drive their IT GRC objectives. Before Qualys, he focused on security research for Symantec ESM and Compliance solutions. Shailesh holds a master’s in computer applications (MCA) from the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology and has various security certifications including CISA, CRISC, CISM. He is also a regular speaker at industry conferences.

Jonathan Trull

Jonathan Trull

CISO & SVP Security Solution Architecture, Qualys

Jonathan Trull is a longtime security practitioner and CISO & SVP Security Solution Architecture with over 18 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and is currently the Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions Architecture and Engineering at Qualys. His career has spanned operational CISO and infosec roles with the State of Colorado, Qualys, Optiv, and Microsoft. While at Microsoft, Jonathan led the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) whose mission was to respond to cyber security incidents around the globe ranging from cyber espionage initiated by nation-state actors to ransomware attacks and included the investigation of and response to the NOBELIUM threat actor campaign which leveraged the SolarWinds supply chain. Jonathan also serves as an advisor to several security startups and venture capital firms and supports the broader security community through his work with the Cloud Security Alliance, Center for Internet Security, and IANS. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University where he mentors and coaches those attending the CISO Executive Education Program. Jonathan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as BlackHat, RSA, and SANS and holds several industry certifications including the CISSP, OSCP, CCSP, and GCFA. Jonathan is a veteran of the U.S. Navy finishing his career as a Lieutenant Commander supporting the Information Warfare Domain.