Adam Anderson is chairman of the board and founder for Hook Security and a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the Psychological Security Movement. Psychological Security or “Psy-Sec,” was born to create new technologies and processes to help build resilient human minds that can resist manipulations through technology.
Brett Johnson, former cybercriminal, has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for over 20 years. Brett was responsible for refining modern financial cybercrime as we know it today. After being placed on the United States’ Most Wanted list, captured and convicted of 39 felonies, Brett promptly escaped prison. Captured again, Brett served his time, accepted responsibility, and found redemption through his loved ones and the help of the FBI. Today, Brett works as a security consultant and public speaker.
Kelly Paxton, also known as the Pink Crime Lady, has more than 25 years of investigation experience and is a certified fraud examiner and private investigator. She started her career in law enforcement as a special agent for the US Customs Office of Investigation in 1993. She has worked white collar crime, fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, and conflict of interest cases. Kelly is also the proud owner of Pink Collar Crime, a passion of hers about embezzlers in the workplace.
Danny O’Brien has been an activist for online free speech and privacy for over 20 years. In his home country of the UK, he fought against repressive anti-encryption law and co-founded the Open Rights Group. He is now the Director of Strategy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) where he supervises medium and long-term strategy with an eye to maintaining the organization’s global impact and reputation.
Dori Zinn has over a decade’s experience in digital journalism, mostly as a personal finance writer. Her work has been featured everywhere, from Huffington Post to Yahoo Finance and she has been a speaker at FinCon in years past. Her writing covers topics like banking, investing, credit, debt, student loans, personal loans, budgeting, and overall financial literacy.
Ira Winkler is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals and was named a “Modern Day James Bond” by the media. He did this by performing espionage simulations, where he broke into some of the largest companies in the world, investigating crimes against them. He has used these simulations to assist organizations and has won several prestigious industry awards.
Morgan Wright is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, and advanced technology. His landmark testimony before Congress on healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. He has made hundreds of appearances on national news – radio, print, and web – and has spoken to audiences around the world.
Kezia Noble is a leading female dating and attraction expert for men. Kezia’s company helps clients learn conversation skills and ways to overcome anxiety in dating situations. She and her team have helped over 100,000 men to overcome a multitude of sticking points and limiting beliefs, and open their eyes to the skills, techniques, insights, and secrets needed to be successful in dating. She joins us today to talk about red flags on dating apps and how you can protect yourself from potential scammers.
Jack Rhysider is the host of the podcast DarkNet Diaries, a podcast about hackers, breaches, shadow government activity, hacktivism, cybercrime, and all things that dwell on the hidden parts of the network. It chronicles true stories that meticulously dissect a topic through interviews, audio footage, and Jack’s narration.
Chris Silver Smith is the CEO of Argent Media, a marketing agency focused heavily on reputation management where Chris helps people clean up their reputations in search engines. Chris has also served as an expert witness in defamation lawsuits in state and federal court. In his long time column at Search Engine Land, he has advocated for reputation victims.