Agenda:

2:30 - 3:00, Check in and Networking

3:00 – 3:15, Opening Remarks

3:15 – 4:00, Speaker 1:  Hector Monsegur, Chief Risk Officer, Safehill & Co-host of the Hacker and the Feb Podcast

4:00  - 4:45, Speaker 2:   Cybersecurity Expert Panel:  Jolivette Garcia - Sr. Director Cyber Defense, Rotary International,  Liz Ogunti - CISO, JBT Corporation, Bich-Thuy Le - Enterprise AI & Digital Transformation Executive, LeLumin, LLC,  Agathe Merle - Senior Manager Cybersecurity, Abbott.  Yuliana Bellini - Digital Fraud Prevention Expert, FIS

.4:30 – 4:45, Closing Comments 4:45 - 5:30, Networking

Hector Monsegur - Cyber Guru and frequent podcast participant.

Title: From Adversary Tactics to Executive Outcomes

Description: Modern cybersecurity is stuck in a paradox: organizations are spending more on tools and teams, yet breaches continue to increase in both frequency and cost. The speaker explains that traditional penetration tests and periodic security assessments are fundamentally flawed because they provide only a “snapshot” of an environment that changes daily, while adversaries operate continuously. As a result, security teams face an overwhelming flood of vulnerability findings, where “critical” severity scores often fail to reflect real-world exploitability or true business impact.
The core recommendation is shifting from point-in-time assessments to Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)—a cycle of continuous asset discovery, threat identification, validation, and prioritized remediation. The presentation emphasizes that real security improvement comes from adding context (attack surface exposure, compensating controls, business impact) and translating technical risk into executive-level language, including financial terms like breach cost and quantified loss models such as FAIR. Ultimately, the talk frames CTEM as the path to faster, measurable risk reduction aligned with how attackers actually operate. 

Bio: “From the early days of hacking networks as an adversary to leading global threat research, Hector's journey has always been about one thing, understanding systems deeply enough to make them safer. Today, as Chief Research Officer and co-founder at Safehill, he helps organizations identify and prioritize cyber exposures through Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). As co-host of Hacker and the Fed, he bridges two worlds, the hacker mindset and law enforcement — to educate and entertain listeners across the globe. Hector speaks publicly, advises startups, and mentors the next generation of professionals in the space "because knowledge shared is resilience built".

Completing the line-up for March 5 is a wonderful panel of cybersecurity experts & practitioners:
Jolivette Garcia - Sr. Director Cyber Defense, Rotary International
Liz Ogunti - CISO, JBT Corporation
Bich-Thuy Le - Enterprise AI & Digital Transformation Executive, LeLumin, LLC
Agathe Merle - Senior Manager Cybersecurity, Abbott, Author
Yuliana Bellini - Digital Fraud Prevention Expert, FIS

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