Alissa Knight has over 20 years experience of blending hacking with a unique style of written and visual content creation. Alissa discovered the first vulnerability in VPN hacking, published the first book on hacking connected cars, ethically hacked 30 banks in less than a week, ethically hacked 30 mobile health apps APIs in less than a week and ethically hacked FHIR API vulnerabilities. Alissa is a cybersecurity influencer, content creator, and community manager as a partner at Knight Ink that provides vendors go-to market and content strategy for telling brand stories at scale in cybersecurity. Alissa is also the principal analyst in cybersecurity at Alissa Knight & Associates.​ Alissa is a published author through her publisher at Wiley, having published the first book on hacking connected cars and recently received two new book contracts to publish her autobiography and a new book on hacking APIs. As a serial entrepreneur, Alissa has started and sold two cybersecurity companies to public companies in international markets and also sits as the group CEO of Brier & Thorn, a managed security service provider (MSSP).

https://www.alissaknight.com

Well-known as the “Cyber Guardian”, founder & CEO of the XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), Kavya Pearlman is award-winning cybersecurity professional with a deep interest in immersive and emerging technologies. She recently launched a novel XRSI Privacy & Safety Framework for the XR and Spatial Computing domain. Kavya will share with the Medical XR industry actionable advice on creating safe Medical XR ecosystems to move from research prototypes and early demonstrators to secure, reliable and trustworthy systems that can play a more significant role in using XR for promoting patients’ health.

https://xrsi.org

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC. Ms. Reynolds is a world-renowned technologist, thought-leader, and advisor to Multinational Corporations for handling global Data Privacy, Cyber Data Breach response, and complex cross-functional data-driven projects. Ms. Reynolds is an internationally published author, highly sought speaker, and top media presence about global Data Privacy, Data Protection, and Emerging Technology issues. Ms. Reynolds has been named to the Global Top 20 CyberRisk Communicators by The European Risk Policy Institute in 2020 and recognized as one of the stellar women who know Cyber by Cybersecurity Ventures in 2021

https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbieareynolds/

Data protection by design / by default, and security of processing via Websites, Browsers, PaaS, CSP, IoT, SoMe platforms, Mobile devices & apps, Wearables, Surveys, Chatbots and PET. Focus on data transmissions, infrastructure, DPIA / full lifecycle vulnerabilities.

Keywords: Personal and Sensitive data, data minimization, 3rd party tracking, disclosure, explicit consent, business partners.

Informations specialist / editor/ researcher. Digital Asset Management (Standards, Structure, database RFP, Multi channelling of media creating ROI).

Global Top 20 CyberRisk Communicators by The European Risk Policy Institute (2019 & 2020)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/piatesdorf/

In 2003 Martin founded the Security Awareness Special Interest Group (SASIG) (www.thesasig.com) which he runs pro bono to elevate the discussions around the human factor in cyber security. SASIG is now well-established as “an impartial and credible voice of the corporate sector in the cybersecurity and privacy debate”. Membership comprises organisations of all sizes both public and private from around Europe, and all activities are free. Martin is an internationally recognised author and speaker on his specialist subjects of the human factor in cyber security; and improving trust online. He is a Fellow of The Security Institute (www.security-institute.org) and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (www.wcit.org.uk). He is also an active member of ASIS International Europe (www.asisonline.eu), the Information Systems Security Association (www.issa-uk.org), the Information Assurance Advisory Council (www.iaac.org.uk), and EURIM – The Information Society Alliance (www.eurim.org). Martin Smith gained his degree in behavioural psychology before spending 15 years as a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, mainly assigned to counter-espionage and counter-terrorism duties throughout East and West Europe. After being awarded membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for this work, he left the Service to carve out a second career in the commercial sector. He joined Touche Ross Management Consultants before becoming the Senior Director of Corporate Security for Kroll Associates, the world’s foremost commercial counter-intelligence and security organisation. He then joined the Standard Chartered Bank as Head of Information Security before (in 1997) forming The Security Company (International) Limited (www.thesecurityco.com). His specialist team help major corporations around the world to implement effective security awareness campaigns and culture change programmes.