John Hammond is a cybersecurity researcher, educator and content creator. As part of the Threat Operations team at Huntress, John spends his days analyzing malware and making hackers earn their access.

Previously, as a Department of Defense Cyber Training Academy instructor, he taught the Cyber Threat Emulation course, educating both civilian and military members on offensive Python, PowerShell, other scripting languages and the adversarial mindset. He has developed training material and information security challenges for events such as PicoCTF and competitions at DEFCON US. John speaks at security conferences such as BsidesNoVA, to students at colleges such as the US Naval Academy, and other online events including the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge/KringleCon.

He is an online YouTube personality showcasing programming tutorials, CTF video walkthroughs and other cyber security content.

Adam Arellano is a progressive and inventive technology executive offering over 15 years of success in championing mission-driven initiatives focused on cloud, AI, and information security innovation.

He has assembled a rich blend of technical prowess and business acumen, culminating with a talent for building effective cybersecurity programs and teams as a foundation for scalable and highly secure information architectures. He’s a pragmatic advisor and team leader who thrives when harnessing insights into interactions between people and systems to build genuinely unique technology solutions.

Adam is thoughtfully engaged in foundational research into the meaning of identity and communications and how they relate to security. Widely known for empowering cross-functional teams, he lifts up groups with autonomy to drive optimal outcomes.

Adam is a devoted parent to six children living in Charlotte, NC, where he is a profoundly amateur cook with a strong aversion to cleaning. As an analogue to his time in the Marine Corps, he is passionate about helping transitioning service members and promotes causes that offer foster care and adoption services to local community members.

Dr Katie Paxton-Fear is a lecturer of cyber security at Manchester Metropolitan University, she’s a hacker and YouTube, she’s made 50+ videos on a range of topics, explaining vulnerabilities, tools etc, and made a splash as an API hacker.

Adam Pennington (@_whatshisface) leads ATT&CK at The MITRE Corporation and collected much of the intelligence leveraged in creating ATT&CK’s initial techniques. He has spent much of his 14 years with MITRE studying and preaching the use of deception for intelligence gathering.

Prior to joining MITRE, Adam was a researcher at Carnegie Mellon’s Parallel Data Lab and earned his BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as the 2017 Alumni Service Award from Carnegie Mellon University. Adam has presented and published in a number of venues including FIRST CTI, USENIX Security, DEF CON, and ACM Transactions on Information and System Security.