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29th OCTOBER 2021, ONLINEcyber ROOT 2021
Event Speakers
Mr. Jonathan Cassar
Chief Technology Officer & Head Information Security and Governance Department, MITA
Jonathan is responsible for technology strategy and direction, enterprise architecture and roadmaps. He is also responsible for the security of the infrastructure within the Government. His role is to ensure the future technological capabilities of the agency whilst matching technology with the business needs which are in line with both agency and national IT strategies. His role as a head of security is to ensure the protection, detection, and the response to cyberattacks amongst the Government infrastructure and the Maltese cyberspace. Jonathan is an innovative career technologist with over 20 years’ experience delivering business-centric and value driven technology solutions. He has experience in technology management, software development, enterprise architecture and designing coherent enterprise platforms using a wide range of technical domain expertise and business acumen. He is an advocate of emerging technologies, with the ability to drive change through discussion and consensus. Jonathan, joined MITA in 1998 and throughout the years he has been instrumental to several success stories in the agency’s technology journey.
Dr. Jessica Barker
Leader in the human nature of cyber security
Dr. Jessica Barker is an award-winning global leader in the human side of cybersecurity. Known for her ability to engage audiences ranging from senior executives to ethical hackers and creative workers, she brings energy, enthusiasm and fun to cybersecurity. Her speaking engagements are rooted in the work she does around the psychology and sociology of cybersecurity, particularly regarding cybersecurity threats, social engineering, cybersecurity communications, and the psychology of fear and cybersecurity. She is known for her expertise in cybersecurity awareness, behaviour, and culture. Equipped with years of experience running her own consultancy, Jessica Barker co-founded Cygenta and has delivered face-to-face cybersecurity awareness sessions to over 40,000 people in over 23 countries.
Mr. Milad Aslaner
Senior Director of Cyber Defence Strategy, SentinelOne
Milad Aslaner has 15 years of international experience in cybersecurity. He has served as a trusted advisor for several global organizations across Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Public Sector, and Aviation industries, helping those modernize their cybersecurity strategy, security architecture, and incident response capabilities. He is an award-winning internationally recognized speaker and has published several books on various cybersecurity topics including security architecture, cybersecurity in the FSI industry, and social engineering. Milad Aslaner is currently the Senior Director of Cyber Defense Strategy for SentinelOne, a pioneer in providing autonomous security for endpoints, data centers, and cloud environments.
Mr. Kenneth Ciangura
Information Security Manager, GO
Kenneth Ciangura, B.Sc. (Hons) I.T. University of Malta, CISSP, CISM is Information Security Manager at GO. Kenneth has more than 20 years’ experience in IT, telecommunications and information security. Over the years he has led and contributed to key projects across IT infrastructure and operations, software design and development, ISP and corporate networking and security. GO is Malta’s leading communications services company, proudly providing mobile, fixed line, internet and TV services to more than 500,000 residential, business and government customers. In his current role, Kenneth has been leading Information Security management across the organisation while ensuring that information security and risk management is an integral pillar of GO's ongoing digital transformation.
Ms. Diane Abela
Director Information Security, GiG
Diane Abela has managed information security, governance and risk initiatives across a variety of sectors, including gaming, technology, property management, Industrial engineering and logistics. She has a track record in adopting and adapting industry-known security frameworks, such as ISO 27001 and NIST CSX, applied to companies with international presence inside and outside of Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in IT, a Master of Science degree in IT Management and Organisational Change and is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Diane is currently acting as the Director of Information Security at Gaming Innovation Group, an industry leading platform and media provider delivering world class solutions to iGaming partners and their customers.
Insp. Timothy Zammit
Operational Manager of the Police Cyber Crime Unit, Malta Police Force
A police officer for the past 18 years, Timothy Zammit spent 4 years within the Economic Crimes Unit prior to being posted to the Cyber Crime Unit around 14 years ago. After being promoted to Inspector, in 2011, Timothy was assigned responsibility of the operational management of the Police Cyber Crime Unit. Apart from being involved in numerous investigations both locally and abroad, Timothy has participated in the design and implementation of a number of crime prevention campaigns as well as capacity building projects. An active contributor in a number of international fora, Timothy is the current Chair of the European Union's Cybercrime Task Force (EUCTF) which brings together Heads of Police Cyber Crime Units from all EU Members States. Timothy also represents the Police Department on the National Cyber Security Committee.
Mr. Andrew Schembri
Senior Manager, PwC
Andrew Schembri is a Senior Manager in the Advisory practice of PwC Malta focused on IT and Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance. Throughout his experience he helped clients devise strategies to transform and improve their approach to managing risks to drive business performance, maximize efficiencies and improve stakeholder confidence. Andrew is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He recently returned from a 2.5-year tour with PwC US in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was helping global leaders within the e-commerce and semiconductor industries on various aspects of GRC.
Mr. Joseph Azzopardi
Lead Architect Infrastructure, ICT Solutions
Joseph Azzopardi occupies the role of Lead Architect and Security Manager at the ICT Solutions team. Coming from an engineering background, Joseph has completed a B.Eng Electrical Engineering and also an M.Sc in AI - pursuing one of his passions. Joseph has overseen and run multiple multi-million-euro technology projects across the security and cloud domains, with over eleven years of industry leading experience. Now he is responsible for the ICT Solutions technical product design and an architect lead on ICT Solutions’ most critical projects in industry.
Mr. Finian Massa
Strategic Marketing Manager, ICT Solutions
Finian started his academic career studying a Masters in Engineering in Cybernetics & Artificial Intelligence. However following graduation, he took a hard right turn into commercial roles within the IT & technology sector – driven by an interest in communicating the technology ideas that truly make a business grow. Today he focusses on product design within the technology managed services space, along with setting the message and vision for the outbound communication and go to market strategy as Strategic Marketing Manager for ICT solutions.
Mr. George Koutepas
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, CERT-EU
George Koutepas is an IT Security engineer with career-long experience in the field. He holds a PhD. in IT Security and Network Management from the National Technical University of Athens. He is also an ISACA Certified Information Security Manager. Dr. Koutepas has been involved in numerous IT Security projects both in the industry and academia, with technical as well as governance aspects. In the past, he helped develop IT Security Policies for the Bank of Greece, and was providing threat intelligence reporting to European Energy Operators. He is currently a member of the Cyber Threat Intelligence team at CERT-EU, managing low level IOC workflows and compiling high level informational reports.
Mr. Antoine Debono
Information Security Specialist, MITA
Antoine Debono is an Information Security Specialist within the Information Security and Governance Department at the Malta Information Technology Agency. In his role, Antoine is responsible for information security assessments, information security consultancy and advanced operations. For the past 6 years, Antoine has been involved in various operations including Incident Response activities, Digital Forensics Investigations, Malware Analysis, Red Team Exercises and Threat Intelligence Assignments amongst others.
Mr. Robert Muscat
Information Security Specialist, MITA
Robert Muscat is an Information Security Specialist in the Cyber Defense & Advanced Operations section within the Information Security and Governance Department at MITA and has been working in the information security field for nearly 8 years. In the past, he was involved in various assignments including Digital & Network Forensics, Security Engineering and Public Key Infrastructures. In his current role, Robert is primarily responsible to provide information security consultancy on Government IT solutions by assessing their exposure against their threat landscape. Robert Holds an Honours degree in Computer Networks, is a certified Web Application Penetration Tester and in 2020 was awarded Microsoft's Engineering Influencer title in one of their security products.
Mr. Reuben Gauci
Security Operations Centre Project Manager, MT-CSIRT
Reuben Gauci is a Service Manager within the Information Security and Governance Department at MITA. In his role, Reuben is responsible for managing the Agency’s Security Operations Centre whilst leading a young team of cyber-enthusiast, primarily responsible to focus exclusively on the detection, analysis and response to cybersecurity events and incidents. He is also responsible to assist with the Agency’s mandate to solidify its security posture whilst ensuring adequate controls for the protection of Government’s data and its infrastructure.
Mr. Clinton Farrugia
Chief Information Officer, Ministry for Foreign & European Affairs
Clinton is responsible for ensuring the alignment of Information Technology within the Ministry (MFEA) to Enterprise and Ministerial strategic priorities. In this regard, he provides support and advice to the MFEA Permanent Secretary on all ICT matters. In the last decade, he has served in several senior Public Service roles, including that of Chief Information Officer for the Ministry for Health, and has over the same period enjoyed active involvement in several large-scale transformational projects. Clinton holds an M.Sc in Business Information Systems Management, is an engineer at heart, and has an avid interest in Cyber Security.
Mr. Kristian Mamo
ICT officer, Ministry for Foreign & European Affairs
Kristian is an ICT Officer within the Information Management at the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and is mainly responsible for the Infrastructure and Cyber Security aspects of the Ministry and its Diplomatic Missions abroad. He has over a decade of experience in Infrastructure related roles, both locally and abroad, and has a keen interest Cloud and Cyber Security. Kristian holds a BSc Hons in Computing from Anglia Ruskin University and is currently reading for an MSc. in Computer Science (Networks and Security) at Staffordshire University.
Mr. Matthew Vassallo
ICT Systems Engineer, VJ Salomone Pharma
My name is Matthew Vassallo and I’m 32 years old. I graduated from MCAST with a First-Class Honours Degree in Networking and focused my thesis on password security against dictionary attacks. To increase my knowledge, I also followed CCNA and MCSA courses which gave me a wider view of network management. My first full time job was within the public sector at Malta Tourism Authority whereby I had real-time hands-on experience on the day to day running of networking and support. After spending 3 years at MTA, I continued my career with V.J Salomone Ltd and apart from taking care of the network management, I focused on researching about new technologies and security which enhance the day to day running of the business.
Ms. Jackie Mangion
Operations Manager, VJ Salomone Pharma
Jackie Mangion, Operations Manager of VJ Salomone Pharma, a leading marketing and distribution supplier in the pharmaceutical industry. Jackie is responsible for operations and business development. She enjoys the dynamic and challenging nature of the job which requires flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Before being named operations manager, Jackie joined VJ Salomone Pharma as sales manager, responsible for end-to-end management of VJ Salomone Pharma's supply chain and sales activities Before joining VJ Salomone, Jackie worked as a pharmacist at Mount Carmel Hospital and was managing the pharmacy besides being an active member of the hospitals’ management team. In her spare time, Jackie likes to explore the outdoors, travelling and kayaking. Her passion lies in discovering new places, whilst exercising and challenging herself.
Mr. Luca di Michele
Head of Development, eCabs Company Limited
Luca has been in the software business for 15 years, with extensive experience in the Italian Banking, American Investments and Hedge Fund industries, as well as Fleet Management in Ireland. Today he heads the Software Development team at eCabs where he leads a team of 50 technologists and growing, supporting the organization in its technology transformation to an international operator.
Mr. Marvin Cuschieri
Chief Officer Human Capital and Corporate Services, eCabs Company Limited
Marvin Cuschieri is a graduate in International Relations, European Studies and Business Management (MBA). During his early adult life Marvin spent time in the US, Denmark and Germany before moving back to Malta. He started his career in business consultancy where, for a number of years, he managed and helped grow Impetus Europe, a joint venture between Fenlex and MISCO. After a short stint at Malta Enterprise, heading the Business & Investment Consultancy Unit, Marvin moved as CEO to FHRD – an organisation offering management, training and HR services. He joined eCabs to help build, resource, maintain, and nurture the team that will turn eCabs into the tech enterprise of tomorrow.
Dr. Dimitrios Patsos
Senior Security Specialist, Microsoft
Dr. Dimitrios Patsos is a Senior Security Specialist at Microsoft Corporation, assisting private and public sector organizations manage their digital risks. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in cyber security, having delivered and managed risk assessment, data protection and incident response programs for some of the world’s largest companies in 30+ EMEA Countries, winning also multiple research and industry awards. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Information Security from leading universities in Europe, professional accreditations from the (ISC)2, ISACA, the Cloud Security Alliance, OpenGroup, etc., as well as certifications from multiple technology vendors.
Mr. James Slaby
Director of Cyber Protection, Acronis
James R. Slaby is the Director of Cyber Protection at Acronis, where he evangelizes cybersecurity and data protection solutions for business. Previously, Slaby was an industry analyst covering cybersecurity, cloud computing and networking at Forrester Research, HFS Research, Yankee Group and The Info Pro. With over 300 published tech research reports, he has been quoted in The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, and countless tech publications. Slaby has also held solutions, vertical, product and campaign marketing roles at tech security and networking vendors including Sonus, Acme Packet, Bay Networks and Motorola.
Mr. Chris Farrugia
Senior Lecturer at the Institute of ICT, MCAST
Chris Farrugia is a senior lecturer at MCAST's Institute of Information and Communication Technology. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in IT (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) from the University of Malta and a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications Systems from Aston University. Chris is involved in the Information Security and Digital Forensics research stream within the ICTAR research group at MCAST. His main research interests are security incident response, open-source intelligence and forensic data extraction from today's smart devices.
Ms. Jennifer Bellizzi
Second Year PhD student, University of Malta
Jennifer Bellizzi commenced her studies in computer science and AI focusing on dynamic analysis of network traffic for code-injection attacks in her dissertation. She worked as a software developer and then obtained a Master's degree in Cyber Security from the University of Birmingham. Afterwards, she spent a few years working as a Security Engineer, involved in providing security training for staff, incident response and carrying out in-house penetration tests. Currently, she is a second-year PhD student whose research focuses on digital forensics in mobile devices. She is currently the lead researcher on the H2020 Project "LOCARD" in the Computer Science Department at the UM.
Mr. Robert Abela
Senior Lecturer at the Institute of ICT, MCAST
Robert Abela started in software development and his 20-year career saw him cover various roles becoming proficient in Java, C, Python, and software testing. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computing and Information Systems from the University of London and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Malta. His passion for mentoring junior software developers led him to switch to lecturing and he joined MCAST as a senior lecturer at the Institute of ICT. Robert is involved in Information Security within the ICTAR research group at MCAST while also collaborating with other players in the field.
Dr. Christian Colombo
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, University of Malta
Christian Colombo obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the UM. His main areas of research being runtime verification, software testing, compensating transactions, and domain-specific languages. He has been working on the creation of dependable software systems by verifying them against formal specifications at runtime. The area, better known as runtime verification, involves the automatic synthesis of verification code which is automatically injected into the system under observation. He is currently focused on applying runtime verification in the area of security through the funded projects: Secure Communication in the Quantum Era (NATO) and Lawful Evidence Collecting & Continuity Platform Development (Horizon 2020).
Dr. Mike Jankowski-Lorek
Director of Consulting, Cybersecurity Expert, cQURE
Dr. Mike Jankowski-Lorek is a solution architect, developer, data scientist and security expert with more than 15-years’ experience in the field. He designs and implements solutions for Databases, Network & Management area, mainly for Microsoft platform for medium to enterprise level organizations. Mike holds multiple certifications, especially security, database and software development related. He is one of core Experts at CQURE – worldwide known cyber security company. As a passionate person he loves sharing his knowledge. Since 2007 he has been closely cooperating with Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, teaching security, database and data mining related subjects. Dr. Mike is additionally interested in Big data, High Availability and real time analytics especially when combined with machine learning and artificial intelligent or natural language processing. He has completed his PhD – Dr. academic knowledge, professional experience and strong technical skills. Dr. Mike is already an author of multiple scientific publications, including a chapter in “Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining” published by Springer. He has appeared at the world’s most important and well-known cybersecurity conferences both individually – at RSA USA, RSA Asia Pacific & Japan and NT Konferenca Slovenia – or with the CQURE Team – at Black Hat Black Hat USA, Black Hat Europe, Black Hat Asia.
Martina Zammit
CEO and Co-founder, Gadgets
Martina Zammit is the co-founder and CEO of GADGETS, Malta’s leading media house on all things innovation. Martina’s passion for creativity and innovation led her and her team to turn GADGETS into a space to nurture creative ideas and inspire people from all walks of life about the most forward-looking concepts and projects. It offers the latest news and is essentially a quick fix for people to get information on the latest tech and reviewed products.GADGETS is all about partnering up with creators and leading the way in the world of tomorrow, the island of tomorrow.
Mr. Shane Cross
Head of the Cybercrime Intelligence Unit and Cyber Fusion Center, INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Threat Response Sub-Directorate
Shane Cross is currently the Head of the Cybercrime Intelligence Unit and Cyber Fusion Center within INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Threat Response Sub-Directorate. Oversees a team of law enforcement personnel, contracted cyber intel analysts and private sector partners who identifies, triages and coordinates a global response to cybercrime. I have also held other roles within INTERPOL including cybercrime capacity building, cybercrime operations and cybercrime intelligence. A former Canadian law enforcement officer with 18 years of policing experience which has encompassed Cybercrime, Internet Child Exploitation, and Digital Forensics investigations at a national and international level.
Dr. Apostolos Malatras
Team Leader for Knowledge and Information Team, EU Agency for Cybersecurity
Dr. Apostolos Malatras is the Team Leader for Knowledge and Information Team at the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) where he is in charge of emerging technologies cybersecurity, threat landscapes and foresight. Apostolos has been a Cybersecurity Expert at ENISA responsible for many projects, including Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and Smart Mobility. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, academia, and the European Commission, Apostolos has a broad experience in managing and securing network infrastructures and connected and intelligent devices. He is the author and co-author of more than 60 research papers and scientific reports and regularly gives presentations on various international fora.
Mr. Jamie Woodruff
Ethical Hacker and Cyber Security specialist
In his late 20s, Jamie Woodruff is one of the world’s leading authorities on hacking and cyber security. Woodruff entered the public eye when he successfully hacked Facebook as part of a student competition at Bangor University where he was studying computer information systems. He is currently Chief technology Officer of an IT Support and Security specialist company in the UK. They specialise in training, cloud solutions, penetration testing and support schools with a full range of IT. He is also the cyber safety advisor for the Cyber Smile Foundation which specialises in online cyber bullying.
Mr. Keith Cauchi
Head of IT Security, MeDirect
After completing his studies Keith has worked in the IT Security field for a number of organisations across the technology, public, financial and banking sectors. During the last five years Keith has been heading the bank’s information security strategy where he is primarily responsible for the implementation of the Group Information security risk management framework. Keith holds a BSc (Business and Computing), an MSc in Information Security and a CISA certification.
Mr. Ney Walens De Mesquita
Head of IT, MeDirect
Ney de Mesquita is a Technology professional from Brazil with over 20 years of international experience in various industries ranging from oil and gas, gaming and financial services with companies like ultraGas, GiG, First Data/FiServ and BNP Paribas. Throughout the course of his career Ney has developed an affinity for solutions engineering and automation across a variety of technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, SaltStack, Linux, postgres etc…. Acting as the right hand of the CTO, for the past year, Ney has led the various teams handling from tech support, monitoring, networks, automation, production engineering as well as systems architecture for MeDirect.
Prof. Andre Xuereb
Ambassador for Digital Affairs, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs
André Xuereb is a quantum physicist from Malta. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Malta, where he leads the Department of Physics, lectures undergraduate classes in atomic and quantum physics, and leads the quantum research group. In 2020 André was appointed Malta’s first Ambassador for Digital Affairs within the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs; he also co-chairs the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) board, is a European Innovation Council (EIC) ambassador, and is a council member of the Malta Chamber of Scientists as well as the Malta Innovation Forum. André is Chief Scientific Officer of a green mobility startup in Malta and co-owns an educational software startup. Fond of lifelong learning, André holds a bachelor degree in mathematics and physics, a doctorate in physics, and a master degree in knowledge-based entrepreneurship. He is currently reading for a master degree in contemporary diplomacy.
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