SANS 2024 AI Survey: AI and Its Growing Role in Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned and Path Forward

Matt Edmondson has revolutionized open-source intelligence by operationalizing OSINT for federal law enforcement and Fortune 100 firms, spearheading dark web investigations that contributed to major cybercrime takedowns like Genesis Market.

Rick Caccia is CEO and co-founder of WitnessAI, a software company offering solutions for AI risk management, security, and governance. He has a long history of bringing successful security and compliance products to market, and has held leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks, Google, ArcSight, and Symantec. He was most recently SVP of Marketing at Palo Alto Networks for security operations and threat intelligence.

Bob Hansmann has spent over three decades helping global enterprises and government agencies to uplift their threat prevention, detection, investigation, and response capabilities. Working in areas ranging from threat research and engineering to product management and marketing across his career, Mr. Hansmann has helped pioneer many of today’s security industry standards. This breadth of experience has given him a unique perspective on finding the optimal balance between security needs with an organization’s success criteria.

Josh Jacobson leads implementation and security advisory teams at HackerOne. With over a decade of experience in ethical hacking and information security, he designed United Airlines' bug bounty program in 2015. Before HackerOne, he managed Sony Pictures' vulnerability management program, overseeing application and endpoint security testing.

Spencer is the Product Lead for the SecOps Investigation and Gemini product areas in Google SecOps. Prior to this role, he spent over a decade in the cybersecurity space at RSA, Cisco Security, and startups in the defense sector. Spencer has deep practitioner expertise in cybersecurity and product development, with a focus on SOC workflows and hunting platforms. He began his career in the public sector working on offensive cyber operations for the defense industry. Spencer holds an MS from Georgetown University and a BA from American University.

Andrew Obadiaru is the Vice President and CISO of Cobalt, where he leads the IT and security organizations.