SANS 2025 Cloud Security Exchange

Dr. Anton Chuvakin is a security advisor in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, helping shape global cloud security strategy. A recognized expert in threat detection and SIEM, he previously served as a Gartner analyst and is credited with coining the term “EDR.” He’s also the author of several seminal books on security and co-hosts the Cloud Security Podcast by Google.

Vice President, Distinguished Engineer and Deputy CISO at Amazon Web Services (AWS). The founder and CEO of five startup companies covering the fields of DNS, anti-spam, Internet exchange, Internet carriage and hosting, and Internet security.

Frank Kim is the Founder of ThinkSec, a security consulting and CISO advisory firm. He leads the Cybersecurity Leadership and Cloud Security curricula at SANS, as well as authors and instructs multiple SANS courses.

Simon Vernon is the Head of Research and Development for SANS Institute and a SANS Certified Instructor for SEC488: Cloud Security Essentials.

Brandon is an independent security consultant and SANS Senior Instructor. He is lead author for SEC510: Cloud Security Controls and Mitigations; GPCS holder #1, multi-year RSA Conference presenter, and cloud Bug Bounty collector.

Dave Shackleford, founder of Voodoo Security, has advanced cybersecurity through his leadership roles, including serving as CTO for the Center for Internet Security, where he coordinated the first published virtualization security benchmarks.