Take Your Security Skills From Good to Better to Best!
08-12, 16:00–17:00 (US/Pacific), Main Stage (In-person)

Why dwell in the lobby of the Security field when you could be enjoying the view from the penthouse? Get insight from our esteemed panel on how to stay up to date on hacker news, increase your technical skills, and be aware of opportunities for professional development. Our panel will also discuss the importance of sending that elevator back down to help others so that our entire industry can grow and thrive, just like you will. Open up your ears and your mind and enjoy the gems that will be dropped.


Why dwell in the lobby of the Security field when you could be enjoying the view from the penthouse? Get insight from our esteemed panel on how to stay up to date on hacker news, increase your technical skills, and be aware of opportunities for professional development. Our panel will also discuss the importance of sending that elevator back down to help others so that our entire industry can grow and thrive, just like you will. Open up your ears and your mind and enjoy the gems that will be dropped.

Neumann Lim is a manager at Deloitte where he leads the cyber detection and incident response teams. Prior to this role, Neumann spent years working with large enterprises and governments specializing in incident response.

With 15 years of infosec experience, he enjoys analyzing malware, reverse-engineering and vulnerability research. Neumann has been invited to share his thought leadership at conferences such as Grayhat Conf, Toronto CISO Summit and CCTX.

In his off time, Neumann participates in CTFs and mentors new students interested in infosec while maintaining active membership of various security organizations such as DefCon, HTCIA, ISC2 and EC-Council.

Over the last 6 years, Tanisha O’Donoghue has been on an upward climb in the Cyber Security Space. The Guyanese native resides in the Washington, DC area and works on the Information Security Compliance team at Tyler Technologies, assisting with policy management, audits, and risk management. Tanisha’s career experience has included incident response/recovery, vulnerability management, risk management, and compliance. She is the Director of Policy and Procedures at BlackGirlsHack, a nonprofit organization that provides resources, training, mentoring, and opportunities to black women to increase representation and diversity in the cyber security field.

Ricky Banda is a 28 year old SOC Incident Response Manager for ARM Semiconductors Ltd. He began his career at 16 as an intern with the United States Air Force working in the 33d Network Warfare Squadron at Lackland Airforce Base. He has worked in security operations for 12 years. In education, he is a SANS Graduate student and has 18 certifications, as well as a bachelor's in cybersecurity. His primary focus in SecOps is to reduce SOC burnout and support security operations workers. When not working, he supports metal musicians and is an avid horror fan.

Tracy Z. Maleeff, aka InfoSecSherpa, is a Security Researcher with the Krebs Stamos Group. She previously held roles of Information Security Analyst at The New York Times Company and Cyber Analyst for GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to joining the Information Security field, Tracy worked as a librarian in academic, corporate, and law firm libraries. She holds a Master of Library & Information Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in addition to undergraduate degrees from both Temple University (magna cum laude) and the Pennsylvania State University. Tracy publishes a daily InfoSec newsletter and OSINT blog at infosecsherpa.medium.com. Representin’ the Philly jawn.