- AntiFraud officer
- Information Security officer
- Information Security/IT Consultant/Trainer
- IT infrastructure engineer
- Penetration tester

Founder of IT4YOU with Marco Contado and Mosè Fabbri, a 360° IT Company, started Junior Sysadmin in 1997. In January 2003 moved to Senior Sysadmin for a well-known company of his territory. In 2003 started also Microsoft Certification Program. Reached Systems Engineer Certification in 2006. Actually he owns 45 Technical Certifications on Hacking, Microsoft Exchange, AD & Servers, VMware, Mikrotik, Watchguard etc. In the 2011 landed on Microsoft Technet Italia Forums and started to post high level solutions to people who need them. After a 2012 MCC Badge, in January 2014 Microsoft honored him with the MVP Windows Expert-IT Pro Award and recruited him as Technet Moderator for Exchange,Windows Server and Windows Client Forums. He completed Ethical Hacker Certification of EC-Council in 2016, He's a relator at Italian Cloud Conference since 2017 about Network Security. He's continuing formation and new solutions developing for giving everytime the best solutions to his customers. He achieve 8 MVP Award in a row.
Freelance writer for Hacker Journal, newly published his 4th book about Systems and Security for beginners.
In 2019 he wrotes 3 books Thrillers about hackers. Amazon Published the books that taken a very good position in Thrillers about Crime cathegory. He owns a Facebook Group called The Phoenix Group about Hacking, Sysadmin and Networks and in April 2020 became moderator of Ethical Hacker Italiani Group that counts about 11300 members ad it's the 1st Italian Community about Hacking.
He actually has 42.500 students on 30 Hacking and Systems Courses on Udemy on "The Phoenix Group" in collaboration with Eugenio Fontana. In 2020 Watchguard give him the 1st World WISE program for under 18 years old in an high school of his city totally sponsored by them. Gained newly CEH Master Certification on Sept. 2021. Recently gained the Blue Team Level One Certification. This is his 28th year in the field of Hacking and Security as a professional. In April 2022, EC-Council selected him as member of Practical CEH Board with 13 other people worldwide.

Andrei Cotaie is a Security Engineer specialised in Incident Response. Currently working for UiPath’s Security Operation Center, Andrei made the transition from the public to the private sector almost 9 years ago. A big fan of automation and machine learning enthusiast, Andrei spends most of his time involved in monitoring, engineering and RPA security related projects, trying to take automation of security tedious tasks as Incident Response, Acquisition and Forensics to the next level.

Andrei is a highly experienced cybersecurity professional with a passion for Windows Evasion, breaching defenses, and network penetration testing. With over 5 years of experience in the field, Andrei has established itself as a trusted expert in the industry.
Andrei's expertise and talent have been recognized through multiple awards won at various security content as well as industry-leading certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, PNPT, and CRTO. Additionally, Andrei has shared their knowledge and insights as a speaker at two other conferences, leaving a lasting impression on attendees.

Andrej se že 27 let ukvarja z informacijsko varnostjo, odkar se je leta 1996 prvič srečal s požarnimi pregradami Altavista Firewall. Po dolgoletnem vpeljevanju in vzdrževanju tehničnih rešitev s področja varnosti kot so požarne pregrade, VPN, spletni prehodi, zaščita elektronske pošte, SIEM idr. je bil vrsto let regijski tehnični in prodajni koordinator za distribucijo rešitev Flowmon, KEMP, Thycotic in D-Link. Kot vodilni inženir za informacijsko varnost v podjetju Smart Com d.o.o. je sedaj odgovoren za razvoj in načrtovanje varnostnih rešitev in storitev, s poudarkom na tehnoloških rešitvah ponudnika Fortinet.

 

mag. Anna Tia Paynich, certificirani, licencirani tantra coach za osebnostno rast ter poslanstvo.
Vodi podjetnike, posameznike skozi svojo on-line Akademijo treninga uma in tantrične energije. Zaposleni in podjetniki z njeno podporo, znanjem, energijo in kongruentnostjo dosežejo popolno notranjo in zunanjo preobrazbo na področju zdravja, medsebojnih odnosov, ljubezni do sebe, partnerstva, poslanstva.
Anna je magistrirala kot modna oblikovalka in stilistka v Parizu.
Petnajst let je ustvarjala kreacije v tujini za večje modne guruje.
Prvo svojo knjigo je napisala leta 2006, Blišč in beda iz sveta mode in kreatorjev.
Kasneje se je posvetila alternativnim tehnikam zdravljenja, za katere je pridobila tudi certifikate.
Druga njena knjiga - Unconditional love on loan, je nastala leta 2018 in je dosegla prodajo best sellerja na Amazonu.
Posveča se tantričnemu znanju in kot mojstrica pomaga h kreiranju obilja skozi žensko in moško spolno energijo.
Njena tretja knjiga - Usodna energija, je bila izdana konec leta 2020, njen namen je prebuditev žensk in moških skozi raziskovanje spolne energije.
Letos, 2022 je pridobila tudi certifikat za Quantum Touch, tehnika preko katere dvigneš svoje lastno biopolje in si ustvariš konstanten ščit za visoko vibracijo.

 

Bindu Channaveerappa is a Business Analysis Consultant who is qualified from IIBA and BCS. Delivering business analysis services across various business domains, Bindu is enthusiastic about her profession and is also the Director for IIBA UK London Communities. Recognising the need for cybersecurity analysis, Bindu proactively studied Security Management and since has become a keen advocate to make cybersecurity inclusive within the business analysis. She is part of the IIBA Int’l Cybersecurity Certification team authoring the IIBA Cybersecurity Certification curriculum and has been interviewed by the “BA Lens – The official IIBA magazine of Thought Leadership”, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity analysis.

Boris Vardjan je vodja Varnostnega foruma v okviru Odbora za informatiko v Združenju bank Slovenije.
Od maja 2018 je zaposlen v Novi KBM d.d. kot vodja tima informacijske varnosti (CISO). Z informacijsko varnostjo se poklicno ukvarja od leta 2008. Kot CISO je bil pred tem zaposlen v Deželni banki d.d. in SKB d.d. Je tudi predavatelj in sodeluje na okroglih mizah s področja informacijske varnosti (GZS, ISACA, Palsit - Infosek, Infosek Expo, HEK). Je ISACA gold member ter nosilec mednarodnih nazivov ISACA CISA ter SIQ/CIS ISO/IEC manager in auditor.

Božidar Radosavljević is MCT and CEH trainer. 

OSCE | OSEP | OSWE | OSCP | CEH | CPTC | PenTest+ | eWPT | ECIH | CREST
Founder of Zerotak Security | President at Romanian Cyber Security Training Centre of Excellence
Providing pentesting & security consultation for clients all over the world: Australia, U.S., U.K., Middle East, Singapore, India, Central Africa, Europe.
Trainer for U.S. Department of Defense, Slovenian National Bureau of Investigation, Polish Military CERT
Speaker @ BSides, Defcamp, HEK.SI, RST Con, HackTheZone, Unbreakable
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Scheme Committee Member
InfoSec Writer on Medium

Cristian Miron is a Security Engineer currently working for UiPath. His career in IT started 12 years ago and for the past 8 he focused his attention to Security. He is passionate about automation ever since he realised that he can work more efficiently if his tasks are scripted: from handling data sets in phishing campaigns to closing alerts which don't need human interaction, everything should be done with a robot.

Dalibor Vukovič – Produktni vodja pri Telekomu Slovenije je specialist za kibernetsko varnost z več mednarodno priznanimi certifikati. Ima več kot 20 let delovnih izkušenj v IKT sektorju. Ukvarja se z razvojem in implementacijo novih varnostnih produktov tako v zasebnem kot javnem sektorju vključujoč največje delovne organizacije, kritično infrastrukturo in državne institucije. Je avtor več člankov in prispevkov na strokovnih konferencah in predavatelj s področja kibernetske varnosti. Raziskovalno se ukvarja z OSINT metodologijo in predikcijo kibernetskih napadov.

Danijel Grah se s kibernetsko varnostjo ukvarja že skoraj deset let. Kariero je začel kot svetovalec, kasneje raziskovalec, danes pa na NIL-u deluje kot varnostni analitik v varnostno operativnem centru (SOC). Ima bogate izkušnje s področij varnostnega preverjanja in pregledov, programiranja, svetovanja, raziskav in razvoja sistemov kibernetske zaščite. Raziskovalna dela je objavljal in predstavljal na različnih mednarodnih konferencah s področja informacijske varnosti. Svoje znanje in izkušnje pa je potrdil tudi z industrijskimi certifikati, kot je GRID.

Gorazd Kikelj v podjetju Hewlett Packard Enterprise operated by Selectium dela kot inženir svetovalec za podporo ključnim kupcem. V svoji več kot 30-letni karieri v IT industriji se je uril in izpopolnil na različnih področjih. Pri svojem delu rešuje različne težave s poslovnimi sistemi, omrežji in aplikacijami na standardnih strežnikih ter v specializiranih okoljih ali kompleksnih gručah. V preteklih letih je oblikoval, uvedel in upravljal številne IT rešitve za stranke v Evropi in na Bližnjem vzhodu. Zanj sta zadovoljstvo strank in odličnost zagotovljenih IT storitev prioriteti. Zaradi želje po nenehnem učenju, je prava zakladnica znanja in cenjen predavatelj rednih partnerskih izobraževanj.

Gorazd Rolih je izkušnje s področja informacijske varnosti pričel nabirati v Slovenski vojski, najprej kot sistemski administrator, nato kot analitik v Centru za Simulacije, vodja informacijske varnosti, nacionalni predstavnik na vajah kibernetske obrambe, nekaj let je delal v NATU v ekipi za razvoj kibernetskih zmogljivosti. Po zaključeni vojaški karieri je nadaljeval z delom na različnih projektih Kibernetske obrambe v ACT NATO in v ekipi za pripravo in izvedbo vaje Cyber Coalition. Zaposlen je bil tudi na Policiji v varnostno operativnem centru, trenutno pa je "Information and Cyber Security Director" v podjetju Informatika d.o.o.

Born on the 29th of Feb 72 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
After attending school, which ended with a high school diploma, I joined the German Air Force.
There I made my masters in Electrical Engineering, after that worked in Air Traffic Controlling, from there became an IT officer which led me to the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Command (AWACS) in SHAPE.
I was a Communication officer in the HQ, with the responsibility for frequency management, Air and Ground communication, the Communication Budget of the HQ and related tasks.
Once finished, I left the military and I joined SHAPE as a NATO Civilian, working in the Intelligence Division (J2) as a CIS Security Supervisor.
Main job functions are inspections, policy development, incident management, security awareness, technical and threat advice and now Intel Support to the Cyber domain, which is a capability we want to build up for the future. I am also supporting CIS Security responsibilities for our operation on Afghanistan, which right now focuses on Train, Advice and Assist of the AFG security forces.

James Bore is a Chartered Security Professional and cyber security enthusiast running a family consultancy. He knows that, in an ever-changing and growing landscape of threats and opportunities, security experts must constantly strive to keep up with and protect against attackers. He has a particular interest in the areas of misinformation and disinformation.

Janko Šavnik, specialist informacijske varnosti, je trenutno zaposlen kot Vodja informacijske in fizične varnosti ter Pooblaščenec za varstvo podatkov v Addiko Bank d.d., v Ljubljani. Njegovo delo večinoma obsega upravljanje sistema varovanja informacij, vodenje varnostnih projektov, svetovanje, izobraževanje in ozaveščanje zaposlenih, kakor tudi neprestano skrb za varstvo osebnih podatkov.
Od leta 2009 ima naziv CCE (Certified Compuer Examiner) in sodni izvedenec za informacijsko varnost in računalniško forenziko. V letu 2013 je pridobil naziv CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), v letu 2016 pa še naziv CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor). Preden se je poklicno pričel ukvarjati z navedenimi področji je bil 11 let pripadnik policije.
Poleg zelo dobrega poznavanja informacijske tehnologije in računalniške forenzike, dobro pozna slovenske in EU regulatorne zahteve, ki se nanašajo na informacijsko varnost, varstvo osebnih podatkov, varnost internetnih plačil, varnost plačilnih kartic in podobno.
V zadnjih letih je na navedene teme pripravil veliko člankov in predavanj, med njimi tudi na slovenskih fakultetah in Inštitutu za revizijo.

Founder of the innovative company Via Virtuosa, which focuses on scouting and promotion of expertises in Cybersecurity and IT governance in NE of Italy. Graduated in Computer Science (1989. Milan), CISA, ISO 27001 and ITIL V3 certified and other tech certifications. Focused on Cybersecurity since 2000 and lecturer in some seminars about this topic.
ISACA Venice Board Member, Member Club Bit, AIP, AIPSI Founder IT CLUB FVG and Cyber Secuirty Angels Alliance (CSA).
ISACA VENICE research team coordinator for ISACA VENICE CHAPTER Book n.1: Vulnerability and Penetration Test. User’s guidelines about third party penetration test. Book n.5: Cyber Security Awareness of N/E Italian Critical Infrastructures: Scenarios and Guidelines for self-assessment. Member of ISACA VENICE Chapter Translation team for Book “Securing Mobile Devices – ITA.
VIA VIRTUOSA Published White Papers: Cybersecurity Risk Insurance» (2017) and L’errore umano negli incidenti informatici e nella perdita dei dati sensibili (2019)

Luka Milinković has many years of experience in controlling and managing of IT security risks through the development of new solutions and performing IT audits. Luka has participated in various projects such as development and implementation of crypto algorithms and protocols, authentication methods, GDPR, application of AI & ML in business, digital payment systems, blockchain technology, data protection and implementation of models for the automatic detection of internal/external fraudulent acts. Luka has experience in defining and improving the ITIL processes and IT controls, strategic IT management and IT risk management. Luka is Security, Governance and Risk Manager at Symphony. His passions are cryptography, authentication algorithms, blockchain, security design and Lego.

Maksim is a cybersecurity professional with a academic background. He currently holds the position of Affiliate Professor and is the Head of the Cybersecurity program at Caucasus University (CU), where he also leads the Bachelor and Master programs in Information Technologies.
Prof. Iavich is the Director of the Cyber Security Center at CU. He is also the CEO and President of the Scientific Cyber Security Association (SCSA). Maksim has extensive experience as a cybersecurity consultant in both Georgian and international organizations, and is a key speaker at international cybersecurity conferences. He has organized many scientific cybersecurity events and was the key speaker at Defcamp, DeepSec, Hek.SI and other hacking conferences from 2018 to 2022
Maksim is the author of many scientific papers. The topics of the papers are cyber security, cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, quantum cryptography, mathematical models, 5G security and simulations.

Mane is an Experienced Information Technology Expert with extensive experience in Cyber Security. Over 20 years in IT industry and 15 years hands on experience in field of Cyber Security. With a breadth of technology skills, including networks, operating systems, databases and application development, Mane has provided penetration testing and Cyber forensics services in various industry sectors such as banking, electronic payment services, transportation, software development companies, utilities, insurance and state courts. As experienced trainer and instructor Mane has conducted training classes in IT security, EC-Council and Microsoft Products for over 1500 students. He is regular speaker at Cyber Security International Conferences and community events, leader and founder of OWASP Macedonian Chapter. Active member of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, the voice for forensic practitioners both in the UK and abroad.

Marko Kašič je vodilni ICT inženir v podjetju A1 Slovenija. V več letih delovanja znotraj podjetja je pridobil bogate izkušnje s področja svetovanja, implementacije in podpore za varnostne rešitve poslovnim uporabnikom. Specifična strokovna področja zajemajo zaščito delovnih postaj in strežnikov ter omrežna varnost, oboje s posebnim poudarkom na vpeljavi rešitev, ki z uporabo strojnega učenja nagovarjajo ključne težave v svetu kibernetske varnosti.

mag. Matjaž Kosem je takoj po zaključenem dodiplomskem študiju na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko Univerze v Ljubljani svojo poklicno pot začel v enem izmed slovenskih IT-podjetij, kjer se je spoznal s problematiko informacijske varnosti v kompleksnejših okoljih. Od leta 2011 svetuje podjetjem pri reševanju izzivov učinkovite obrambe pred kibernetskim kriminalom. Njegovo zanimanje za informacijsko varnost sega tudi zunaj meja poslovnih in industrijskih okolij, saj je magistriral s področja penetracijskega testiranja povezanih vozil. Od leta 2020 vodi podjetje CARBONSEC d.o.o., ki je specializirano za testiranje kibernetske varnosti v velikih podjetjih.

Matjaž Mravljak, URAD VLADE RS ZA INFORMACIJSKO VARNOST
Matjaž Mravljak je direktor Inšpekcije za informacijsko varnost v Uradu Vlade Republike Slovenije za informacijsko varnost. S področjem informatike, telekomunikacij in informacijsko varnostjo se poklicno ukvarja zadnjih 15 let. Matjaž Mravljak je magister prava, notranji presojevalec sistema upravljanja neprekinjenega poslovanja po standardu ISO/IEC 22301:2019, vodilni presojevalec sistema upravljanja varovanja informacij po standardu ISO/IEC 27001:2013 ter certificiran strokovnjak s področja informacijske varnosti.

Miha Lavrič je izkušen in certificiran strokovnjak na področju kibernetske varnosti, specializiran na področje analize in preprečevanje kibernetskih nevarnosti ter preprečevanje vdorov. Ima priznanje s področja uspešnega sodelovanja na mednarodnih vajah za kibernetsko varnost, kjer je poudarek na: zaščiti neznanih specializiranih sistemov; odkrivanju in ublažitvi napadov v velikih in zapletenih IT okoljih; dobro usklajenem timskem delu. Aktivno sodeluje pri številnih lokalnih in mednarodnih projektih s svetovanjem in vodenjem implementacije različnih varnostnih rešitev.

Peter Pavlin se z varstvom osebnih podatkov znanstveno ukvarja že od leta 1993 (učbeniki – ustavnopravni vidiki). Vsebinsko pa se z njimi (priprava zakonov, pravna mnenja, nekoč tudi odločanje o kršitvah) ukvarja od leta 2001 – zlasti v okviru Ministrstva za pravosodje.
Na Ministrstvu za pravosodje je zaposlen od leta 1999, dela večino obdobja na področju zakonodaje (varstvo osebnih podatkov, ustavno sodstvo, človekove pravice, kaznovalno pravo, sojenje brez nepotrebnega odlašanja, svetovanja in sodelovanje glede policijske zakonodaje itd.), delno tudi mednarodno sodelovanje (človekove pravice, varstvo osebnih podatkov, medsebojno sodelovanje v kazenskih zadevah).
Sodeluje s Svetom Evrope zlasti na področju razvoja varstva osebnih podatkov (prenova Konvencije št. 108), je član odborov Sveta Evropske unije in Evropske komisije glede varstva osebnih podatkov (npr. izmenjave osebnih podatkov med Evropsko unijo in Združenimi državami Amerike – sporazum o Ščitu zasebnosti iz leta 2016).

A graduate of Biochemistry and freelance writer, Rachel rediscovered her passion for Cyber Security when she stumbled upon an opportunity put together by SEIDEA for aspiring young women to learn the knowhow of Information Security. Since then, she has undergone multiple training programs to cultivate her skills (vulnerability scans, aiding Red Team attacks, researching malware with YARA, some python work) and is presently a Cyber-mentee with Dominique C. Brack, a seasoned InfoSec professional. As she makes purposeful strides towards becoming an OSINT and Social Engineering expert, she hopes her journey will serve as inspiration to other young women looking to make their mark in the cyber world.

Simon Kaučič je sistemski administrator z več kot 10 let izkušnjami na različnih IT področjih. Kariero je začel kot administrator linux in VMWare strežnikov ter programer, vendar se je kmalu usmeril v Microsoftove strežniške rešitve. V zadnjih letih se je posebej posvetil področju kibernetske varnosti, s poudarkom na rešitvah podjetja Fortinet in integraciji med varnostnimi izdelki različnih proizvajalcev. Svoje izkušnje je pridobil z upravljanjem sistemov, strežnikov in omrežnih naprav, ter zagotavljanjem varnosti in zaščite pred kibernetskimi napadi.

Simon se že več kot 15 let ukvarja s področjem informacijske varnosti. Izkušnje si je nabral z različnimi varnostnimi sistemi in sistemi za varnostno spremljanje. Trenutno je zaposlen pri podjetju SRC kot Arhitekt IT rešitev.

Spent more than 15 years in the IT industry gaining invaluable experience in various infrastructure and security departments. After several years in Pharma/Fintech companies he joined Croatian National CERT and its „Services and infrastructure security team“ in 2019 as DevOps team lead, responsible for Software defined Data Center implementation and security.

Uroš Babić is a graduate in electrical engineering with more than 20 years of work in the public and private sector. He is currently employed in the Oil Industry of Serbia as a Cybersecurity manager and Mictosoft Certified Trainer in Semos Education. He works with different IT security tools , deals with digital forensics and vulnerability and incident management in the field of cybersecurity. He is involved in the design and implementation of Azure Cloud infrastructure and the migration of Azure cloud services.