FEATURED SPEAKERS

Roy Akerman
VP of Identity Security Strategy, Silverfort

Roy Akerman is the VP of Identity Security Strategy at Silverfort and former co-founder and CEO of Rezonate. Prior to Rezonate, Roy served as VP of Product and Innovation at Cybereason, responsible for growing 3 new business lines on cloud security, mobile defense, and XDR. Roy is leading product incubations and new business initiatives, fusing the practices of advanced Technology, Psychology, and Business in forming new disruptive products and anti-disciplinary innovation teams. Akerman is blending business and innovation practices acquired in his MIT and business journey with problem-solving and tech approaches based on his Government and Military experience. Roy has 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity, as one of the senior leaders and founders of NISA - the Israeli Equivalent to the NSA/Cyber Command, retired as the chief of global cyber operations. In this role, Roy and his teams ran global counter-cyber defense operations for Israel’s Cyber Defense, built cutting-edge cyber security tech. They established partnerships and alliances with numerous states and business partners.

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Derek Melber
Strategic Advisor for Enterprise Identity, GuidePoint Security

Derek Melber has been helping enterprises for over 25 years with identity security, Active Directory/Azure Active Directory, cloud identity, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune, Microsoft Defender, CTEM, PAM, MFA, Group Policy, and other integrated technologies. His professional experience includes Active Directory and Entra ID security assessments, specializing in network, wireless, and application penetration testing. Often asked to speak at events around the world, Derek has spoken and given Keynotes in over 40 countries at events such as RSA, Gartner, Blackhat, and more. Derek has worked for and with companies leading in these areas such as Microsoft, AWS, BeyondTrust, Quest, ManageEngine, SpectreOps, Tenable, and more.