MEET OUR SPEAKERS
The Cybersecurity Stage is all about safeguarding your business and data effectively. Discover techniques to detect potential compromises in your business email, fortify your cloud infrastructure using existing resources, and gain insights into the future of IoT security.
Yvonne Serrato
Cyber Assistant Legal Attaché
of the FBI Office for Romania & Moldova
Yvonne K. Serrato arrived in Bucharest in June 2021 to serve as Cyber Assistant Legal Attaché of the FBI Office for Romania and Moldova. She joined the FBI in 2004. As an FBI Special Agent, she investigated both criminal and national security computer intrusions at the FBI offices in Washington, DC, Jacksonville and Miami. She has served as a short-term Cyber Assistant Legal Attaché in Estonia, Belgium and Israel. Prior to working for the FBI, she was a computer programmer and program manager in the private sector, having worked for Seagram, ViacomCBS and Sysco Corporation. She has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from New York University and a Bachelor's Degree in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila in the Philippines. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Cyber Threats and Addressing them as a Global Community 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Today’s cyber threats hit a wider array of victims and carry the potential for greater damage than ever before. The threats are evolving rapidly, and the stakes have never been higher with the cyber ecosystem established on a global scale. The worldwide cyber community has evolved together to meet these changing threats through an enterprise approach—one that involves government agencies, private industry, researchers, and nonprofit organizations around the world — all working together to tackle the cyber threat as a global community.
Dr. Matt Lemon
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Matt is the CISO and VP of Cybersecurity for Huawei Cloud, he leads the security operations for the cloud ecosystem as well as working with customers, regulators and government to demonstrate the security of the various cloud offerings. He has responsibility for managing the Governance, Risk and Compliance functions as well as overseeing the architectural design, vulnerability and risk analysis, penetration testing, red-teaming and incident management amongst other pieces. Prior to working at Huawei, Matt was the CISO for RBS one of the worlds largest retail banks and before that was a Partner in IBM’s Security Practice working with their Fortune 100 clients on cloud transformation and security projects. Matt has significant experience in IT and Security, building high functioning teams and is a frequent speaker at industry events. He also holds a Masters in Law, Masters in Security & Counterterrorism, Doctorate in Digital Forensics and Masters in Computer Science from MIT. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Using your Cloud Service Provider to secure your Cloud 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: The session will cover how to understand and use the shared model for IaaS, Paas and SaaS cloud and to work with them to ensure that you get the agreement and SLA that suits your business needs. It will also discuss the tools and features within the cloud that are provided to you by your CSP which can be integrated into your SOC to get the best alerting and automated responses that can be created to reduce any impact to services. You should leave the session with the ability to know how to work with your CSP to understand all of the services on offer that can help secure your environment, an enhanced understanding of CSP activities and levels of support and some best practice ideas to take away and investigate further.
Louka Jacques-Chevallier
Ethical Hacker @ ManoMano and
Web Exploitation Teacher @ OffenSkill
Louka Jacques-Chevallier is a highly dedicated IT engineer and cybersecurity expert who spends most of his time researching web exploitation and cloud cybersecurity, giving talks at conferences, and writing in-depth articles about various software and tools. He is French (yet fluent in English!) and received his engineering degree from the ESISAR school in 2019. He later worked at Datadog as a Product Security Engineer, at Lexfo as a Senior Pentester, Code, and Cloud Infrastructure advisor, and at ManoMano as an Ethical Hacker & Red Teamer. More recently, he started his own company OffenSkill, specialized in Web Exploitation Courses, helping security enthusiasts to reach state of the art! In his free time, he enjoys hang gliding, paragliding, and slacklining. But even outside, he is still mostly thinking about ways to break (or improve) the defenses of new software. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Autopsy of a php web-app n-day RCE | Why are some languages are inherently insecure 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: This talk will be divided into 3 stages and deep dive in a 0-day from a year ago on WebPageTest, a tool written in php focused on web performance analysis. First we will begin with a show-case of various php behaviors, why they exist in the first place, and why they are nefarious. We will then pursue our quest with a comprehensive exploitation walkthrough of a WebPageTest instance, and finally conclude on a few factors that made php a good language in its time, and a more questionable one when it comes to following best security practices! Takeaway 1: Languages are born and die for a reason, denying it might bite you back Takeaway 2: Some languages make it way easier to shoot yourself in the foot, even for an experienced developer Takeaway 3: Php definitely shouldn’t be something pushed anymore, replaced by more sane alternatives like go, python , rust.
Josef Grill
Founder and CEO
Josef Grill, founder and director of WEDOS Internet, a.s., is a visionary in the world of IT. He pioneered web hosting and domain registration in the Czech Republic with Forpsi, quickly rising to the top of the market. After selling the company, he returned to the industry, establishing WEDOS in 2010, which became the Czech market leader by 2013. Today, WEDOS boasts the highest number of Czech domains directed to its private data centers, and Josef Grill focuses on expanding the WEDOS Global decentralized network, safeguarding websites of all sizes worldwide. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Successful DDoS Attacks by Russian Hacktivists on Czech Banks: Why Did They Succeed? 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: In today's digital age, our banking systems are tempting targets for hacktivists and cybercriminals. In September 2023, Czech banks faced DDoS attacks at the L7 level, which led to serious complications and partially disabled their services for several days. Why were these attackers so successful? Join Josef Grill, founder and CEO of WEDOS, and Vendula Králová, Chief Sales Officer, as they uncover the background to these attacks and reveal the technical and business challenges associated with defending against modern cyberthreats. Learn what mistakes Czech banks have made, why traditional solutions fail and how WEDOS Global infrastructure can offer an innovative and cost-effective solution to protect your digital assets. The presentation is based on real events and reveals shocking cybersecurity gaps we must face as a society.
Vendula Králová
CSO/CMO
Vendula Králová started her career at WEDOS Internet, a.s. as an event manager, specializing in organizing international events. Later, she also served as a spokesperson for foreign media, conducting interviews and giving lectures alongside the company's CEO. She excels in effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders and possesses strong leadership skills that enable her to efficiently lead teams. Her dedication to teamwork and ability to inspire people are key factors in her success, not only in event management but also in leading the company's business and marketing departments, which contribute to raising awareness of the company's visionary ideas that are coming to life. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Successful DDoS Attacks by Russian Hacktivists on Czech Banks: Why Did They Succeed? 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: In today's digital age, our banking systems are tempting targets for hacktivists and cybercriminals. In September 2023, Czech banks faced DDoS attacks at the L7 level, which led to serious complications and partially disabled their services for several days. Why were these attackers so successful? Join Josef Grill, founder and CEO of WEDOS, and Vendula Králová, Chief Sales Officer, as they uncover the background to these attacks and reveal the technical and business challenges associated with defending against modern cyberthreats. Learn what mistakes Czech banks have made, why traditional solutions fail and how WEDOS Global infrastructure can offer an innovative and cost-effective solution to protect your digital assets. The presentation is based on real events and reveals shocking cybersecurity gaps we must face as a society.
Daniel Teodorescu
Chief Technology Officer
With over 15 years of experience in the IT&C field, Daniel leads the team of engineers in Arctic Stream and actively participates in the planning and implementation of companies' infrastructure and security architectures. In addition to numerous other certifications, Daniel is a CCIE R&S #48650. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Implementing Cybersecurity in Industrial Networks 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Industrial networks, often referred to as SCADA networks, are frequently overlooked in cybersecurity protocols, primarily due to their former isolation from the broader network infrastructure. However, with the advent of the Industry 4.0 framework, the integration of IoT sensors, automation, and cloud technologies has expanded the attack surface of these networks. In this session, Daniel will provide an insightful overview of potential threat vectors, alongside recommended tools and architectural strategies aimed at bolstering robust cyber protection.