Elijah Cedeno is a regional engagement manager for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center™ (MS-ISAC®), a division of the Center for Internet Security, Inc.®. He is a member of the Stakeholder Engagement team, which works with our nation’s State, Local, Territorial and Tribal (SLTT) governments and public education institutions to provide free cybersecurity resources and services. Elijah manages the MS-ISAC® members in the Northeast regions, supporting their overall cybersecurity posture.

Johnny Collins is a managing director with over 20 years of experience in KPMG LLP’s Cyber Services group. He is the KPMG U.S. Cyber Response solution owner for the Cyber Threat Management Team (CTM) with 80 professionals. He helps deliver for the KPMG’s Cyber Response, Insider Threat, Cyber Recovery, Cyber Defense, Cyber Audit and Cyber Due Diligence channels. His technical skills bring effective results in matters relating to cyber due diligence, cyber security risk, data privacy, data mapping, data identification and remediation, cyber regulations, insider threat, governance, secure software development, cyber investigations, remediations and digital evidence recovery. Specifically, he works with clients to formulate and complete cyber due diligence and cyber risk activities, identify and respond to investigations and proactively develop cyber response, data privacy, data identification and remediation programs.

With over 20 years of experience, Adam Ford has dedicated his career to ensuring that information systems and data are protected and available to meet the unique needs of government organizations. Currently serving as the chief technologist at Zscaler, a leading cybersecurity company, Adam plays a crucial role in helping state and local government organizations securely transform their systems. As a respected leader in the public sector market, his expertise and guidance are instrumental in ensuring that the systems that keep government running are not only efficient but also protected from cyber threats.
Prior to Zscaler, Adam served as CISO for the State of Illinois. In this role, he had responsibility for cybersecurity for various agencies, boards and commissions under the Governor. During his tenure, the State of Illinois modernized and grew its security practice to protect systems and data that drive critical services to Illinois residents.
In addition to serving state agencies, Adam oversaw state and local security partnership and collaboration efforts including operation of the Illinois Election Cyber Navigator program in coordination with the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Illinois State Police.
Adam joined the Office of the CISO as security engineering manager in 2017 and also served as deputy CISO prior to becoming CISO. Before coming to security, he spent more than 15 years in data center and wide area network engineering and architecture roles with the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology and the Illinois State Police.
Adam was named the 2023 NASCIO Thomas M. Jarrett State Cybersecurity Leadership Award winner in 2023 and received a 2023 StateScoop 50 State Leadership of the Year Award. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Illinois College and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University.

Yosef Lehrman brings over 15 years of cybersecurity expertise to his role safeguarding New York City's critical data and digital infrastructure. In his current role, he designs, builds, and maintains robust security systems that protect the city's vital networks. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at the undergraduate and graduate levels and contributes to industry publications and presentations. He is a founding member of the Cyberspace Flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and has served on government task forces focused on defending critical infrastructure against cyber-attacks. Mr. Lehrman is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a Master of Science in Internet Technology from Pace University.

Kiran Mantha is a principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP within the Cyber Risk Services practice. With over 21 years of experience delivering security and privacy services, he helps corporations manage complex business and information risks ranging from security strategy development to technology implementations. Kiran brings a broad and deep background in cyber risk capabilities in governance and risk management, core technical security capabilities, threat intelligence and security monitoring and crisis management

Preston Miller, a director at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with deep subject matter expertise in digital forensics and incident response, and experience leading high-level, complex investigations. He has co-authored several books on digital forensics, including The Python Digital Forensic Cookbook, which was named Digital Forensics Book of the Year by Forensic 4:cast.
Preston joined Unit 42 in 2021 after six years at Stroz Friedberg, where he managed complex incident response and digital forensic matters for clients across a wide range of industries. He helped establish Stroz’s mobile device working group and provided expert testimony on forensic analysis in the cases he worked.
As a graduate student, Preston worked with the West Virginia State Police Digital Forensics Unit, where he developed a digital evidence database and assisted analysts by inventorying evidence, preparing evidence for preservation and analysis and maintaining case logs. 

Jennifer Mulvihill is a candidate for her Master of Laws in Cyber Security and Data Privacy at Albany Law School. She earned her JD from Cardozo School of Law with a concentration in intellectual property. Jennifer is a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in English Literature and Spanish Language and Literature. Jennifer leads cross-functional activity to facilitate innovative and effective defenses as it relates to cyber resiliency in our increasingly digital world. Throughout her career at companies such as Kroll and AIG, she has been driven to protect our nation both tactically and strategically against cyber threats. She founded and is president of Women in Cyber Leadership, a not-for-profit dedicated to the inclusion and advancement of women in the field. She also serves as the vice president of NY Metro InfraGard, a liaison between the private sector and the FBI. Her passion includes teaching the future generation of cyber security professionals, and she is an adjunct professor at Hunter College, CUNY where she teaches Intro to Cyber Risk. Jennifer is proud to be a native New Yorker.

Saji Paul has been with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development for about six years, serving as the agency’s first CISO. He has played a pivotal role in establishing HPD’s cybersecurity team and streamlining the agency’s cybersecurity operations. With nearly 30 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, Saji has worked in various information security capacities. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications.

With more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity field, Douglas Santos possesses a unique blend of sales soft skills and deep technical acumen, making him a well-rounded individual who is at ease working in both technical and non-technical environments. His keen understanding of the cyber threat landscape allows him to communicate potential threats and vulnerabilities, as well as complex security issues and possible countermeasures, to any audience with ease. Currently, his focus is on developing innovative ways to advance the state of the art in cyber threat intelligence, while managing a team of researchers and engineers. Fortinet’s goal is to identify new attack vectors and develop proactive intelligence to protect against them. To help him achieve this mission, he is driving a partnership with MITRE CTID and participating in projects that are augmenting the state of the art when it comes to threat intelligence standards, tools and response. He and his team are also deploying these tools and standards across Fortinet's products and systems.

Doug Salane is a professor in the Mathematics & Computer Science Department at John Jay Community College and a member of the college’s Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Graduate faculty. Doug has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics with a specialization in numerical analysis. He has held positions as a research mathematician with Exxon Corp., Sandia National Laboratories and Argonne National Laboratories. As a faculty member at John Jay, he helped develop the Computer Science and Information Security major and the Digital Forensics and Cyber Security graduate program.
Doug served as department chair from 2014 to 2023, an era of dramatic growth in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs in computer security. From 2006 to 2018, Doug was the director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies. Doug also has served as director of the Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity Graduate program.
Doug’s research interests include applications of machine learning in criminal justice, incident-based crime reporting systems and privacy. Doug has received funding from NSF, NASA and NIJ to support his work and the college’s undergraduate and graduate programs in computing. Doug is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), American Society of Criminology (ASC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and SIAM.

Abhi Shah, PhD, is a cybersecurity researcher from Columbia University, specializing in software supply chain and SDLC security. His past work includes building security tools at Google/Amazon, performing malware analysis/vulnerability research at MIT Lincoln Lab and consulting on AI security for the Air Force. He is actively looking for full/part-time opportunities in cybersecurity.

Alexi Wiemer is a senior manager in Deloitte Advisory’s Cyber practice with over 10 years of security experience providing consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. Alexi serves as the Lead for Deloitte’s Detection and Response Advise & Implement Strategy group with a focus on Security Operations Center (SOC), Insider Threat, Threat Intelligence program development. Alexi has a demonstrated history of assisting large, complex organizations in enhancing their cyber threat management capabilities through strategic and operational improvements in their governance, people, processes and technology.