Security Analyst Summit

He was most recently head of Kaspersky GReAT, the team that researched the inner workings of Stuxnet, Flame, Duqu, Carbanak, Lazarus, Moonlight Maze and the Equation Group.

He is a member of the Virus Bulletin Technical Advisory Board and a member of the Computer AntiVirus Researchers' Organization (CARO).

Costin holds a red belt in Taekwondo and enjoys playing chess, taking photos and reading science fiction literature.

Dr. Boldizsár Bencsáth is a member of the Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security (CrySyS) Lab at Budapest University and the CEO of Ukatemi Technologies. His research interests include network security, DoS attacks, spam, malware, botnets and cyber-physical system security. Boldizsár led the team in CrySyS lab that investigated the Duqu malware and later worked on a number of other well known APT attacks. He currently works on current questions of malware-based attacks and cyber-physical system security (vehicles, factories and nuclear power plants). Among other things, Boldizsár works in multiple start-up companies and participates in a number of consulting projects in the field of ethical hacking, security design and forensics.

Kate is the global communicator and PR professional, and she currently serves as a Deputy Global PR Director at Kaspersky. She joined the company in 2017 and was working with communications of threat research and security intelligence. Before Kaspersky, she implemented and managed international comms projects in state and non-governmental organisations, including on topics of international relations, energy, climate change issues and sustainable development. Kate is a graduate of School of World Politics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. She is also an alumnus of the Global Shapers Community (WEF initiative).

Florian Roth is an accomplished professional in the information security industry since 2003, currently serving as the Head of Research at Nextron Systems GmbH. With a strong focus on YARA, Florian has made significant contributions by creating various tools, educational materials, and publishing numerous YARA rules. He has also co-founded the widely recognized Sigma project, setting the standard for SIEM queries. Florian's expertise and dedication have made him a respected figure in the industry, with a notable following on Twitter (@cyb3rops).

He holds a Master in Cybersecurity from IMF Business School and Camilo José Cela University (Spain). He has 21 years of experience in different Cybersecurity roles (Consultant, CISO, Director). He is a regular speaker of courses, talks, workshops and Cybersecurity forums in different institutions, universities and at national and international events. His most important talks have been at PHDays7 in Moscow, Campus Party and Roadsec in Sao Paulo, the Defcon26 Biohacking Villa in Las Vegas and the (ISC)² Secure Summit LATAM 2019 held in Mexico City. During 2020 and 2021 he gave more than 100 virtual talks nationally and internationally. He is currently Director of Security and Resilience at Kyndryl, CEO and Co-Founder of 8.8 Computer Security Conference, Coordinator of the Industrial Cybersecurity Center (CCI), Co-Chairperson at the Latin American Advisory Council (LAAC) at (ISC)2, Director of Public Policy at Whilolab and Director at Fundación Nativos Digitales.

In 2003 Mauro started working at the first unit of the Swiss Federal Police fighting cybercrime. Later on, he collaborated to the establishment of MELANI, Switzerland's first centre for public-private partnership on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Back in 2013, he set up and led the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division within the Department of Defence in Bern.

A master holders in cyber security that has more than 17 years of experience in the DFIR and CTI fields. Focused on hands-on DFIR investigations across the Nation for 10 years and later shifted to APT tracking and threat intelligence in the past few years. Multiple GIAC certificate holder and has presented in multiple events such as Black hat EMEA and RSA.