State of Cyber: Today’s Threats to Watch

Clorox is a global company with leading brands that have become household names such as the namesake bleach, Pine-Sol®, Fresh Step® cat litter, Kingsford® charcoal; Hidden Valley® Ranch and K C Masterpiece®; Brita® water filters; Glad®; and Burt's Bees®.

In addition to securing great brands, Amy is passionate about helping others identify and achieve their career goals through mentoring and development planning. She is most proud of the teams that she has been able to help build and the people who have been a part of that journey.

Previously, Amy led the Global Information Security and Infrastructure department for CF Industries, successfully delivering IT Security program leadership and development in addition to IT leadership over the Global SOX Compliance program, Network Operations. She led IT Pandemic response in 2020; was the executive sponsor for the IT training development committee and Mentoring program. Before CF, Amy was the Director of IT Security Operations for the Walgreen Company, a member of Walgreens Boots Alliance, accountable for Incident Response, Vulnerability Threat Management, Security Engineering, and Identity. Amy was also a founding member of the IT Security Department at the Kellogg Company in 2012.

Amy holds an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, a BA from St. Xavier University, and achieved her CISSP from ISC2.

Kim Baumann is an executive partner with Gartner, Inc, the world's leading research and advisory company. She brings over 30 years of experience in the IT and cybersecurity fields with federal government, corporate, and academic organizations. She provides executives of large corporate and federal organizations direct trusted counsel to shape business strategy, establish executive communications and leadership, drive innovation, and enhance secure use of technology. She enables leaders to reach organizational goals through harnessing diversity of thought and the strength of communication to ignite teams.

Before joining Gartner, Dr. Baumann was the Deputy CIO for the Air National Guard where she oversaw $100M+ voice, data, and video capabilities at over 200 locations in 54 US states/territories and reliable transmission for deployed locations worldwide. Her follow-on assignment was as advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force Chief Information Officer, Pentagon. There she provided strategic planning, policy, and standards development as well as cyberspace operations support for the total Air Force. Dr. Baumann spent more than 30 years leading the engineering, installation, and maintenance of voice and data networks around the world, to include the global transmission systems. Dr. Baumann is a small business owner, a private aviator, and an adjunct professor. In her military capacity, she still serves in the Air National Guard with the rank of Brigadier General where she is responsible for approximately 1,000 airmen supporting the C130J flying, Cyber Space Operations, and Combat Communications missions assigned to the Rhode Island Air National Guard. She is also the Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

Dr. Baumann started her STEM career as a computer science engineer and programmer for a multidisciplinary services organization. Among her early accomplishments was the development and first Us Navy ship-board installation of PC-based active and passive sonar trainer. She then served 20-years in the federal civil service before returning to the corporate and academic sectors. Her dissertation work in cybersecurity aided the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in technology education for teachers and developing and adopting cybersecurity curriculum across K-12 schools districts.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Technology Education, North Central University
• Master of Science, Strategic Studies, Air University
• Master of Science, Operations Research, University of New Haven
• Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude), Mathematics, Norwich University

Bobby is responsible for Deepwatch’s operations and technology platform. Bobby has more than 30 years of technology and industry experience and 23 years of cybersecurity expertise. He has been a business leader and executive at some of the most exciting and fastest growing companies in the United States. He has held leadership roles and board positions across a range of technology companies. He was the Co-Founder and CEO of True North Solutions, a cybersecurity solutions provider. He served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and he served on the Board of Directors at GuidePoint Security.

Bobby is married to his junior high school sweetheart, Patti, and they live in the Low Country of Charleston, SC. Bobby and Patti have four children (one son and three daughters) ranging in ages from 16-27 and they are the proud owners of a 13-year old dog (a Cavachon) named Beamer (named after Coach Frank Beamer from their alma mater, Va Tech in Blacksburg, VA). The Christian Family loves to be on the water by boat, paddleboard, kayak or surfboard.

Dr. Fred Kwong has been in the information security and technology field for the past 20 years working in the education, financial, telecommunication, healthcare, and insurance sectors. He is an award-winning thought leader in security and currently works at DeVry University where he serves as the VP and Chief Information Security Officer. Before leading the security program at DeVry, he was the CISO at Delta Dental Plans Association. He is a member of several advisory boards and is a frequent speaker at national security forums on cyber security and information technology and is often asked to consult on matters of security and leadership.

Fred also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Roosevelt and Benedictine Universities. He received both his Bachelor of Arts, in psychology and professional communications, and Master of Business Administration, in management information systems, from Roosevelt University, and he holds his Doctorate, in organization development, from Benedictine University. Fred has earned several certifications including the CISSP, CISA, CISM, CDPE, PCIP, PMP and ITILv3f.