Pete Lindstrom is Vice-President of security research with IDC's IT Executive Program (IEP). He has extensive and broad expertise with a variety of information security products; but is best known as an authority on cybersecurity economics issues such as strategic security metrics, estimating risk and return, and measuring security programs. He has also focused on applying core risk management principles to new technologies, architectures, and systems, focusing on the use of virtualization, cloud security, and big data. He has developed the "Four Disciplines of Security Management" (a security operations model), and the "5 Immutable Laws of Virtualization Security," which was integrated into guidance from the PCI Council. Prior to joining IDC in 2014, Lindstrom accumulated 25 years of industry experience as an IT auditor, IT security practitioner, and industry analyst. He is a frequent contributor to business and trade publications and is often quoted in USA Today, WSJ Online, Information Security Magazine, VAR Business, Searchsecurity.com, and CSO Magazine. His columns and articles have appeared in Information Security Magazine, Searchsecurity.com, ISSA Journal, and CSO Online. Additionally, Mr. Lindstrom is a popular speaker at the RSA Security Conference, InfoSec World, ISSA International Conference, and many regional conferences. Lindstrom served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Notre Dame.

Richard Moore is an independent security consultant and virtual CISO. Moore began his career developing the foundation of his operational and technical skills during his 15 years of military service with the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Community. Before creating CyberSix,.Moore served as the Managing Director of Global Cyber Risk Services at Alvarez and Marsal and as the Chief Information Security Officer at New York Life Insurance Company. He has also held senior-level cybersecurity roles at Royal Bank of Scotland – Americas and KPMG. Moore is best known for implementing agile and transformational “Intelligence and Risk” cultures and programs by providing executive management with a business-focused view of the company’s cyber risks landscape.

Moore has served on numerous industry and client advisory boards and has been an Adjunct Professor at Salve Regina University and at Northeastern University Graduate Information Assurance programs. In addition to his University lectures, Moore is frequently a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences and a contributing author of Information Security books and articles. Moore earned a masters in information assurance from Norwich University. Currently, he sits on two academic advisory boards and few advisory boards for cybersecurity technologies.

Mike Novak is CISO and Vice President of Information Security, Compliance and Data Protection. He began his journey with Seminole Hard Rock Support Services August of this year.

Novak takes an unparalleled innovative approach to information security, compliance, data protection and technology management with an accomplished career in startups, Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial environments, and hospitality businesses such as Hakkasan Group, Getty Images, Art.com and, Teleperformance. Novak has been a technology leader for over 29 years in cyber security, compliance, enterprise management, architecture, data security and disaster recovery.

Vinny Troia has been hacking his way around systems since he was nine-years-old, back when 2400 baud modems and were considered cutting-edge technology. Troia has since refined his underground IT skills to include a breadth of knowledge that spans his expertise across security, management, development and administration of inter-connected systems.

Having spent nearly a decade engineering and architecting security systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, Troia has become one of the media’s top go-to experts on cyber-related controversies. Troia was first recognized by the national news media following his discovery of information pertaining to tape-backups as part of the Lois Lerner IRS scandal.

Now, global news networks including Fox News, CNBC, ABC, CNN and Fox Business, regularly invite Troia to participate in on-air discussions pertaining to major corporate data breaches, cyber law and legislation, airline and automobile hacking, and cyber-related scandals. In 2014, Troia used his ever-increasing national media presence as a platform to establish and launch his company, Night Lion Security. Troia’s unconventional approach to identifying risk within an organization, combined with his ability to interact and work directly with business leaders, has allowed him to become one of the most-sought-after IT security professionals in the industry.