Opening notes
Opening ceremony by the BSides Amsterdam team.
Speaker
Alexandra Charikova
AppSec Community @ Escape & Podcast Host at The Elephant in AppSec
Passionate about advancing knowledge in application security and challenging industry leaders, Alexandra is an AppSec Community & Growth lead at Escape, a cybersecurity content creator and hosts the podcast "The Elephant in AppSec." This podcast brings together cybersecurity professionals and industry leaders to discuss and tackle challenging topics in application security.... read more
Hugo van den Toorn
Managing Director - SpecterOps
Hugo is former Chief Information Security Officer and has now transitioned back to help other organizations understand adversary tradecraft. With over twelve years of experience in the Information Security industry, he has a solid technical and executive background as hands-on security leader. Hugo has experience with and a keen interest in Social engineering, phishing and physical penetration testing. Nowadays, Hugo takes pride and joy in helping individual team members and the business grow... read more
Marina Bochenkova
Incident Responder
Marina wears many hats as a cybersecurity analyst focusing on digital forensics, incident response, and OT security, while also dabbling in security awareness and culture. She combines a passion for protecting people, a strong belief in digital privacy as a human right, and an overly-enthusiastic approach to problem-solving. When not defending digital spaces, Marina actively nurtures her already-unhealthy obsession with cats and resorts to baking or martial arts when desperate.... read more
Paul Moreno
vCISO on Demand
A transformational cybersecurity executive with over 20 years of experience building and leading security teams and programs across diverse industries. I specialize in aligning cybersecurity strategy with business objectives, risk tolerance, and compliance requirements that empower startups and scale-ups to drive growth and innovation while maintaining robust security postures. I've contributed to multiple successful acquisitions and IPOs.... read more
Roald Nefs
Chief Technology Officer at Warpnet
CTO at Warpnet, a decade deep in security and platform engineering, and co-organizer of BSides Groningen, BSides Amsterdam, and Cloud Native Groningen. Active open source contributor with a current research focus on automotive security, though on any given weekend he's just as likely to be tinkering with AI, reverse engineering an animal microchip, or soldering conference badges at 2am.... read more