Chris Tarbell

One of the All-Time Most Successful Cyber Security Law Enforcement Officials

Former FBI Cyber Security Special Agent

Founding Partner, NAXO

Former FBI special agent Christopher Tarbell is one of the most successful cyber security law enforcement officials of all time–so successful, in fact, that books and movies are being made about his legendary career. Dubbed “the Eliot Ness of online crime” by Newsweek, he is the man responsible for infiltrating the hacker group Anonymous and taking down the notorious dark web drug trafficking site Silk Road, called “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet.” He led the tracking and arrest of two of the most infamous figures in cyberspace: Sabu, who was at one point the most influential hacker in the world, and Dread Pirate Roberts, who was later convicted for his involvement with Silk Road.

Morgan Wright – Fox News Cyberterrorism and Cybercrime Analyst and SentinelOne Chief Security Advisor, SentinelOne

Morgan is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, national security and intelligence. He currently serves as Chief Security Advisor for SentinelOne, Senior Fellow at The Center for Digital Government, and is the chief technology analyst for Fox News and Fox Business.

Morgan’s landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. Previously Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the 2012 Republican National Convention, taught behavioral analysis at the National Security Agency and spent a year teaching the FBI how to conduct internet investigations. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated state trooper and detective, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice and intelligence for the largest technology companies in the world including Cisco, SAIC, Unisys and Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs.

Ryan LaBarre – Pre Sales Engineer, Artic Wolf

Ryan LaBarre is a Sr. Pre Sales Engineer at Arctic Wolf Networks. As a Pre-Sales Engineer Ryan is responsible for guiding prospects through the technical sales process and communicating the technical value of the Arctic Wolf solution. Ryan has been in the IT field for over 20 years, with over 15 of those years selling solutions ranging from Storage, Networking, Data Protection and Security. He brings a unique systems administrator view to the table having served in several roles within Information Technology. In his free time, Ryan is locked down with children’s sports (Tennis, Basketball).  He sprinkles in other hobbies like Woodworking, CNC, 3d printing, Laser cutting etc, in the few moments he has for himself.

Clint Patterson – Principal Consultant, Unit 42 – Palo Alto Networks

Clint is an accomplished cybersecurity engineer who has worked with the U.S. military on some of the most challenging assignments involving incident response, data and forensic analysis, and threat hunting.

He joined Unit 42 in 2020 after a decade as a cybersecurity and information technology specialist with the United States Marine Corps, most recently leading the team that protects critical infrastructure from cyberattackswhere his duties included forensic investigations, providing expert analysis, and hunting advanced persistent threats. In one case, he led a team of eight analysts through a threat hunting operation on a foreign government network with more than 500 endpoints.

Jason Hernandez, Security Solutions Engineer, Zscaler, Inc

Jason Hernandez (CISSP, CISM) is an experienced systems administrator, security engineer and security analyst in the SaaS world. Passionate about helping organizations reduce risk by moving away from a perimeter network model. Currently focused on presales engineering at Zscaler, he is able to examine enterprise network and security architectures every day looking for vulnerabilities and communicating the risk of implicit trust. His real interest is the “why” of security controls and how they relate to overall security program maturity and ROI.