The Truth About AI Cyber Threats Webinar - with Binary Defense and Splunk | Cyber Solutions

Moderator

Maria Cardow, Global CIO, Aon Cyber Solutions

Maria Cardow is the Global CIO for Aon Cyber Solutions. The majority of her 25-year career has been spent driving digital transformations for top firms like Goldman Sachs, MSCI, Citadel, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and CIBC. Mentorship, education, and team building are central to her roles. Maria is an active member of the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), supporting women in cybersecurity, and a leader in multiple diversity groups within Aon and the Insurance industry. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Speakers

Kris Kimmerle, Head of AI Security and Strategy, Aon Cyber Solutions

With extensive experience leading cybersecurity and technology strategy at Fortune 100 enterprises and global technology firms, Kris specializes in AI security, governance, and strategic innovation. Based in Seattle, he’s known for a pragmatic, client-centric approach to helping organizations securely navigate complex AI adoption. A frequent writer and speaker, he delivers actionable insights to business and technology leaders addressing emerging AI and cybersecurity challenges.

John Dwyer, Deputy CTO & Head of ARC Labs, Binary Defense

John Dwyer is the Deputy CTO & Head of ARC Labs at Binary Defense where he lead research and development initiatives to improve Binary Defense product and services as well as threat research to develop meaningful insights and trends for the security community. John (@dwyer ) brings 15+ years of security and technology experience, with an extensive background in security research and development, incident response, threat hunting, security thought leadership, and adversary operational analysis. Prior to Binary Defense, John spent time with IBM X-Force, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute as a researcher and incident responder. John has spoken at the world’s largest cybersecurity events such as Black Hat, RSAC, and SANS Threat Hunting Summit.

Kris Wayman, Field CTO, Binary Defense

Kris Wayman has over a decade of experience in the IT security industry, where he’s led critical efforts in threat hunting and attack prevention. Prior to joining Binary Defense, he served as Senior Manager on the Global Solutions Engineering team at Sophos, where he led a vanguard team focused on helping customers stave off cyber-attacks from ransomware and other sophisticated threats. Wayman began his career with significant roles at Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers. These roles provided him with a deep understanding of the security and compliance challenges that companies face, which has been instrumental in shaping his proactive approach to cybersecurity. Over the years, Wayman’s efforts have consistently focused on understanding the unique security needs of clients and delivering tailored solutions to protect their critical assets.

Ryan Fetterman, Senior Manager, Security Research, Splunk

Ryan is a Security Strategist at Splunk on the SURGe team, joining after a decade spent in windowless basements conducting government research and consulting. He is a co-author of the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework and a contributor to various open-source security efforts. Ryan holds Doctorate and Masters degrees in engineering from George Washington University and a cybersecurity undergraduate degree from Penn State University. His favorite part of any project is when someone says “We just got new data.”