Chris Roberts - KEYNOTE

WWT

Chris has been in our industry since before its inception (the lack of hair helping to identify this). His most recent projects have been focused within the aerospace, deception, deepfake, identity, cryptography, AI/AdversarialAI, and services sectors.

Over the years, he's founded or worked with numerous organizations specializing in human research, data intelligence, transportation, cryptography, and deception technologies. These days he’s working on spreading risk, maturity, collaboration, and communication messaging across the industry.

Tim Brown - KEYNOTE

Team8

Tim Brown is a Partner and CISO in Residence for Team8. He is responsible for the Team8 CISO Village and working with the portfolio of incubators and early stage companies. Tim Brown is also the former CISO for SolarWinds. After the SUNBURST attack in December 2020, Tim Brown led the response and remediation efforts. Tim has spoken to thousands of customers and has been instrumental in all customer remediation support and services.

He has worked closely with the SolarWinds^® CEO in designing the future state of security and their “Secure by Design” philosophy. This new philosophy on software design will not only benefit SolarWinds but the industry as a whole, and it sets a precedent for responses to future cyberattacks. As a former Dell Fellow and CTO, Tim deeply understands the challenges and aspirations of the person responsible for driving digital innovation and change.

Tim has over 25 years of experience, and his trusted advisor status has taken him from meeting with members of Congress and the Senate to the Situation Room in the White House. He’s also an avid inventor and holds 18 issued patents on security-related topics.

Rob Labbé

MM-ISAC

Rob Labbé has worked in various roles in information security for the past 20 years, the last 12 focused on the cybersecurity of the metals and mining industry. Currently, Rob serves as the CEO and CISO-in-Residence of the Global Mining and Metals ISAC.

In 2016, Rob co-founded MM-ISAC, to build a collaborative community in which threat and incident information is shared, best practices are developed, and relationships are built to improve the cyber posture of the mining and metals industry globally. Rob believes that true resilience in the mining industry occurs when smart, business and user-focused security controls combine with cyber and business resilience. It is only through that user and business-focused lens that companies can both be protected and innovate to produce the minerals and materials the world needs.

In addition to his focus on securing the mining industry, Rob is a fierce advocate for mental health among cybersecurity teams. It is possible to have both a resilient and secure environment as well as a resilient and psychologically healthy team, and Rob is committed to helping organizations in mining and beyond achieve that.

Sachin Jade

CYWARE

Sachin Jade is the Chief Product Officer at Cyware. He has been in the risk & cyber security domain for more than two decades. He has been a practitioner, entrepreneur, advisor and growth leader. His experience includes founding and successfully exiting a cyber security product firm, advising CISOs and C-Suite leaders on managing Risk from a strategic perspective and owning P&L at emerging and Fortune 100 enterprises. He has been a thought leader, speaker and panelist on various topics such as Zero Trust, AI driven Security, Intent based Risk management, Threat Intelligence led Security Operations, Collective Defense etc.

Brian Proctor

Frenos

Brian is Co-Founder and CEO of Frenos, where he helps critical infrastructure operators reduce risk in their OT environments through digital twin modeling, AI agents, simulated OT penetration testing, and attack path analysis. He spent 15 years as an ICS/OT cybersecurity engineer, architect, and team lead at two California Investor Owned Utilities, protecting natural gas and electric infrastructure serving millions. He was later the first sales executive at SecurityMatters (acquired by Forescout), driving OT security monitoring adoption across Fortune 500 companies. Brian holds GICSP, CISSP, and CRISC certifications and co-invented an R&D 100 award–winning GPS anti-spoofing technology.

Kristi Cook

Peabody (MM-ISAC BoD Chair)

Kristi Cook is currently the Director, Global IT/OT Cybersecurity for Peabody. She oversees the cybersecurity program including strategy, operations, IAM, vulnerability management, and IR relating to Peabody.  

Kristi has over 12 years of technical and management experience serving in a variety of roles within cyber security. She has been at Peabody since 2015. Previous to that, she served as a cyber intelligence officer in the United States Army and has also worked within cybersecurity in the communications and managed security services industries. Her current certifications include the GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) and the Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP).  

Andrew Scott

Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG)

Andrew Scott is Interim CEO of the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG), an industry-led non-profit advancing mining performance through shared guidelines and best practices. He has worked in mining innovation for more than 35 years, beginning his career after studying biotechnology and computer science at the University of Queensland. At Placer Dome and Barrick Gold he served as Senior Director of Innovation, supporting mining operations worldwide, and arranged the first Space Act agreement between a mining company and NASA. Andrew has been involved with GMG since its founding, Andrew previously served as Chairman and Working Groups Vice Chair." 

 Patrick Mountford  

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security 

Patrick Mountford currently serves in the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security’s Partnership Office, where he leads engagement with private-sector stakeholders across Canada’s critical infrastructure and cybersecurity ecosystem. He focuses on strengthening government-industry partnerships and advancing Canada’s collective cyber resilience.

Previously, Mr. Mountford served as Director, CANSLO Australia/New Zealand (2021–2025), fostering international cybersecurity collaboration. From 2018–2020, he was Director of Data Analysis and System Integration within the Cyber Defence Capabilities Directorate, overseeing teams focused on cyber threat detection, malware analysis, machine learning, and vulnerability research.

Prior to joining CSE and the Cyber Centre, Mr. Mountford held leadership roles at Shared Services Canada, including supporting the development of its Security Operations Centres and Supply Chain Integrity Program.

He holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) from Athabasca University.

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