FOUNDERS FORUM
Vulnerability Management
Founders and Top vendor technologists
share their point of view
It's often overlooked that at the core of each vendor sits at least one brilliant technologist.
They spend their days contemplating solutions to big problems but with all of the punditry crowding industry discourse we rarely get their perspective.
This forum aims to right that.
Panels are comprised of invited vendor technologists and are hosted by non vendor SMEs.
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DATE
HOST
TOPIC
PANELISTS
August
Host:
Richard Stiennon
Chief Research Analyst
IT-Harvest
Comparing Continuous Asset Discovery & Vulnerability Coverage
Panelists:TBA
August
Host:
Anton Chuvakin
Security Advisor
Google Cloud
Benchmarking Automated Remediation Orchestration for Vulnerabilities
Panelists:TBA
August
Host:
Rick Doten
CISO
Centene Corporation
Measuring vulnerability response when AI discovery outpaces patch cycles
Panelists:TBA
August
Host:
Martin Stanley
AI and Cybersecurity Researcher
NIST
Assessing Predictive Vulnerability Analysis & Forecasting Tools
Panelists:TBA
August
Host:
Kevin McDonald
CISO
Alvaka
Comparing patch‑first vs mitigate‑first for critical vulnerabilities & zero‑days
Panelists:TBA
August
Host:
James Rutt
CISO
The Dana Foundation
Measuring Effectiveness of Patch Management at Scale
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Jonathan Litchman
Co-Founder & CEO
The Providence Group
Testing Cloud-Native & Container Vulnerability Detection Solutions
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Michelle Dennedy
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Abaxx Technologies
Measuring platforms that identify affected, reachable & unprotected assets pre‑patch
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Sam Rehman
CEO
Hitachi Cyber
Profiling IaC & Configuration Scanning Tools for Pre-Deployment Safety
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Andy Chun
Founder
B9AI
Reviewing SAST/DAST/IAST Integration for Unified Vulnerability Detection
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Derek Melber
Technology Strategist
Guidepoint Security
Comparing whether existing controls stop exploitation pre‑patch
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Derek Melber
Technology Strategist
Guidepoint Security
Comparing Runtime Vulnerability Monitoring & Virtual Patch Capabilities
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Merlin Namuth
CISO
City and County of Denver
Measuring exposure reduction via compensating controls vs ticket closure
Panelists:TBA
September
Host:
Dean Sapp
CISO
Filevine
Evaluating Vulnerability Intelligence & Exploit Prediction Feeds
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Mark Kraynak
Founding Partner
Acrew Capital
Benchmarking Vulnerability Chaining & Attack Path Analysis Tools
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Sam Rehman
CEO
Hitachi Cyber
Comparing environment‑specific decisions: patch/mitigate/defer
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Michelle Dennedy
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Abaxx Technologies
Assessing Third-Party & Software-Supply-Chain Vulnerability Management
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Michael Myint
CISO
AdaptHealth
Measuring Remediation Validation & Patch Verification Solutions
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Martin Stanley
AI and Cybersecurity Researcher
NIST
Measuring breach‑path‑based vs severity‑based prioritization
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Zaheer Shaikh
CISO
Al Maryah Community Bank
Testing Agentless vs Agent-Based Vulnerability Scanning Strategies
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Michael Myint
CISO
AdaptHealth
Comparing operationalizing reachability/exploitability/identity/control coverage in triage
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Kevin McDonald
CISO
Alvaka
Comparing Vulnerability Management Workflows for DevOps Integration
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Chloe Autio
Founder and CEO
Autio Strategies
Evaluating Risk & Remediation Automation for Hybrid Environments
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Zaheer Shaikh
CISO
Al Maryah Community Bank
Measuring security context graphs for vulnerability management & exposure response
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Rick Doten
CISO
Centene Corporation
Benchmarking PTaaS & Automated Breach-and-Attack Simulation for VM Validation
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Merlin Namuth
CISO
City and County of Denver
Assessing SLA-Driven Vulnerability Triage & Escalation Platforms
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Mark Kraynak
Founding Partner
Acrew Capital
Comparing regulatory‑ready action plans for AI‑accelerated discovery in financial services
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
J. Michael Daniel
President & CEO
Cyber Threat Alliance
Profiling Contextualized Vulnerability Prioritization Using Asset & Identity Signals
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Walker Dimon
AI for Cyber Group Leader
MITRE
Measuring False-Positive Reduction Techniques in Large-Scale VM Programs
Panelists:TBA