ADVISORY & CFP REVIEW BOARDS

CURRENT

• BlueTeamCon 2024
• CactusCon 2019 - 2024
• DEF CON Blue Team Village 2020 - 2024
• SANS EMEA CyberThreat Summit 2019 - 2024

FORMER

• SANS Pen Test HackFest 2021 - 2023
• SANS CTI Summit 2021
• Purple Team Summit 2020
• SANS Purple Team Summit 2019 & 2021
• CircleCityCon 2020
• Grayhat 2020 - Blue Team Village

AFFILIATIONS, COMMITTEES & MEMBERSHIPS

CURRENT

• Blue Team Village Lead @BlueTeamVillage
• Crimeware Member - 2019 to Present
• Curated Intelligence Member - July 2021 to Present
• Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) - Risk Management Committee Member 2024
• FS-ISAC Member - February 2018 to March 2021 and August 2023 to Present
• Infragard Chicago Member - 2019 to Present
• YaraExchange Member - 2019 to Present

FORMER

• H-ISAC Cyber Threat Intel Program Development Working Group Chair - January 2023 to June 2023
• H-ISAC Threat Intelligence Committee Member - August 2022 to June 2023
• H-ISAC Member - April 2021 to June 2023
• ND-ISAC Member - April 2021 to June 2023
• ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship Committee 2023
• National Science Foundation SaTC (Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace) Participant 2020-2021
• SANS Summit Steering Committee Member 2020
• CAPWIC Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Scholarship Committee 2020

CONTRIBUTIONS

• Doctoral Dissertation - Enterprise Purple Teaming - Link
• Curated Intel - CTI Research Guide Reviewer 10/2024 - Link
• Whitepaper Reviewer: SCYTHE's Purple Team Exercise Framework v1 (PTEF) 2020, SCYTHE's How Best to Operationalize Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) 2024
• Field Classifications Contribution for Attack2Jira by Mauricio Velazco and Olindo Verrillo - Link
• Threat Intelligence in Two Steps. Contributing Author to 97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know by Christina Morillo. 2021.

INFOSEC COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

• Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Policy Program - Student Mentor 2024 - 2025
• SANS Holiday Hack Voice for an Elf at the end of the CTF - 12/2023
• Blue Team Village Team Lead in Organizing a 3-day Conference at GrayHat 10/2020 BTV YouTube Playlist
• Founder of the Women in Information Security Study Group 2017 to Present - Link
• Circle City Con Social Media Marketing Specialist 2017-2020
• Diana Initiative Volunteer 8/2018
• DC602 Web Designer 2017
• CCNA Cyber Ops Study Group Moderator 2016+

TALKS

🏖️2024

• WISP Chicago Chapter Meeting - Empowering Women in Security and Privacy - Panel with Shefali Mookencherry, Blair Dawson, Amy Kabaria
• DEF CON 32 Blue Team Village - CTI is Dead, Long Live CTI: Reassessing Blue Team's Squishiest Value Proposition - Panel with Aurora Johnson, Jamie Williams, Rebecca Ford, and Ben Goerz
• ISSA Chicago Secure XVI Keynote - Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• Mindfluence Chicago AI Cybsersecurity Forum - Women at the Cybersecurity Frontier: Decoding AI, Ethics, and Inclusion - Panel with Marcia Peters, Wedny Betts, and Yovana Rosales
• ChiBrrCon - Building Your First Cybersecurity Program from Scratch - Panel with Michael Glatz, Daniel Sebit, Blake Nisius
• Marymount University - Navigating the Journey of Earning a Doctorate in Cybersecurity - Panel with Dr. Fatou Sankare, Dr. Rudy Machuca, Dr. Shenita Freeman, Dr. Vito Nozza, and Dr. Kimberlee Ann Bronnock

😍2023

• H-ISAC Cyber Threat Intel Program Development Working Group - The Expanding Universe of Cyber Threats
• BSidesSF - Keynote - The Expanding Universe of Cyber Threats
• Highland Park High School - Choose Your Own Cybercrime Adventure - 10/20/2023

💄2022

• H-ISAC October 2022 Monthly Threat Briefing - MFA/VPN Threats
• H-ISAC Purple Team Working Group - Enterprise Purple Teaming
• Marymount University - My Doctoral Dissertation Journey
• H-ISAC Cyber Threat Intel Program Development Working Group - CTI Program Development Workshop
• DEF CON 30 Blue Team Village Panel - The DFIR REPORT Homecoming Parade
• RSAC Dark Arts Village - Let's Get Offensive: Building A Purple Culture
• ISACA Madison - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• SunflowerCon - International Cybersecurity Incidents for In-House CTI Analysts (DONATE TO NOVA UKRAINE at novaukraine.org)
• DEF CON SkyTalks New Year's Eve Twitch Stream

💯2021

• DEF CON SkyTalks New Year's Eve Twitch Stream
• KringleCon - The Abominable Snowman's Threat Hunting Adventure
• BBC World Service Business Daily Interview 11/2021 - Stalkerware: Tech-enabled domestic abuse skyrocketing - Link
• BlueSpace Ekoparty - Keynote - Paint It, Blue: Transitioning from CTI to HUNT
• THOTCON - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• MindTheSec - Keynote - SuperCharge Your Purple Team Exercises with Threat Intelligence
• BlueTeamVillage at DEF CON 29 - BTV Presents: Threat Report Roulette with Jorge Orchilles, Chris Russell, Danny D. Henderson Jr., Karan Aditya Ghoshal, Ricky Banda, Will Thomas, and Blind Hacker JoeB
• BlueTeamVillage at DEF CON 29 - BTV Presents: Welcome to #IRLIFE. A live IR TableTop Panel with Plug, @ttheveii0x, @scsideath, @Paladin316, @innismir, Wayland & Bassem Helmy
• ISACA Tucson - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• Temple University - Executive MBA Guest Lecture on Enterprise Cybersecurity
• RSAC - Lessons Learned from Diverse Paths to Successful Cybersecurity Careers Panel with @hexplates & @InnoEroraha, Moderated by @John_Pescatore
• RSAC - Jill and the BeenSTALKed Panel with @C_3PJoe, Moderated by @ChloeMessdaghi
• SANS CTI Summit - The CTI Shadow Army: Tales from the Trenches - Small Business Owner/Solopreneur Edition
• Video - Link
• GitHub - Link
• SANS CTI Summit - DAY 1 Wrap-Up Panel
• SANS CTI Summit - Day 2 Wrap-Up Panel
• SANS CTI Summit - Happy Hour: CTI Career Success

🔥2020

• United Nations World Food Programme - Digital Abuse: Linking Cybersecurity and Intimate Partner Violence
• SANS BIPOC in Cybersecurity Forum: From Inclusion to Equity - Public Speaking: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
• BlackHat Asia - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• Ekoparty - Every Breath You Take: A CTI Review of Stalkerware
• HATHCon - Cultivate Your Human Network Like a Garden Panel with @InfosecSherpa @Djax_Alpha
• CONFidence Conf - Super Charge Your Purple Team Exercises with Threat Intelligence
• Diana Initiative - CTI Mindset as a Technique for Blue Teamers
• ITSP Magazine Podcast - Purple Teaming and CTI
• RedTeamVillage at DEF CON 28 - Indicators of Emulation: Extra Spicy Adversary Emulation with @haydnjohnson
• BlueTeamVillage at DEF CON 28 - Indicators of Emulation
• BSides Porto - Every Breath You Take: A CTI Review of Stalkerware
• CircleCityCon - Every Breath You Take: A CTI Review of Stalkerware
• WHackzCon - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful-KPOP THEMED
• Guest Chef on Hacker Kitchen (Unicorn Chef) - Cooking Turkey Fajitas
• Celebration of Cyber Scholarship - Review of my work since 5/2019
• GRIMMCon - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful with @B00m_s1ang @Wookiee @_glitchXR
• ShmooCon XVI - Adversary Detection Pipelines: Finally Making Your Threat Intel Useful
• Department of Defense CyberDT Cross-Service Working Group (XSWG) - Adversary Detection Pipelines
• SANS CTI Summit - Every Breath You Take: A CTI Review of Stalkerware

✨2019

• BSides Chicago - Threat Intel For The Win!
• ISC2 Security Congress - CTI AfterDark
• SANS Purple Team Summit - Guardians of the Purple Team Galaxy: The Purple Agenda with @BenGoerz
• Texas Cyber Summit - Winning Everyday at Threat Intel
• Digital Shadows #ShadowTalk Podcast - Threat Intel Time Management & Prioritization
• ICMCP Annual Conference - CTI: TTPs vs. Attribution
• DerbyCon IX - It Must Be Fancy Bear!
• Mental Health Hackers Village at DerbyCon IX - Hacking the Autonomic Nervous System with Somatic Experiencing
• SANS Women's Connect Event - My Infosec Journey
• Breaking Badness Podcast - Summer Camp 2019 Mini-Series
• Diana Initiative - CTI AfterDark
• Diana Initiative - In The Wake of Advanced Persistent Threat...to Your Personal Safety with @hexplates
• BlueTeamVillage at DEF CON 27 - The Cyber Threat Intelligence Mindset
• SANS Webcast - ATT&CKing your Enterprise: Adversary Detection Pipelines & Adversary Simulation with @BenGoerz
• Purple Squad Security Podcast - Episode 59: Business Processes in Infosec with Cheerio
• CircleCityCon - F! Attribution
• RSAC - IOT Security Panel
• RSAC - Peer2Peer Session: Leveraging Tactical Threat Intelligence for Strategic Decision Making
• RSAC - Birds of a Feather: Everyday Leadership for Women in Information Security
• Art into Science: A Conference for Defense ACoD - CTI 24/7: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence
• SANS CTI Summit - Lightning Talk
• ShmooCon XV - CTI 24/7: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence
• SANS Webcast - CTI 24/7: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence

😉2018

• THEIIA/ISACA/ISSA Chicago Chapter Annual Conference - A Day in the Life of a CTI Analyst with @medic642

ARTICLES

• tl;dr sec Newsletter mention - Enterprise Purple Teaming - Link
• Marymount University Spotlight - Dr. Xena Olsen - Link
• LatinaStyle Article - Advocacy and Sponsorship are Vital by Dr. Xena Olsen, MBA - Link p. 48
• CSO Online Article by Josh Fruhlinger - 8 top penetration testing certifications employers value - Link
• International Women's Day 2021 SANS Blog by @SANSJen - Link
• Splunk Staff Picks December 2020 by Ryan Kovar - Link
• Secure Disruptions Mention by Grace Chi - Link
• SANS Blog: Public Speaking: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by @SANSJen - Link
• Dark Reading Article by Robert Lemos - Link
• Dark Reading Article by Kelly Sheridan - Link
• SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit 2020: A Recap by Rick Holland - Link
• TechTarget Article by Michael Heller - Link
• Tanya Janca Blog Mention for Hacker Summer Camp 2019 - Link
• Katie Nickels Blog Mention - Link

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Cornell - Leadership Essential Certificate - December 2023 - July 2024
• Cornell - Psychology of Leadership Certificate - January 2024 - July 2024
• The Leadership Consortium - Leadership Training - September 2023 - November 2023
• McKinsey Connected Leaders Academy - Management Accelerator Program - May 2023 - June 2023
• D.Sc. Cybersecurity at Marymount University 2022 - Link
• MBA IT Management 2019
• BSIS Humanities and Science 2013

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

• The Leadership Consortium Scholarship - August 2023
• SANS FOR508 Capstone Challenge Coin Recipient - Team ChatGPT Ninja LLC - December 2022
• ESET's 6th Annual Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship recipient 2021 - Link
• Blue Team Village DEF CON 29 - Malware Analysis Tournament 6th Place
• Security Innovation DEF CON 27 Scholarship 2019
• WISPDEFCON Scholarship DEF CON 26 - 2018
• SANS Women's Academy 2017 Graduate
• Women in Tech Scholarship 2017
• Linux Security Summit and Open Source Summit Scholarship 2017
• Executive Women's Forum (EWF) Future Female Leaders Scholarship Program to attend BlackHat USA 2017
• CCNA Cyber Operations Scholarship Program 2016

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