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Zoom | Wednesday, July 9, 2025
1-2PM ET | 12-1PM CT | 11-12PM MT | 10-11AM PT - Americas

Original Cyber Sins


Cybersecurity can feel a lot like Groundhog Day. We’re told to do the “basics” right to mitigate the majority of our risks and are harshly criticized when they prove impossible to implement at enterprise scale. But some of those long-standing beliefs no longer make sense, or perhaps never did. Join this Power Series as we take a fresh look at the fundamentals of cybersecurity to examine which ones still hold up and which may be leading us in the wrong direction.

Our panel of experts will discuss:

  • Vulnerability management: is it a hamster wheel or a key control?
  • Application and cloud security: why invest the effort with so few breaches?
  • Endpoint security: is the XDR treadmill sustainable?
  • Data security: why classify when no one succeeds at scale?
  • People: will humans always be the weakest link?

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After the event, we’ll be giving away an Igloo® Maddox Cooler* to the first 1,000 qualified attendees** who claim their gift in the U.S. and Canada.





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Host

Ryan Kalember
Ryan Kalember | Chief Strategy Officer, Proofpoint, Inc.

With over 20 years of experience in the information security industry, Mr. Kalember currently leads cybersecurity strategy for Proofpoint and is a sought-out expert for leadership and commentary on breaches and best practices. His global team of security experts ensures that Proofpoint’s customers have consistent insight into the attacks that target their people. Mr. Kalember joined Proofpoint from WatchDox where he served as both chief product officer and CMO, leading the development of pioneering data-centric security solutions through to the company’s acquisition. Previously, Ryan ran solutions across HP’s portfolio of security products, was director of product strategy at ArcSight, and held a variety of positions at VeriSign, including EMEA regional manager and senior product manager. Early in his career, Ryan was a security practitioner, helping build many leading security organizations and security operations centers (SOCs) around the world. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, where he studied fault tolerance, cryptography, and authentication algorithms.

Featured Panelists

Nate Chessin
Nate Chessin | SVP, Worldwide Sales Engineering, Proofpoint, Inc.

Nate Chessin is a 20 year technology and sales professional with extensive leadership and technical sales experience. Prior to Proofpoint, Nate held various leaderships positions at Cisco Systems and Glue Networks delivering Software Defined Networking, Collaboration, Security, Mobility and Service Provider architectures. Nate holds a BA in Computer Science from Pomona College in Southern California and is CCIE #12034.


Molly McLain Sterling
Molly McLain Sterling | Sr. Director, Global Cybersecurity Strategy, Proofpoint, Inc.

Molly spent 16+ years at Medtronic in a variety of IT and information security roles, including leading a global security culture organization that spanned 100K+ end users in 150+ countries. Throughout her career, she spent time working on DLP and incident management programs and has also been involved in several advisory boards and leadership groups in the information security industry, including SANS Security Awareness Summit Advisory Boards, as well as other regional information security, privacy, and risk organizations. She has also been a frequent public speaker, including the top-rated speaker at last year’s SANS Human Risk Management conference, Cyber Security Summit series, as well as a speaker at last year’s Protect 2023 conference. During her free time, she loves spending time with her husband, her six-year-old daughter aka “karate queen” and two-year-old son “the wrecking ball”.


Daniel Blackford
Daniel Blackford | Director, Threat Research, Proofpoint, Inc.

Formerly a researcher himself, Daniel currently leads Proofpoint's threat research team devoted to tracking financially-motivated actors. From high-profile botnets to credential harvesting and business email compromise, Daniel's team is in the weeds everyday leveraging Proofpoint's world class visibility to make high-confidence attributions and to share their findings with defenders across the world. Prior to his work at Proofpoint, Daniel worked as a malware analyst at the NCFTA and got his start tracking adversaries as a combat engineer with the US Army.


Zoom | Wednesday, August 13, 2025
1-2PM ET | 12-1PM CT | 11-12PM MT | 10-11AM PT - Americas

Threat Research Unfiltered


The threat landscape continues to evolve quickly: actors are embracing new tactics, and organizations face more decisions than ever about which resources are most critical to protect and which technologies will help them succeed. But in an industry full of hype, how do you separate the signal from the noise to help defenders prioritize? You talk to the experts who aren’t afraid to tell it straight. Chief Strategy Officer Ryan Kalember and leaders from Proofpoint’s Threat Research team will explore what’s truly changing in the landscape, what’s overhyped, and what that means for defenders around the globe.

Join this Power Series as our panel of experts discusses:

  • The growing overlap between financially motivated and espionage-focused threat actors
  • The value of attribution
  • How legitimate tools are being weaponized by threat actors
  • The growing influence of AI on attacker and defender tactics

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After the event, we’ll be giving away a TravisMathew FOMO Solid Cap* to the first 1,000 qualified attendees** who claim their gift in the U.S. and Canada.





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Host

Ryan Kalember
Ryan Kalember | Chief Strategy Officer, Proofpoint, Inc.

With over 20 years of experience in the information security industry, Mr. Kalember currently leads cybersecurity strategy for Proofpoint and is a sought-out expert for leadership and commentary on breaches and best practices. His global team of security experts ensures that Proofpoint’s customers have consistent insight into the attacks that target their people. Mr. Kalember joined Proofpoint from WatchDox where he served as both chief product officer and CMO, leading the development of pioneering data-centric security solutions through to the company’s acquisition. Previously, Ryan ran solutions across HP’s portfolio of security products, was director of product strategy at ArcSight, and held a variety of positions at VeriSign, including EMEA regional manager and senior product manager. Early in his career, Ryan was a security practitioner, helping build many leading security organizations and security operations centers (SOCs) around the world. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, where he studied fault tolerance, cryptography, and authentication algorithms.

Featured Panelists

Daniel Blackford
Daniel Blackford | Director, Threat Research, Proofpoint, Inc.

Formerly a researcher himself, Daniel currently leads Proofpoint's threat research team devoted to tracking financially-motivated actors. From high-profile botnets to credential harvesting and business email compromise, Daniel's team is in the weeds everyday leveraging Proofpoint's world class visibility to make high-confidence attributions and to share their findings with defenders across the world. Prior to his work at Proofpoint, Daniel worked as a malware analyst at the NCFTA and got his start tracking adversaries as a combat engineer with the US Army.


Alexis Dorais-Joncas
Alexis Dorais-Joncas | Sr. Manager, Threat Research, Proofpoint, Inc.

Alexis Dorais-Joncas is the Senior Manager of Proofpoint’s APT research team, where he and his team of threat researchers and intelligence analysts focus on tracking the most elusive state-sponsored threat actors and ensuring Proofpoint customers are protected against these persistent attackers. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Alexis led ESET’s Montreal-based R&D branch office for over 10 years, where his team focused on malware research, network security and targeted attacks tracking. Alexis is an established speaker on current cyberthreats, having spoken in front of diverse audiences at events such as Northsec, Bluehat, Botconf, First CTI, Sector and Rightscon. He has also been quoted in several security and technical media such as Wired, ITWorldCanada and Ars Technica, with broadcast appearances on Radio-Canada and Skynews. Alexis holds an M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.


Selena Larson
Selena Larson | Staff Threat Researcher, Proofpoint, Inc.

Selena Larson is a staff threat researcher at Proofpoint on the Threat Research team. She collaborates with fellow researchers to identify and investigate advanced threats and develop actionable threat intelligence. Selena is also the co-host of the DISCARDED podcast, featuring unique research and insights from individuals in the infosec industry. Previously, she was a cyber threat analyst for the industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos, and a cybersecurity and privacy journalist.


Zoom | Wednesday, September 17, 2025
1-2PM ET | 12-1PM CT | 11-12PM MT | 10-11AM PT - Americas

Mitigating Insider Risk


Insider risk continues to increase, making it one of the top priorities for CISOs worldwide. Despite this, most organizations take a reactive or ad hoc approach to insider risk, resulting in financial losses, brand damage, and business disruption. Proofpoint’s human-centric approach to insider risk management proactively detects and mitigates threats, helping to prevent insider-led incidents before it’s too late.

Join this Power Series during National Insider Threat Awareness Month as our panel of experts discusses:

  • Why insider risk continues to increase
  • How to ensure your insider risk program is effective
  • The importance of a proactive approach to insider risk

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Host

Jeremy Wittkop
Jeremy Wittkop | Product Evangelist, MSP, Proofpoint, Inc.

Jeremy Wittkop is Proofpoint’s Product Evangelist. As InteliSecure’s former Chief Technology Officer, Jeremy was a foundational architect for InteliSecure’s internationally recognized Data Protection, Cloud Security, and User and Entity Behavior Analytics Services. Jeremy is a trusted data protection thought leader -- published author, blogger, public speaker, and advisor to clients and formerly public and private equity investors.

Featured Panelists

Kevin Donovan
Kevin Donovan | Sr. Manager, Technical Sales, Proofpoint, Inc.

Kevin is a Sr. Manager, Technical Sales at Proofpoint. For 10+ years Kevin has held various client-facing roles helping clients solve problems around insider threats, data loss prevention, and cloud security.


Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah | Principal Product Manager, Proofpoint, Inc.

Nirav Shah is a product management leader for Proofpoint's insider threat and DLP product line. Prior to Proofpoint, he led the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) initiative at Forcepoint to help accelerate digital transformation of distributed enterprises. During his career, Nirav has held product management, engineering leadership, and technical roles in large networking & security companies as well as venture-backed startups. His domain experience includes areas of network & cloud security, security analytics, and MSSP deployments.



Stephanie Torto
Stephanie Torto | Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Proofpoint, Inc.

Stephanie is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Proofpoint, where she is responsible for the messaging and positioning of its Insider Threat Management and Endpoint Data Loss Prevention solutions. Before joining Proofpoint, Stephanie held a variety of roles spanning product marketing, customer research, and market strategy at IBM. Prior to IBM, Stephanie spent several years as an industry analyst at IDC, providing insights and advice on market trends and industry dynamics to executives at leading technology and IT services firms. Stephanie holds a BA degree from Union College and an MBA from Babson College.


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Who Should Attend

This event is suitable for information security decision-makers, including CXOs, VP of IT, Director of IT, as well as mid-level information security management professionals (Senior Security Manager, IT Security Manager, IT Manager), and technical information security practitioners (Security Engineer, Messaging Architect, IT Analyst). It is also relevant for Proofpoint Channel Partner representatives.

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*Offer subject to availability. These gifts are a $25 value. Please see above for details on what the specific gifts are. Gift is not contingent upon agreeing to do business with Proofpoint, Inc. By accepting this gift you represent and warrant that (1) you are not a representative, employee or contractor of any national, federal, provincial, state, municipal or other government, governmental agency, or quasi-governmental entity (“Government User”), (2) you are not related to any person who is a representative, employee or contractor of a Government User, and (3) your acceptance of this gift does not violate your employer’s code of conduct or similar policies, and you have notified your employer of this offer and your employer has consented to you accepting this offer.

**Qualified attendees include information security decision-makers: CXOs, VP of IT, Director of IT; mid-level information security management (Senior Security Manager, IT Security Manager, IT Manager); and technical information security practitioners (Security Engineer, Messaging Architect, IT Analyst) from enterprises and organizations, as well as Proofpoint Channel Partner representatives within the US and Canada. This gift is not available to independent consultants or technology partners.