Paul Keener has worked in the field of cyber security for over 20 years. As a United States Marine Communications Officer, he has years of experience developing and leading cyber penetration teams within the Department of Defense. During his career as a Marine, he has led the Marine Corps Red Team; taught the data network package for the Basic Communications Officer Course; and planned for large, secure deployed networks in often austere, unforgiving environments. His final job within the Marine Corps was as the Cyber Developmental Test and Evaluation Lead for MCTSSA (Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity), where he led the development of an advanced adversarial cyber testing capability. The team that he led focused at the nation-state level on exposing the specific, exploitable vulnerabilities within Marine Corps Command and Control systems. He has a passion for creating life-long students in the art of cyber warfare and most of his career as a Marine has been focused on the training and development of cyber professionals. Paul retired in June 2017 from the Marine Corps, he now works for Viasat as the Director, Cybersecurity Operations. Paul is also an Adjunct Faculty for the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Operations and Leadership at the University of San Diego. Paul has a Bachelor’s in Political Science from UC San Diego and a Master in Military Studies from Marine Corps University.

Jessica O'Bryan is the Cyber Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunt Development lead at Viasat. She worked within the Intelligence Community for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) for over 12 years specializing in Cyber Threat Intelligence. She has a Master's Degree in Computer Science, and is a SANS certified penetration tester (GPEN) and cyber threat intelligence analyst (CTI), and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). She enjoys surfing, traditional rock climbing, and traveling in her free time.

Laura Wilke is a Data Scientist at Viasat specializing in cyber security. Laura has over 5 years of experience in working with cyber security data analytics. Currently she defines and builds machine learning models to analyze network traffic to protect networks from cyber threats. Laura has a B.S. in Applied Math from UCSD and a MAS in Data Science from the Jacobs School of Engineering.