The SOC of the Future: The role of the cybersecurity team during digital transformation

Vice President, Security Products, Splunk

Jane is VP Products for the Splunk security product portfolio, including Splunk Enterprise Security (SIEM), Splunk Phantom (SOAR), Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and several emerging cloud security services that are foundational to the pursuit of Splunk’s disruptive vision to make machine data accessible, usable, and valuable for everyone. At Splunk we are committed to our strong sense of purpose to deliver "aha" moments for our customers based on their data.

Jane is passionate about security, and over the past decade has led teams building market-leading products in Email, Network and Endpoint security, as well as Data Loss Prevention.

Prior to Splunk she managed the messaging security portfolio of products for Symantec. This included cloud, on premise, Service Provider, and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) offerings. Jane led a large, globally distributed engineering team, and a core Product Management team who owned the strategy and vision, roadmap, and overall success of the product lines. Email remains the #1 delivery vector for malware, Jane and her team were on the frontlines, battling ransomware, business email compromise, and advanced phishing attacks to better protect customers.

Prior to that she focused on network security, pioneering a network risk assessment service that identified active breach or bots within a customer network.

Jane frequently attends and speaks at security conferences. She has flown to over twenty countries to deliver security briefings to enterprise customers. She holds four patents, and a BSc from the University of London.

Managing Director, Accenture Ireland Security Lead

Jacky leads Accenture’s security business in Ireland and has 20+ years’ experience in technology and cyber security consulting. She holds an MSc in Digital investigations and Forensic computing, a GCFA and a GICSP. She has worked across multiple industry sectors and specialises in helping organisations to understand and treat their cyber risk. Jacky has had the experience of investigating many large and small scale national and international breaches. She is also Vice-chair on the board of Cyber Ireland and is an adjunct lecturer for UCD on their MSc in forensics and security. In 2018, she was awarded ‘Security Champion of the Year’ in Ireland for her contribution to the Irish security industry and her mentorship and encouragement of women in security. She is a also a contributor to the WEF on Cyber.

Managing Director, Accenture Security Services Netherlands

Michael leads Accenture Security in Gallia (Belgium, France, Luxembourg & Netherlands), committed to building a more cyber resilient future for ourselves, our families and our clients. Leading a team of more than 300 security professionals, who understand the industry and cyber security in depth, allows us to be a true partner and advisor to the client CISO's as well as enabling us to help embed cyber security in all services Accenture provides to the Gallia client portfolio.

With more than 27 years of IT and Security experience - of which 23 at Accenture - in Security sales and delivery and practice management, Michael's built a broad base of information security skills to share and pass-on to the current team and our next generation of (security) leaders.

Prior to his current role Michael setup and ran the Resouces Security Industry vertical for Europe and Latin America, leveraging his experience from running security services at Royal Dutch Shell for over 10 years. Michael has been active for Shell in various Security sales & delivery roles over the last 14 years. Prior to his Shell activities Michael was part of different client teams in the Communication & High Tech industry delivering technology and/or security solutions.

Next to the Security role, Michael is an active coach for the MD.Momentum programme and in the past for LDP.

In his non-work time Michael enjoys the time with family and friends, some occasional mountainbiking and snowboarding.

Director, Security Specialization & Advisory, EMEA, Splunk

James Hanlon is the Security Markets Director for EMEA at Splunk. Responsible for GTM strategy, strategic relationships and markets bookings, James provides cross industry insights & executive strategic advisory services to promote better industry collaboration and effectiveness.

Before joining Splunk in 2007, James’s professional career has seen him employed by a variety of international companies such Symantec, Nexus AB, CGI and Oberthur Card Systems in roles such as Cyber Security GTM Strategy Leader, Head of Security Consulting & Head of EMEA Security Practice. In these roles, he was often called upon to publicly represent the organisations at industry events hosted by bodies such as Gartner, Visa Europe, Information Security Europe, (ISC)2, the Cloud Security Alliance and the Information Security Forum.

As a qualified security practitioner, James holds qualifications such as a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Security Testing Associate (CSTA) and a Master Degree (MSc) in Computer Science. James is also certified in Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified Malware Forensics Investigator (CMI) and is a SABSA Security Architect.