Dr Alexander (Oleksandr) Adamov is the Founder and CEO of NioGuard Security Lab (nioguard.com), a cybersecurity research laboratory. With over 20 years of experience in cyber attack analysis, gained through his work in the antivirus industry, he has taught cybersecurity at the universities of Ukraine (nure.ua) and Sweden (bth.se) for the last 15 years. His laboratory focuses on applying AI and machine learning to solve cybersecurity problems. NioGuard Security Lab is a member of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO). Dr Adamov regularly speaks at major cybersecurity events, including the Virus Bulletin Conference, OpenStack Summit, UISGCON, OWASP and BSides.

Dani has had a passion for malware reverse engineering and threat intelligence research since college. He has worked as incident responder and threat intelligence research, but since the beginning of his career he has mainly focused on malware analysis for any role.

Currently, he combines threat research with malware analysis automation as threat research lead at OPSWAT's Metadefender Sandbox (also known as filescan.io). He loves chasing threat actors, tracking infection campaigns, and defeating the latest malware techniques in this never-ending whack-a-mole game against the threat actors.

David Ellis is Vice President of Research and Corporate Relations at SecureIQLab, a cybersecurity validation company. There, David handles third party participation in SecureIQLab’s antimalware testing and validation processes. David also brings extensive experience in developing testing and validation metrics based on entity feedback, as well as documenting testing methodologies.

Gabor Szappanos graduated from the Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest with degree in physics. His first job was in the Computer and Automation Research Institute, developing diagnostic software and hardware for nuclear power plants. He started antivirus work in 1995, and was developing freeware antivirus solutions in his spare time. He joined VirusBuster in 2001 where he was responsible for taking care of macro virus and script malware, becoming the Head of the virus lab in 2002. Between 2008 and 2015 he was a member of the board of directors in AMTSO (Anti Malware Testing Standards Organizations). In 2012 he joined Sophos, where he works as a threat research director.

Grayson Milbourne is the Security Intelligence Director at OpenText Cybersecurity focusing on comprehensive security solutions. Over the past 20 years, Grayson has worked in various areas of the company including time as the Director of Threat Research. His areas of security intelligence expertise include malware analysis, data science and security education. In his current role, Grayson has been focusing on efficacy development where he ensures OpenText Cybersecurity products are able to defend against the most cutting-edge threats. Additionally, he supports the Sales and Marketing efforts with thought leadership and threat metrics that result in industry papers, ebooks, webinars, podcasts and blogs. Grayson has been a longtime advocate for better 3rd party testing of security products and represents OpenText Cybersecurity at the Anti-Malware Testing and Standards organization, AMTSO. Through his efforts in participation, AMTSO released testing standards that greatly improved testing quality when followed. Grayson is an avid participant in the security community and drives awareness of current threats by speaking at major events such as RSA and Virus Bulletin. Beyond his passion for protecting people from cyberthreats, Grayson loves aviation and holds a private pilot license. His other passions include, strategic boards games, skiing and playing golf. He lives in Louisville, Colorado with his wife, Danielle and their two cats, Theodore and Aiden.

Jan Miller is CTO of Threat Analysis at OPSWAT. His journey in malware analysis started with a passion for reverse engineering and low-level programming, which led him to co-found sandbox-focused startups like Payload Security, which was acquired by CrowdStrike, and FileScan.io, which is now part of OPSWAT. These ventures taught him the importance of scalability, adaptability, and transparency in sandboxing technologies.

Jan Sirmer is Director of Threat Defense and Operations at GEN Digital. He specializes in analyzing malicious Java threats, Android applications and exploits, macro viruses, web-based, and other non-executable threats. Over the course of his career, Jan has authored numerous blog posts on phishing attacks, malicious web exploits, and Android malware.

He has also presented his research at security conferences, including AVAR, Botconf, CARO, FIRST, RSA, and Virus Bulletin.

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Luis boasts a distinguished career in the security industry that spans decades, with a specialized focus on the anti-malware domain. Currently serving as the Security Evangelist for Gen (Avast, AVG, Avira, and Norton), Luis' expertise is widely recognized. As Chairman of the Board of Directors for AMTSO (the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization) and a board member for MUTE (Malicious URLs Tracking and Exchange), Luis' leadership has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of cybersecurity. A passionate orator, Luis has graced the stages of premier industry events such as AVAR, Virus Bulletin, HackInTheBox, APWG, CARO, etc., captivating audiences with insightful perspectives

Roman is a reverse engineer with the Android Malware Research Team at Google where he is focused on projects that hunt down malicious apps as part of Google Play Protect. For more than 10 years Roman detecting and analyzing mobile malware focusing on large botnets and advanced threats. In the past Roman presented at different conferences including RSA, VB, CARO, AVAR and Kaspersky SAS.

Stefan began his journey as a security software tester, specializing in targeted attacks. He has a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams, developing advanced testing methodologies that drive innovation and set industry benchmarks. Previously CTO of SE Labs, has founded Artifact Security a new testing company that focuses on innovation in new security aproaches.

Tal professional cyber security experience goes +20 years back. Dealing with threats as a cyber security engineer at various companies, through technical selling of cyber security solutions to enterprise and governments, to innovating new solutions and productizing it, all the way to co-founding malanta.ai, the first Pre-Attack Prevention platform.