Our Speakers
Our panel of professionally trained and certified social engineers share attacker perspectives, tactics, and how to defend against them. These world class speakers will engage your audience on more than fifteen different topics available for virtual, in-person, and hybrid engagements.
Shelby Dacko
Shelby’s specialties include vishing, OSINT, and educational material production. Her most recent engagement at DerbyCon: Finish Line, was entitled “Vishing: Real Vs. Competition, what’s the difference?”, where she spoke alongside Alethe Denis, Whitney Maxwell, Chris Silvers, and Colin Hadnagy.
Chris Hadnagy
As the foremost expert on the art, Science, and psychology of social engineering, Chris founded Social-Engineer, LLC after recognizing the need to test, educate, and train users on the tactics of malicious attackers. He is the author of five books on the subject, a keynote speaker, trainer, and academic professor at University of Arizona - a NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO). Chris also serves as CEO of The Innocent Lives Foundation, an international 501(c)(3) that assists law enforcement in stopping crimes against children.
Curt Klump
As a jack-of-all trades, Curt holds the Social Engineer Pentest Professional (SEPP) certification, and teaches classes on Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). He regularly conducts vishing and impersonation engagements that focus on covert entry to facilities.
Patrick Laverty
He created the world-renowned Layer 8 Conference and hosts the Layer 8 Podcast focusing on social engineering, and OSINT topics engaging with experts from around the world. He has presented on a variety of security topics at many conferences including BSides conferences in Boston, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and the IT Expo in Manchester, England, and RSA Asia.
Ryan MacDougall
Ryan is a sought after speaker and trainer at Black Hat, DEF CON, DerbyCon, and private engagements on the topics of social engineering and open-source intelligence techniques.
Dr. Abbie Maroño
Bringing a unique level of experience and scientific validation to her work, Abbie is both a scientist and a practitioner in the field of human behavior. She completed her PhD in behavior analysis and is the director of the research network Behavioural Research In Communications (BRINC). Abbie lectures at academic institutions and is an active member of The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) and Researchers in Behaviour Sequence Analysis (ReBSA)
Rosa Rowles
Having earned the Social Engineering Pentest Professional (SEPP) certification, Rosa conducts vishing assessments and teaches the Advanced Practical Social Engineering (APSE) course. Groups both large and small invite her to speak on her experiences within the social engineering and psychology field.
Josten Peña
As a professional visher and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigator, he is fascinated by human behavior. Jostens' speeches focus on motivation for improvement and on the psychology involved.
