Dr. Amit Sinha
CEO of DigiCert
Dr. Amit Sinha
Dr. Amit Sinha is CEO of DigiCert. Prior to DigiCert, Dr. Sinha was President of Zscaler. During his 12-year tenure, Zscaler grew from a startup to a NASDAQ-100 company and established itself as a dominant leader in enterprise security. Dr. Sinha is an independent Board Member at Zscaler and at DataRobot, an AI cloud platform company, and an advisor to several startups.
Prior to Zscaler, Dr. Sinha served as CTO for Motorola’s Enterprise Networking and Communications business, delivering Wi-Fi solutions. He was the CTO of AirDefense, a market leader in the wireless security space, leading to its successful acquisition by Motorola in 2008. Prior to AirDefense, Dr. Sinha served as Co-Founder and Chief Technologist at Engim, a Wi-Fi semiconductor company.
Dr. Sinha earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the President of India Gold Medal. He has authored over 25 journal/conference papers, contributed to 3 books, and is the inventor of 39 U.S. patents granted or pending.
Alan Shimel
Founder and Editor-In-Chief,
Techstrong Group
Alan Shimel
An often-cited personality in the security and technology community and a sought-after speaker at industry and government events, Alan has helped build several successful technology companies by combining a strong business background with a deep knowledge of technology.
Blair Canavan
Director of Alliances, Thales Group
Blair Canavan
Blair Canavan brings more than 35 years of experience in cybersecurity sales, marketing, and business development. His cryptographic expertise began at Symantec and deepened through a series of specialized cybersecurity firms, including Chrysalis-ITS (now Thales), Titus (now Fortra), BlackDuck (now Synopsys), InfoSec Global (now Keyfactor), and Crypto4A.
In 2019, Blair was recruited back to its Global Technology Alliances team, where he leads the curation of the PKI and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) portfolio. He is a sought-after presenter, a start-up consultant, and an active contributor to the PQC community. Blair founded Thales’ PQC Palooza, held at the RSA Conference, which has become a recognized gathering point for the cryptographic community.
Blair is a regular speaker at leading industry events, including the PKI Consortium’s PQC Conference and the International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC). He has also appeared as a featured guest on the N2K CyberWire Daily podcast, where he has spoken on post-quantum cryptography readiness, the shift from apathy to action across industries, and why organizations must begin cryptographic discovery and planning now.
Blair holds an Honors Co-op Bachelor of Arts degree from the Universities of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier, Ontario, Canada.
Debbie Taylor Moore
Global Security Executive, Stealth Mode
Debbie Taylor Moore
Debbie has been a Cybersecurity leader for more than two decades. She has served as VP of Security for Verizon Business, Kratos Defense and IBM. She’s also been the CEO and founder of two accelerators, Cyber Zephyr, LLC and Energy Cyber Partners, Inc. She has developed and led global security programs in 25 countries and across 4 continents. Her work is at the nexus of security, AI, Quantum, Robotics and other emerging tech. She serves on independent Executive Boards for the Department of Defense, (The Cyber AB) and the Consumer Technology Association, delivering the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). She has testified before the 118th Congress on Cybersecurity and AI. She is a champion for early-stage innovation and advises corporate boards, venture, private equity and the c-suite on Quantum Security in her company Quantum Crunch, LLC. (Launching Jan. 2025) Her origin story can be found in each of the Security Yearbooks published annually by Richard Stiennon, former Gartner Research, VP and IT-Harvest CEO and Analyst.
