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Kris leads PwC’s Global Cyber Threat Intelligence practice, which tracks a wide variety of targeted threat actors operating from more than 27 countries. This research underpins PwC’s security services and is used by public and private sector organisations around the world to protect networks, defend nations, provide situational awareness and inform strategy.

Kris also leads the EMEA Cyber Threat Operations practice – a front line technical services group responsible for a portfolio of defensive and offensive cyber security services to help clients detect and respond to cyber security threats and incidents.

He has spent the past 20 years at PwC delivering cyber incident response, threat hunting and threat research services to global clients across multiple sectors.

Jennifer Kolde has been an innovator in threat intelligence and analysis for over two decades. As a computer scientist with the federal government, she was a leading force in the early tracking of nation-state threats. Jennifer was part of the original Mandiant Threat Intelligence team and later led the team as its technical director. She supported cutting-edge DARPA research, testified before Congress on emerging cyber threats, and acted as an expert witness on threat intelligence and attribution. She is currently a Principal Intelligence Analyst for The Vertex Project.

Christopher Glyer is a Technical Director with Microsoft Threat Intelligence, where he oversees the strategic direction and execution of threat intelligence initiatives. In this role, he leads the technical strategy for a team of experts dedicated to identifying, analyzing, and mitigating advanced cyber threats. Christopher’s work involves collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance Microsoft’s security posture and protect customers from emerging threats.

Vicente is a specialist in Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting. He works in the VirusTotal team in Google as Threat Intelligence Strategist. He holds a degree in Computer Science and an MsC in Artificial Intelligence. He was e-crime manager in S21sec for 5 years and deputy director for EU in Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis team for almost 10 years, where he was co-creator and responsible for the APT Intelligence Reporting service.

Timo was involved in the analysis of many of the most spectacular cyber-espionage cases in Germany. He has been tracking the activities and techniques of sophisticated hacker groups for almost a decade. He is the author of ‘Attribution of Advanced Persistent Threats’.

Max Smeets is the Co-Director of Virtual Routes and Senior Researcher at ETH Zürich. He is the author of No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force and Ransom War: How Cybercrime became a Threat to National Security.