IoT Grand Slam 2023 Headline Keynote – Don’t Lend Them Your Things
Session Abstract:
The preponderance of “things” (the “T” in the IoT) has resulted mass vulnerabilities to cyber threats. Threat actors launch millions of attack events per second, and continue to achieve their nefarious objectives via data locking, denial of service, ransomeware, and scareware. Join Dr. Tom Bradicich, as he outlines the different types of hackers, their various objectives, modes of attack, and incident response approaches. He’ll be joined by his special guest, who will share some best practices to counter cyber threats and improve cyber safety throughout the home, on the road, and at work
Speakers:
Dr. Tom Bradicich, Chairman of the IoT Community Board of Advisors, began his career at IBM, where he was an IBM Fellow, R&D VP, Distinguish Engineer, and Server CTO. At National Instruments, an Operational Technologies (OT) company, he served as an NI Fellow and company officer, pioneering Big Analog Data™ solutions.
While at HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Tom held various roles including R&D VP, HPE Fellow, Global Head of Edge & IoT Software Labs, and General Manager, As GM, he lead the global business unit, Servers and Edge Systems and Software, with P&L, worldwide sales, R&D, and customer experience ownership. Opening three global Innovation Labs, and exceeding salsas quotes by achieving revenue growth of over $250M, Tom’s business unit was the fastest growing in HPE.
Tom and his team developed and launched dozens of systems and software products, such as advanced as-a-Service (aaS) software for cloud managed remote infrastructure, edge-as-a-service, and converged IT/Operational Technologies (OT). And the creation of several new product categories such as notebook computers, smartphones (IBM Simon™), Converged Systems (IBM BladeCenter™), Converged Edge Systems & Sofware (HPE Edgeline™), and OT and edge management software and platforms (HPE OTLink). Tom’s teams designed and launched the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server, the first x86 server with on-chip graphics, and IBM’s first prototype notebook computer. He incepted and directed the HPE Channel-to-Edge Institute partner program, and led company-wide strategies and venture/M&A assessments, and led HPE’s first corporate IoT & edge strategy.
Tom is named in CRN’s Top 100 Executives and Top 25 Disrupters for three years, inducted into the NC State University Alumni Hall of Fame, received the IBM Chairman’s Award, and elected to the IBM Academy of Technology. He served on the Board of Directors of Aspen Technology (AZPN), a publicly traded Industrial AI software company, the Board of Advisors of SparkCognition, an AI software company, and the Board of Advisors and Diversity Committee, University of Florida. Tom holds several US patents, and founded the charity sockrelief.com, providing socks to the homeless and children in need.
Chad Humphries is a Network & Security Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He has 20 years of experience with operational technologies used in automated manufacturing environments (OT-IACS). He specializes in strategic business planning areas such as: digital sustainability, reporting, privacy law, cybersecurity law, compliance, production network security standards (NIST-CSF, IEC-62443, and ISO), grant subsidy capture, and Rockwell Automation network technologies/deliverables. His core competency is helping organizations to quantify and identify risk, as well as outline a strategic OT network plan that aligns with industry recognized best practices.