Networks and Cloud Security

David Cass is the chief information security officer (CISO) for GSR. As a senior partner for Law and Forensics, he leads the cryptocurrency and digital banking practice. He is a member of the cyber security and forensics practice. He has extensive experience in financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital banking. Cass recently served as a lead regulator for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he was a member of the large institution supervision coordinating committee. Previously, Cass was the CISO and global partner of Cloud Security Services. He had global responsibility for cloud security practices, processes, and policies across IBM. Cass served as a regulatory SME and an executive steering committee member for IBM's international banking customers. Cass has been an active contributor to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the European Banking Federation on cloud compliance and security for financial services firms and worked closely with US and international regulators. Cass has led large-scale transformation projects at top international financial institutions. He was part of the team that introduced the first financial services blockchain initiative using the public cloud supported by ten major international banks. Cass served as the senior vice president and CISO for Elsevier, where led an organization of experienced legal, risk, and security professionals that provided data protection, privacy, security, and risk management guidance globally. Cass has five years of experience running a regulated Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 enterprise in the cloud. Cass has played a vital role in leading and building corporate risk and governance and information security organizations in the financial sector. He earned his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MSE from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kevin McKenzie is a seasoned senior executive who is an industry-recognized leader in both information technology and information security. Currently, McKenzie is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. He is responsible for securing the nation's largest value distributor in both the residential and non-residential construction market for North America. McKenzie's prior leadership roles include his most previous position of Senior Vice President and CISO at Dollar Tree, which included Family Dollar. He was there for seven years and was responsible for a significant portion of not only security as the CISO, but also service delivery with store technologies, infrastructure, all networks, data analytics, and information technology (IT) finance. Prior to Dollar Tree, McKenzie was previously the CISO at Clemson University where he was named the Information Security Executive of the South East and Information Security Executive of North America of the Year by the Tech Exec Network organization. He was also the recipient of the Senior Information Security Professional of the America's for Leadership (ISLA Award) by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2). At Health Sciences of South Carolina (HSSC), he was responsible for South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services data for Medicare/Medicaid processing for the state of South Carolina at Clemson. Alongside these honors, McKenzie was appointed and remains a research professor and lecturer in electrical and computer engineering at Clemson University's School of Business. He previously has served on Hook Security Co.'s Board of Directors and CISO Connect's Distinguished CISOs Board. Some other notable positions include the National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC), University of Alabama's Culverhouse Cyber Executive Advisory Board, and the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP).