HRMCon On-Demand

Ashley Rose | Founder & CEO,  Living Security

Edna Conway | Global CISO, Founder & CEO, EMC Advisors

The era of reactive defense is ending—and a new age of predictive security is beginning. In this opening keynote conversation, Ashley Rose and Edna Conway explore why traditional human risk management approaches are falling short and how emerging technologies, including AI, are shaping the future of proactive defense.

Together, they’ll examine what it takes to evolve from compliance-driven programs to dynamic, intelligence-led strategies that anticipate risk before it occurs. Drawing on perspectives from both the boardroom and the front lines of innovation, Ashley and Edna will challenge the status quo and set the stage for a new era of adaptive defense.

This session opens HRM Con 2025 with a candid, forward-looking discussion on the transformation of human risk management—and what it means for the leaders building the future of security.

Mike Siegel | President,  Living Security

Kelly Harward | VP of Product, Living Security

This session marks a defining moment in the evolution of Human Risk Management. Mike Siegel and Kelly Harward share a major innovation that reimagines how organizations understand and act on workforce risk—bridging vision, data, and outcomes in entirely new ways.

Designed for security and business leaders alike, this announcement sets the tone for the future: measurable, adaptive, and human-centric defense at scale.

Tim Taylor | VP of Security Education & Awareness, Mastercard

Organizations know people are their greatest risk surface, but too often the data feels overwhelming, fragmented, and impossible to act on. In this session, Tim Taylor will show how to cut through the noise and create clear visibility into human risk—fast. Attendees will learn how to define goals, identify 2–3 critical data sources, and build a meaningful baseline within 90 days. Tim will share a practical framework for transforming messy, siloed data into signals of risk and vigilance, giving leaders the insights they need to prioritize actions, reduce noise, and prove measurable outcomes

Jon Garza | CISO / Global Director of IT Security & Compliance, PSA BDP

Jacob Revord | Director of Security Culture and Strategy, Aveva

Amjed Saffarini | Co-Founder & CEO, Trove

Human Risk Management leaders face a constant tension: how to innovate and reduce human-driven risk while still meeting strict compliance requirements. This panel will bring together practitioners from highly regulated industries to share how they’ve navigated that balance—turning compliance from a limitation into a launchpad for proactive risk reduction. Attendees will hear candid lessons on prioritizing the risks that matter most, translating visibility into mitigation, and using data to tell a compelling story of both compliance and cultural resilience.

Ashley Atiles | Director of Human Risk, Labcorp

Alfonso Mancuso | Director of Information Security, Labcorp

Identity has become one of the most powerful levers for reducing human risk, yet it’s also one of the most overlooked. In this session, Ashley Atiles and Alfonso Mancuso will explore how identity and human behavior intersect—where privilege creep, MFA fatigue, and provisioning errors create real-world vulnerabilities. They’ll show how organizations can move from identity visibility to mitigation, correlating IAM data with behavior patterns to prioritize the risks that matter most. With real-world examples from enterprise environments, Ashley and Alfonso will demonstrate how to translate identity insights into targeted interventions that scale, reducing exposure while improving efficiency and strengthening security culture

Jinan Budge | VP, Research Director, Forrester 

Graham Westbrook | VP, International Markets, SimSpace

Human Risk Management is rapidly maturing from a compliance-driven function into a strategic market with board-level visibility. In this session, Forrester’s Jinan Budge will explore the current state of the HRM market, where it is headed, and how organizations should prepare for the shifts ahead. She will highlight emerging opportunities and challenges in governance, accountability, and cultural resilience—while also examining the transformative role of agentic AI in reshaping how organizations measure, prioritize, and reduce risk at scale.

Larry Whiteside Jr. | Co-Founder & President, Confide 

The role of the CISO has expanded far beyond protecting networks and systems—it now demands strategic alignment with business goals, revenue growth, and enterprise resilience. In this session, Larry Whiteside Jr. will share lessons from decades of experience leading security programs across defense, federal government, financial services, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. He will highlight the pressures and opportunities CISOs face in a rapidly shifting threat and regulatory landscape, and how Human Risk Management can empower CISOs to bridge security with culture, accountability, and business outcomes.