Omar Santos is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco who pioneers advancements in artificial intelligence security, cybersecurity research, ethical hacking, incident response, and vulnerability disclosure. As co-chair of the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI) and board member of the OASIS Open standards organization, he shapes the future of secure technology adoption across industries.
Omar drives innovation through multiple leadership roles, including as founder of OpenEoX and co-chair of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) PSIRT Special Interest Group. His commitment to cybersecurity education and community building is evident in his role as the co-founder and one of the leaders of the DEF CON Red Team Village and the chair of the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) technical committee.
Omar has published over 20 books, created over 20 video courses, and contributed more than 40 academic research papers to the field. Omar’s work in cybersecurity is also recognized through multiple granted patents. You can follow Omar in X at https: //x.com/santosomar and LinkedIn at https: //www.linkedin.com/in/santosomar.
Savannah Lazzara is a Security Engineer specializing in red teaming at a tech company. Savannah has multiple years of experience in security consulting working with many Fortune 500 corporations and has experience in carrying out security assessments, which include network assessments, social engineering exercises, physical facility penetration tests, and wireless assessments. Savannah also has experience in performing adversary simulation assessments, which include remote red team simulations, insider threat assessments, and onsite red team assessments. Savannah’s area of expertise is focused on social engineering and physical security.
Savannah is the co-lead of Red Team Village. Additionally, Savannah has spoken at various cybersecurity conferences, including Source Zero Con, BSides, and others. Savannah has also spoken on multiple podcast shows including The Hacker Factor and Hackerz and Haecksen.
Wesley Thurner is a Principal Security Engineer on the Intuit Red Team, designing and leading transformative security initiatives across the organization. He accomplishes this through multiple internal roles. Wesley leaders the internal Purple Team, is an Ambassador for cybersecurity education throughout the workforce and leads working groups to define security policies.
Prior to Intuit, Wesley served as an exploitation operator in the U.S. Department of Defense’s most elite computer network exploitation (CNE) unit. There he led and developed multiple teams across a variety of roles in the U.S. Air Force’s premier selectively manned cyberattack squadron. Wesley is also a co-lead for the Red Team Village, a community-driven village bridging the gap between penetration testers and offensive operations. He has spoken at various cybersecurity conferences and authored numerous training courses as well as white papers.
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