Navigating the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape
Join Wendi Whitmore, SVP and leader for Unit 42, for an in-depth exploration of the rapidly changing cyber threat landscape.
This session will provide invaluable insights into the latest trends, tactics, and techniques employed by cyber adversaries. Drawing on her extensive experience and the cutting-edge research of Unit 42, Whitmore will guide participants through the complexities of today’s cybersecurity challenges.
About the Speaker
Wendi Whitmore serves as Senior Vice President for Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks. She is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, with two decades of experience building incident response and threat intelligence teams that have helped clients solve some of the world’s largest and most complex breaches.
Wendi leads the new and expanded Unit 42, which includes former Crypsis security consultants and members of the original Palo Alto Networks threat researcher group (the original Unit 42). The combined team helps organizations tackle the most complex cyberthreats — from ransomware to state-sponsored espionage.
She joined Palo Alto Networks from IBM, where she led the global X-Force incident response, threat intelligence, incident command, and cyber range teams. She previously held executive level positions in the professional services organizations of CrowdStrike and Mandiant. She began her career as a Special Agent conducting computer crime investigations with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Wendi regularly meets with executive leadership teams and boards to advise them on strengthening their security programs to address their most-pressing threats. She is a frequent speaker at high-profile technical conferences and has taught graduate-level computer science and cyber security courses at Carnegie Mellon University and The George Washington University.
