Fireside chat: Achtung Baby! Cybersecurity insights with U2 (you too)

Jeannette Jarvis

Jeannette is Chief Membership and Communications Officer responsible for Cyber Threat Alliance's partnerships, membership recruitment, marketing and communications efforts. Jeannette has worked in cybersecurity for over 25 years, previously holding various senior leadership positions, including Director of Product Marketing at Fortinet and Director of Product Management at McAfee and Intel Security. She also served in leadership roles at Microsoft and Boeing. Jeannette is on the advisory board for Virus Bulletin, and on the board of directors for AVAR.

Selena Larson

Selena Larson is a senior threat intelligence analyst at Proofpoint on the Threat Research team. She collaborates with fellow researchers to identify and investigate advanced threats and develop actionable threat intelligence. Selena is also the co-host of the DISCARDED podcast, featuring unique research and insights from individuals in the infosec industry. Previously, she was a cyber threat analyst for the industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos, and a cybersecurity and privacy journalist.

Jeanette Miller-Obsorn

For more than 25 years, Jen Miller-Obsorn has worked in cyber threat intelligence and served as a subject matter expert advising multiple US federal agencies. She has influenced national cybersecurity policies and regularly briefs members of the government and private sector, at all levels. She also has extensive experience working with international governments and law enforcement agencies to have real-world impact on attackers.

Kathi Whitbey

As the Lead Principal Program Manager for Unit 42, Kathi focuses on cross-team collaboration, reporting on business milestones, process improvements, maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and partners, evangelizing threat intelligence information sharing, and is the Chief Morale Officer. Kathi is passionate about sharing her story of transition into cybersecurity and working with people to make their own experiences relatable to the world of cyber. Kathi was an integral part of the process of incorporating the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), one of the most successful threat intelligence sharing organizations to date. In addition, she was one of three technical resources from Palo Alto Networks who worked closely with the Girl Scouts of the USA to develop 18 Cybersecurity Badges.

In her free time, Kathi has enjoyed volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Girl Scout leader. Kathi has an M.S. degree in information systems and over 25 years of experience in information technology and software development.

Fun fact: Kathi has travelled to 40 different countries, to include living in Djibouti, Africa for 12 months, and running a half marathon in Antarctica.