Thomas Ryan: A 20-year security veteran, Thomas Ryan is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Cyber Operations and Threat Intelligence for Provide Security. The company was formed with the concept of the convergence of both physical and cyber techniques for Executive Protection, Advanced Red Teaming, Crisis Management, Threat Profiling, Threat Assessments and Penetration Testing. In his role, Mr. Ryan leads a team called Black Cell, a team of the most-highly trained and capable physical, threat and cyber security professionals in the world. Prior to founding Provide Security, Mr. Ryan had functioned as a security instructor for US Army INSCOM, USNORTHCOM, USSOUTHCOM and several other military and government agencies. His corporate experience has evolved from working at numerous security consulting companies. Mr. Ryan's passion for information security had him elected as the Chapter Vice President for OWASP NY in 2004, Board Member for NJ Chapter in 2005, then merging the two chapters in 2007 while still retaining his Board Member role in 2010. His contributions include participating as a co-author's of the OWASP Test Guide v2, and speaking at several industry events including the OWASP, INFRAGARD, ICCS, and ISSA.