Brian Allen has more than 20 years' experience in virtually every aspect of the security field. He most recently held the position of Chief Security Officer (CSO) with Time Warner Cable (TWC), a leading multinational provider of telecommunications, information, and entertainment services headquartered in New York City. In this role, he was responsible for protecting TWC's assets worldwide, coordinating the company's crisis management and business continuity management (BCM) programs, managing TWC's cybersecurity policy and leading its security risk management program. He managed the company's security policy and relations with law enforcement and government authorities, as well as all customer security risk issues, oversaw internal and external investigations, and headed the company's workplace violence program. Before joining TWC in January 2002, he was Director of the Office of Cable Signal Theft at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Washington, D.C., and the owner of ACI Investigations, a multimillion-dollar provider of security guard, investigations, and consulting services. Brian earned his Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Long Island University and received his Juris Doctor degree from Touro Law Center in New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with ASIS, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with ISC2, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with the ACFE and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) with ISACA. Brian is also a member of the International Security Management Association and the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. Brian is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut, School of Business MBA Program and is active in industry organizations. He served as a member of the Communications Infrastructure Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), an FCC appointed position, and co-chaired its working group on Cybersecurity Best Practices and the Cybersecurity Framework. He is also one of four elected communications company representatives to serve on the Executive Committee of the US Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC). He works with the Cross Sector Cybersecurity Working Group, established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council. Brian has served on the board of directors of ASIS International, and the board of trustees of ASIS International's Foundation. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Connecticut.

Rachelle Loyear has spent over a decade managing various projects and programs in corporate security organizations, focusing strongly on business continuity and organizational resilience. In her work life, she has directed teams responsible for ensuring resilience in the face of many different types of security risks, both physical and logical. Her responsibilities have included: Security/BCM program design and development; crisis management and emergency response planning; functional and location-based recovery and continuity planning; crisis management and continuity training and operational continuity exercises; and logistical programs, such as public/private partnership relationship management and crisis recovery resource programs. She began her career in information technology (IT), working in programming and training design at an online training company, prior before moving into the telecommunications industry. She has worked in various IT roles - including Web design, user experience, business analysis, and project management - before moving into the security/business continuity arena. This diverse background enables her to approach security, risk, business continuity, and disaster recovery with a broad methodology that melds many aspects into a cohesive whole. Rachelle holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. She is certified as a Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) through DRI International, as an Associate Fellow of Business Continuity International (AFBCI), as a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) through ISACA, and as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is active in multiple BCM industry groups and is vice-chair of the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Council of ASIS International as well as serving on the IT Security Council.

Kristen Noakes-Fry, ABCI, is Executive Editor at Rothstein Publishing. Previously, she was a Research Director, Information Security and Risk Group, for Gartner, Inc.; Associate Editor at Datapro (McGraw-Hill), where she was responsible for Datapro Reports on Information Security; and Associate Professor of English at Atlantic Cape College in New Jersey. She holds an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Russell Sage College.