Keynote Speakers


Staying Cyber Smart - Women in Security


Following are the experienced feature speakers that will provide hands-on knowledge and insight to reduce risk in the areas of privacy, incidents, and physical security.

To learn more about our other speakers and panelists please visit Speaker Bios.


Keynote Speaker Bios




Rebecca Herold

Speaker: Rebecca Herold

Privacy risks using cloud services and social media for business

Rebecca has 25+ years of systems engineering, information security, privacy & compliance experience, is CEO of The Privacy Professor® consultancy she founded in 2004, & President of SIMBUS, LLC Information Security, Privacy & Compliance cloud services she co-founded in 2014. Rebecca designed and engineered the SIMBUS architecture and associated services, including for online employee and contractor information security and privacy training and awareness, vendor management, risk management assessments and evaluations, policies and procedures, program management tasks, breach response, audit management, employee oversight and management, and inventory management.

Rebecca has authored 19 books, the last two of which were privacy books published by ISACA in 2017; one titled, “ISACA Privacy Principles and Program Management Guide” and the other titled, “Implementing a Privacy Protection Program: Using COBIT 5 Enablers With the ISACA Privacy Principles.” Rebecca has contributed to dozens of other books and written hundreds of articles. Rebecca led the U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup for 7 years, performed the first electric grid cybersecurity OpenFMB testing for NIST, was a co-founder/officer for IEEE P1912 Privacy and Security Architecture for Consumer Wireless Devices Working Group, and is on many advisory boards.

Rebecca has been an IAPP certification faculty member since 2010. Rebecca was Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Security & Assurance program for 9 years, has received numerous awards and has keynoted on 5 continents to date. Rebecca appears regularly on the KCWI23 morning television show, hosts the Voice America radio show “Data Security & Privacy with the Privacy Professor” with a new show each week, and is quoted in a large number of diverse publications. Rebecca has also served as an information security, privacy and compliance expert witness. Rebecca has degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science and Education. Rebecca has earned the following certifications: CISM, CISA, FIP, CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/US, CISSP, FLMI. Rebecca is a Ponemon Institute Fellow. Rebecca is based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.comwww.privacyguidance.com, www.SIMBUS360.com, https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2733/data-security-and-privacy-with-the-privacy-professor


Jayne Frieland Holland

Speaker: Jayne Friedland Holland

Incident Response

Jayne Friedland Holland, Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ:  EGOV)

Jayne Friedland Holland serves as the Chief Security Officer and is an executive officer of NIC Inc. where she manages the company’s legal, policy and technology practices to ensure security of public sector Web portals and online services. She oversees enterprise-wide Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and performs internal infrastructure security reviews.

Ms. Holland frequently writes and speaks on security trends, on building effective security management programs and on best practices in eGovernment security.

She advocates for best practices in the payment card industry and trains technology leaders on how to protect payment card information, which promotes secure payment processing. As a certified PCI Internal Security Assessor and practicing attorney, Ms. Holland provides valuable perspectives on organizations’ challenges in protecting their clients’ credit information. She is an industry expert on government cyber-security and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and has published several articles on the topics of security trends, building effective security management programs and incident response.

Ms. Holland was formerly Vice President and General Counsel for ESI, a healthcare revenue cycle outsourcing company. She began her career as a litigation attorney with McGlinchey Stafford Law Firm in New Orleans. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Newcomb College of Tulane University and a Juris Doctorate from Tulane Law School.


Theresa Bentch

Speaker: Theresa Bentch

How to develop a workplace violence prevention program: creating a safety culture.  

Theresa Bentch is the Director of Physical Security and Safety at Garmin International. She holds a bachelor’s in security management and anticipates completion of an MBA this December. She is a certified protection professional and a certified business continuity professional. She served as a Law Enforcement Officer for the Overland Park Police Department for 9 years before transitioning into Corporate Security. During her tenure as an officer, she served three years on the SWAT team; specializing in rescue search and dive and served as an instructor for police officers on defensive tactics, Taser operations and use of force policies. Additionally, she operates as a private security consultant specializing in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, continuity planning, and disaster recovery. She is in her 19th year of service to the U.S. Army Reserves and holds the rank of Captain. Her military tours include Operation Iraqi Freedom and humanitarian relief efforts in West Africa.