Overview
Moderator
Alex Grohmann – Founder, Sicher Consulting
Alex Grohmann has over two decades of experience in technology-related information security, risk management and data privacy. During his career, he has worked at both the state and Federal level, and his private sector involvement has spanned from energy to financial services. He is the founder and operator of Sicher Consulting, LLC. Mr. Grohmann holds industry certifications of CISSP, CISA, CISM and CIPT. He holds two undergraduate degrees from Florida State University as well as an MBA from UMUC.
Mr. Grohmann is a Fellow at the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), an international organization of information security professionals. He is the recipient of their international ‘Honor Roll’ for his lifetime contributions to the information security community. He has served on the board of directors for the Northern Virginia chapter of ISSA for over ten years, including as president for three. During his time, the chapter won the Chapter of Year.
He is a graduate of the FBI’s Citizens’ Academy and served on the board of directors for the Washington DC chapter of InfraGard for four years. Currently Mr. Grohmann serves on the board directors of Northern Virginia Community College’s Workforce Development taskforce, NOVA Cybersecurity Advisory Board and is a mentor at MACH 37, the Virginia cyber security accelerator. He also sits on the IT sector coordinating council (IT-SCC).
Speaker/s
Shwetha Prasad – Sr. Information Security Engineer, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
Shwetha Babu Prasad is a data security and privacy professional, speaker, and published author with nearly a decade of experience in information security. Her work focuses on advancing practical, engineering-driven approaches to protect sensitive data and reduce systemic data exposure risks. She has experience implementing data protection controls across enterprise systems to mitigate the risk of sensitive data exposure. She is the author of Why Websites Fail at Data Protection and Privacy and Data Security in the Age of AI.
An active member of ISC2 and the Information Systems Security Association, she contributes to industry initiatives aligned with National Institute of Standards and Technology frameworks through the ISSA Resilience Special Interest Group. Her work advances practical, engineering driven data protection and privacy capabilities, strengthening cyber resilience across enterprise and critical infrastructure environments.
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