Speakers

Dr. Ryan Heartfield is a cybersecurity expert with over 13 years' experience. He is the CTO at Exalens, which has developed an AI solution that monitors OT systems, learns their processes, and spots anomalies and cybersecurity threats in seconds to maximise uptime for industrial operations. Ryan has contributed to the field through AI-driven threat detection, incident response, and designing advanced network security architectures. Formerly, he held key positions at Splunk and the UK Government and was a Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich's IoT and Security Research Centre. Ryan is also a regular speaker, sharing insights on OT and cyber-physical systems security.'