Dallas, TX

June 27, 2024

Digital Fight CLub is now a TV show! Join us for the live filming of Episode 1 – Digital Fight Club: Cybersecurity 2024 back at the birthplace of DFC — the historic Granada Theater. 

Corporate CIOs and CISOs from around the country gave us challenging cybersecurity issues and we’re having top VAR/MSSP execs duke it out on stage in a raucous debate with an audience of cyber pros voting for a winner.

Tired of hearing the same ‘ol same ‘ol at cybersecurity conferences? Tired of being kissed up to or not being able to speak your mind in a proposal?

So are we.

Only 40 CISOs, 40 VARs/MSSPs, 10 Vendors and their teams may attend. Everyone gets to vote for the winners. No pressure.

Mayhem, indeed!

 

The Fight Format

  • Opening salvo: 30 seconds each
  • Rebuttal #1: 15 seconds each
  • Rebuttal #2: 15 seconds each
  • Rebuttal #3: 15 seconds each
  • Ref question #1: 15 seconds each
  • Rebuttal #3: 15 seconds each
  • Ref question #2: 15 seconds each
  • Rebuttal #4: 15 seconds each

Not sure what a Digital Fight Club is?
Watch Rob Kim – CTO, Presidio spar with John Shin – CISO, RSI Security on AI & Cybersecurity.

Produced by:

 

Fight 1

Critical Infrastructure

Sean Tufts

Sean Tufts
Managing Partner, Optiv
  • Power & Manufacturing guru
  • Former Carolina Panther
  • Buffalo

Joanna Dempsey

Joanna dempsey
VP, CISA, ECS
  • Former aerospace geek
  • Actually enjoys Govt work
  • Dukes

Fight 2

Media, Hollywood & Cybersecurity

Taber West

Taber West
CTO, OneTier
  • Former Los Alamos engineer
  • Pitched Steve Jobs
  • Golden eagle

Dave Ackley

Dave Ackley
CEO, Goliath Cyber
  • McAfee & Intel vet
  • Contrarian
  • Hunter

Fight 3

Securing AI in an Organization

Tera Davis

Tera Davis
CEO, Cyber One
  • Recovering channel manager
  • Founder
  • Aggie

Franz Fiorim

Franz Fiorim
Field CTO, Trend Micro
  • Data center geek
  • Longtime Trend Micro loyalist
  • IFES in Brazil

Referees

Head of Information Security, Crunchy Roll

  • Lifelong corp cyber guy
  • Brief stint on the VAR-side
  • Cowboy

CISO, Texas Instruments

  • Lifelong TI vet
  • Hi Tech focus
  • Mean Green

CISO, Kimberly Clark

  • Critical Infrastructure nut
  • Navy Intel officer
  • Rowdy Raider