He began his career as an intern at IBM while finishing his Bachelor’s degree in IT management at the
faculty for mathematics and computer science of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
After returning to Serbia he continued building a career in the local IT industry, which provided him with ample experience in sales of IT services and solutions.
Aleksandar is the recipient of the Young Leader in Change award for his contribution to the development of young talent, given out by the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia as a part of its AmChamps program. He promotes the development of the regional IT industry and especially the tech start-up ecosystem through active collaboration with organizations Digital Serbia Initiative, Startit, and ICT Hub in Serbia.
Omree is a Cyber Threat Intelligence analyst and a product specialist at Cognyte.
He is also a researcher at the Blavatnik Inter-Disciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), a senior
researcher at the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security in Tel Aviv University
and a lecturer on various cyber security related topics.
His research fields include national cyber strategies, ransomware and counter-ransomware strategies,
influence operations and cyber threats on elections, cyber threats on space systems and the role of AI in cyber security.
Omree is a graduate of the CISO&DPO (Data Protection Officer) program at Bar Ilan University and holds several internationally recognized certifications, such as ISACA’s CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) and the Cloud Security Alliance’s CCSK (Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge).
Ex-military electronic warfare specialist.
For past 20 years covers various technical roles in telco, entertainment, hospitality and marketing
industries. Experienced with both analog and digital electronics, PLC controls, industrial automation
solutions, technical/physical security solutions, cyber security, networking regardless of transmission
medium, operating systems and modern cloud solutions. Self-taught developer/devops.
Past-time activities include hacking everything that can be hacked including human brains, IoT, access control, computer networks, operating systems (including applications) and cloud solutions.
With over 25 years in IT, prior to joining Cisco, Dragan spent 10 years working at the Academic Network of Serbia/Yugoslavia as a network administrator. He has been with Cisco since 2007, initially as a Systems Engineer, and since 2014, he has been part of the Systems Engineering team for Security, responsible for Southeast Europe (the Balkans).
More than 25 years’ experience on IT market, last 5 years in IBM security.
Experienced telecommunication engineer with proven team leadership and business opportunities with a special emphasis on solutions for telecom operators, solutions related to fulfilling legal obligations in the field of telecommunications and cyber security, and security of operator infrastructure. With an experience of over 17 years in the field of telecommunications, she has established cooperation with the world’s leading vendors in the domain of the telecom and enterprise industry. As a co-founder of W4C BiH, she is ready to contribute to the development of awareness among new generations to direct their formal education towards cyber security and contribute to a safe digital ecosystem of Bosnia-Herzegovina with trusted vendors and raise of awareness for cyber security in general.
For 10 years of experience in security affairs, Denisa has been intensively working shifting her focus on cybersecurity for the last three years. She has been gaining both academic and working experience in cyber field. Currently, Denisa is a leading Cyber Analyst in the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, being a pioneer in cyber defence capacity building at a national level. At the same time she is a holder of the MA
Cybersecurity Management Scholarship at Solvay Brussels University. Denisa was also awarded in 2020 with the Fellowship on Cyber Security at Cranfield University, United Kingdom.
During the last year, Denisa has actively participated in various initiatives and organisations promoting cybersecurity but also empowering woman and girls to pursue cyber career, so she is one of the founders of the Montenegro Woman4Cyber Chapter, as well as Mentor in the project “Her CyberTrack”,
International Telecommunication Unit. Denisa actively participate in regional and international conferences, workshops, meetings and initiatives, where she promotes principle of “need- to-share” in cyber, as well as advocating for building cyber capacity trough knowledge sharing.
Cyber security expert with many years of IT experience gained through working in different companies. Currently employed as a system engineer at Fortinet. Naturally curious and enthusiastic when it comes to traveling and exploring new cultures and customs. Friends often call it a treasure trove of unnecessary knowledge, so feel free to test it and start a conversation about some other topic that may not be related to Cyber Security.
Ran Levy leads the research team in Cognyte’s Luminar group. In his role, he is responsible for combining the work of CTI analysts and technical analysts, while trying to find innovated ways to collect, monitor and analyze intelligence. Ran was always a technology aficionado and although his official studies include a Masters in Security Studies and B.A in Political Science and Philosophy, his career is all about cyber security. In his free time, Ran volunteers at Project Maat, an organization that assists victims of online violence in de anonymizing their abusers by connecting his digital footprint to his real world Identity. Ran, is also a board member of Street Medicine TLV, an NGO that provide medical treatment to unsheltered homeless.
The emphasis of his business is based on the complete User use of the entire VMware portfolio, within the CXS (Customer Experience and Success) team. He has many years of experience in complex IT infrastructure projects that include virtualization, network and security solutions. He is the owner of several industry-recognized certificates and expertise in the mentioned technological segments.
Extensive experience in IT systems, honed through his engagement in one of the leading corporations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently a pre-sales engineer specializing in security technologies at Exclusive Networks. His many years of experience in a local company gave him the opportunity to share his expertise with current partners. In private, he is a chatterbox, always ready for discussions on all IT topics, with a special penchant for network security.
For more than 20 years Predrag has combined his education in criminal investigations and forensics with Information and Communication Technology knowledge gaining experience in Cybercrime and cyber forensics culminating with a focus on cyber security. At the same time, he wrote a number of academic papers in that field along with a master’s thesis on cloud security and disaster recovery. He was educated at the University of Sarajevo and he is a Chevening Cyber Security Fellow from Cranfield University and a CRDF Cyber Security Fellow from Purdue University. He participated in numerous projects supported by various international organisations, such as UNDP, Unicef, Save the Children, and OSCE to name just a few, most recently as a national consultant for EGA EU-funded Cybersecurity identification and formulation study in the Western Balkans. He also was a part of the international consultant team for UNDP support for the CIAT project as a Data Collection expert. Predrag is leading the establishment of the Cyber Security Excellence Centre and Academic CSIRT facility.
Primož Bedrač has been working in various fields of information technology for over twenty years. In doing so, he worked his way up from system administrator, technical sales consultant to head of sales department. The areas of operation were varied, but mainly domestic and international projects in the field of IT system architecture, business continuity, networks, cyber security and data storage systems. He gained experience in the largest domestic IT companies and also in technology giants such as Oracle and Dell EMC. He is currently a business development manager in the international company TeleGroup, responsible for introducing cyber security solutions into the company’s portfolio.
