Ms. Boland is a global cybersecurity warrior and evangelist with Check Point Software Technologies, with 20 years in ICT, cybersecurity, emerging technology innovation. Micki holds ISC2 CISSP, Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin, MBA with Global Security Concentration from East Carolina University. Micki writes cybersecurity articles for Cybertalk.org, has written for Dark Reading, Silicon Angle and Decipher, and is speaks frequently with the broadcast media and radio shows regarding cybersecurity for and in emerging technology, the global threat landscape, tips and resources for consumers and enterprise organizations, Dark Web, Cyber Warfare, AI (ML) in cybersecurity, Generative AI, Human Centered AI, cloud security and DevSecOps.

CSC11 Conference Topic:  Defender Perspectives: Leveraging Generative AI for Cybersecurity Defense and Proactive Protection