VulnCon is the go-to gathering for vulnerability management professionals, providing deep insights into frameworks like CVE, CVSS, EPSS, KEV, VEX, CVD, SBOM, and Incident Response. With 40+ sessions across four days, it is a must-attend event for security professionals aiming to stay ahead of evolving threats.
A Practitioner’s View with Francesco Cipollone & Nate Sanders
📍 VulnCon 2025, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC
📅 April 7-10, 2025
Come and Join Francesco Cipollone and Nate Sander from Bazaarvoice for an overview on how to approach the vulnerability madness at scale
Talk:
🎙 Session Overview
Modern development has changed the game. From monoliths to microservices, from on-prem to cloud-native—vulnerability management has become a tangled web of data, scale, and chaos. This high-impact session brings together two seasoned practitioners, Francesco Cipollone (Phoenix Security) and Nate Sanders (Bazaarvoice), to unpack what it really takes to manage vulnerabilities at scale in 2025.
This isn’t another theoretical talk. It’s a boots-on-the-ground view into what works, what doesn’t, and what’s next. Expect real-world stories, sharp insights, and a clear roadmap to managing risk in dynamic environments that span code, containers, and cloud.
💡 What You’ll Learn
• How to Break the Chaos Cycle: Learn how to unify fragmented data sources across tools and teams to build a single view of risk.
• Scaling Vulnerability Management: Discover frameworks and automation strategies that help prioritize and remediate faster—without drowning in alerts.
• Reachability Analysis as a Game-Changer: Cut through the noise by focusing on what’s actually exploitable. Real use cases show how reachability drives smarter, faster decision-making.
🧠 Key Takeaways
• Strategies to overcome the inconsistency of vulnerability data across pipelines.
• Best practices for risk-based prioritization in containerized and serverless environments.
• How to use reachability analysis to focus on the 5% of vulnerabilities that truly matter.
• Practitioner-level stories on integrating code, cloud, and traditional infrastructure into a unified remediation workflow.
👥 Who Should Attend?
This session is tailored for CISOs, security architects, vulnerability managers, AppSec engineers, and DevSecOps leaders who are:
• Scaling security in fast-paced, cloud-native environments
• Tired of vulnerability noise and looking for signal
• Seeking to operationalize risk—not just identify it
• Looking for tangible tactics and proven frameworks from industry leaders
🎤 Speakers
Francesco Cipollone
Founder, Phoenix Security
A visionary CISO, entrepreneur, and global speaker, Francesco brings deep experience leading security programs at HSBC, AWS, and now Phoenix Security—where he’s redefining risk-based vulnerability management from code to runtime.
Nate Sanders
Security Leader, Bazaarvoice
Nate bridges the gap between offensive testing, vulnerability management, and mental health advocacy in cybersecurity. Known for his pragmatic leadership and sharp insights, Nate brings a real-world view of how organizations navigate risk and scale security.
🗓 Don’t Miss It
Join Francesco and Nate for one of VulnCon’s most anticipated talks—full of real use cases, live Q&A, and actionable advice you can bring back to your team.
📍 Location: McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC
📅 Date: Between April 7-10 (Final schedule TBA)
🕒 Format: 60-minute Panel Discussion + Q&A
🔐 TLP Level: TLP:CLEAR
🧊 Bonus: Come Meet Us at the Booth
We’re hosting drinks and a private chat with Bazaarvoice—details coming soon.
🎟️ Register early for a chance to win our raffle prize (extra ticket available at the booth). Winner announced June 28, 3 PM!
Ready to take control of vulnerability madness?
👉 Register now for VulnCon 2025
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Derek Fisher – Head of product security at a global fintech. Speaker, instructor, and author in application security.
Derek is an award winning author of a children’s book series in cybersecurity as well as the author of “The Application Security Handbook.” He is a university instructor at Temple University where he teaches software development security to undergraduate and graduate students. He is a speaker on topics in the cybersecurity space and has led teams, large and small, at organizations in the healthcare and financial industries. He has built and matured information security teams as well as implemented organizational information security strategies to reduce the organizations risk.
Derek got his start in the hardware engineering space where he learned about designing circuits and building assemblies for commercial and military applications. He later pursued a computer science degree in order to advance a career in software development. This is where Derek was introduced to cybersecurity and soon caught the bug. He found a mentor to help him grow in cybersecurity and then pursued a graduate degree in the subject.
Since then Derek has worked in the product security space as an architect and leader. He has led teams to deliver more secure software in organizations from multiple industries. His focus has been to raise the security awareness of the engineering organization while maintaining a practice of secure code development, delivery, and operations.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
Jeevan Singh is the Director of Security Engineering at Rippling, with a background spanning various Engineering and Security leadership roles over the course of his career. He’s dedicated to the integration of security practices into software development, working to create a security-aware culture within organizations and imparting security best practices to the team.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
James Berthoty has over ten years of experience across product and security domains. He founded Latio Tech to help companies find the right security tools for their needs without vendor bias.
Chris Romeo is a leading voice and thinker in application security, threat modeling, and security champions and the CEO of Devici and General Partner at Kerr Ventures. Chris hosts the award-winning “Application Security Podcast,” “The Security Table,” and “The Threat Modeling Podcast” and is a highly rated industry speaker and trainer, featured at the RSA Conference, the AppSec Village @ DefCon, OWASP Global AppSec, ISC2 Security Congress, InfoSec World and All Day DevOps. Chris founded Security Journey, a security education company, leading to an exit in 2022. Chris was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco, spreading security knowledge through education and champion programs. Chris has twenty-six years of security experience, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, security engineering, incident response, and various Executive roles. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP certifications.
Jim Manico is the founder of Manicode Security, where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. Jim is also the founder of Brakeman Security, Inc. and an investor/advisor for Signal Sciences. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications (McGraw-Hill), a frequent speaker on secure software practices, and a member of the JavaOne Rockstar speaker community. Jim is also a volunteer for and former board member of the OWASP foundation.
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