Are you struggling with telemetry data-induced anxiety? Wrestling with how to align your data management strategy to your Zero Trust initiatives or enable AI-driven security insights with clean telemetry? You’re not alone – and you’re in the right place.
Meet the Experts
Merrick Besselman is a cybersecurity engineer at Johnson Controls, where she specializes in security automation and data-driven defense strategies. With a talent for transforming complex security challenges into scalable, automated solutions, Merrick plays a key role in keeping JCI ahead of both auditors and adversaries. Outside of work, she’s passionate about mentoring the next generation of security professionals and exploring open source intelligence.
Brian is an observability ninja who has over 15 years as both a customer and consultant. At Optiv, he is responsible for architecting the data pipeline used in Optiv's MDR offering. Prior to Optiv, Brian worked as a professional services consultant for both Cribl and Splunk, where he gained experience across multiple verticals and clients of all sizes.
Aaron Staley is the Executive Director of the National Defense Cyber Alliance (NDCA), where he leads efforts to enhance public-private collaboration in defense of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. He also serves as Senior Vice President at Disruptive Solutions, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in mission-focused cybersecurity, data, and intelligence services.
To close out Cybersecurity Awareness Month, join us live on November 12th for Telemetry Therapy – an open mic for SecOps, SIEM, and date-pipeline pros to air out their toughest telemetry troubles. Whether it’s runaway ingestion costs, flaky detection, or the stress of making your data AI or Zero Trust ready, we’ve got you covered. We’ll triage your pain points live and turn rants into real fixes – cut noise and spend, tune routing and retention, and strengthen edge-to-lake data flows. Part catharsis, part clinic: the Data Doctor is in.
This session might not cure all your problems, but it’ll fix your pipelines. Save your seat (and your sanity).
Meet the Experts
Merrick Besselman is a cybersecurity engineer at Johnson Controls, where she specializes in security automation and data-driven defense strategies. With a talent for transforming complex security challenges into scalable, automated solutions, Merrick plays a key role in keeping JCI ahead of both auditors and adversaries. Outside of work, she’s passionate about mentoring the next generation of security professionals and exploring open source intelligence.
Brian is an observability ninja who has over 15 years as both a customer and consultant. At Optiv, he is responsible for architecting the data pipeline used in Optiv's MDR offering. Prior to Optiv, Brian worked as a professional services consultant for both Cribl and Splunk, where he gained experience across multiple verticals and clients of all sizes.
Aaron Staley is the Executive Director of the National Defense Cyber Alliance (NDCA), where he leads efforts to enhance public-private collaboration in defense of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. He also serves as Senior Vice President at Disruptive Solutions, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in mission-focused cybersecurity, data, and intelligence services.