Cybersecurity Summit 2026: Navigating the Dark Side of AI

Jay Martin
Chief Information Security Officer | Blue Mantis

Jay Martin is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Cybersecurity & Risk at Blue Mantis, where he leads the charge in securing enterprise ecosystems, building business resilience, and navigating the evolving digital threat landscape. With over 25 years of experience across IT, cybersecurity, and risk management, Jay bridges technical complexity with business strategy — helping organizations not just survive but thrive securely.​

At Blue Mantis, Jay architects the cybersecurity vision across internal operations and external service delivery, aligning technical defenses with real-world business imperatives. He oversees cybersecurity posture across seven practice areas while empowering clients to achieve measurable, resilient growth in an increasingly hostile digital world.​

Jay’s leadership was recently showcased on the global stage when he helped lead security operations for a major city that hosted Super Bowl LIX, safeguarding one of the world’s most high-profile events against cyber threats.​​

Before joining Blue Mantis, Jay co-founded Service Catalyst and held senior leadership roles at Dunkin’ Brands International, InteQ Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard. Throughout his career, he has built security programs from the ground up, led major business continuity initiatives, and guided enterprises through regulatory compliance with precision and foresight.​​

Jay has held the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) credential and is an active voice in cybersecurity leadership forums. His passion: translating risk into resilience, complexity into clarity, and cybersecurity into a business enabler — not a barrier.​​

When Jay speaks, he brings a rare combination of technical insight, executive pragmatism, and forward-looking vision — making cybersecurity approachable, strategic, and mission-critical for today’s leaders.

Kevin Powers
Founder | Boston College Law School

Kevin Powers is the Founder, Faculty Director and Lecturer-in-Law for the Master of Legal Studies (MLS) in Cybersecurity, Risk & Governance at Boston College Law School. He is also an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Boston College’s Carroll School of Management’s Business Law and Society Department. Along with his teaching at Boston College, Kevin is a Cybersecurity Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Senior Lecturer for MIT Sloan’s Executive Education Program – “Cybersecurity Governance for the Board of Directors.” He also taught courses at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was the Deputy General Counsel to the Superintendent.

In addition to his academic teaching, Kevin provides regular corporate training to varying companies and government entities in banking and financial services, including the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), State Street, Bank of America, and Manulife John Hancock, among others.

With more than 25 years of combined cybersecurity, data privacy, technology, business, law enforcement, military, national security, higher education, and teaching experience, Kevin has worked as an analyst and an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense, and law firms in Boston and Washington, D.C., as well as the general counsel for an international software company based in Seattle, Washington. Outside of his work at BC Law, Kevin is an expert witness and consultant with the Analysis Group and serves as a Trustee for Boston College High School (former Chair), a Director for the Board of Reading Cooperative Bank, and a Cybersecurity Advisor for HYCU, Inc. (Backed by Bain Capital Ventures), Acium, Inc., and CyberSaint Security. Previously, Kevin served as a member of the Boston College Law School Business Advisory Council (2018-2023) and served as the Panel Lead (2016-2017) for the Collegiate Working Group for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).

Kevin, a Navy Veteran, regularly provides expert commentary regarding technology, data privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and cyber and national security for local, national, and international media outlets.

Etay Maor
VP Threat Intel | Cato Networks

Etay Maor is VP Threat Intel at Cato Networks, founding member of Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab), and an industry recognized cyber security researcher and keynote speaker

Previously, Etay was the Chief Security Officer for IntSights where he led strategic cybersecurity research and security services. Before that Etay held numerous leadership and research positions as an Executive Security Advisor at IBM where he created and led breach response training and security research and as Head of RSA Security’s Cyber Threats Research Labs where he managed malware research and intelligence teams and was part of cutting edge security research and operations.

Etay is an adjunct professor at Boston College and a guest lecturer at MIT and holds a BA in Computer Science and a MA in Counter Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism. Etay is a frequent featured speaker at major industry conferences and is part of RSA Conference and QuBits conference committees. He is often tapped by major news outlets for his astute commentary on and insights into the cybersecurity news of the day.