Speakers - Finnish InfoSec 2025 Seminar

Christine Bejerasco has been in the cybersecurity industry for 21 years. She started during the reign of network worms, and has seen the threat landscape evolve with the technologies that have been introduced as well as changes in regulations and user behavior. From doing hands-on researcher work to leading teams of diverse skills and background, she has helped build capabilities and technologies that defend against various forms of cyber threats. She has also trained and mentored leaders and practitioners both in a formal office setting and in an informal capacity. In 2021, she became the Chief Technology Officer of WithSecure and is currently the Chief Information Security Officer of the same organization. She regularly speaks at events and conferences on cyber security topics.

Joseph Carson is an award-winning cybersecurity professional and ethical hacker with over 25 years of experience in enterprise security. Specializing in blockchain, endpoint security, network security, application security, virtualization, access controls, and privileged access management, Joseph holds both CISSP and OSCP certifications. As Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea, he advises on cutting-edge security solutions and emerging threats. A frequent speaker at global cybersecurity conferences, Joseph is an active community member, often quoted and published in leading industry outlets.

Hanna Hagström is an experienced data leader with over 25 years of expertise in digital transformation, data solutions, and AI. As the CEO and co-founder of Lakeview, a modern data consultancy, she helps organizations turn data into business value by covering every aspect of the data lifecycle: from strategy to daily operations, and from platforms to data products, analytics, and AI. Hanna has worked across manufacturing, finance, retail, and energy sectors, helping organizations leverage data to mitigate risks, increase operational efficiency through automation, and identify and implement new revenue opportunities. She focuses on practical, iterative approaches that transform business challenges into measurable results through data-driven solutions and proven implementations."

Alice Hutchings is Professor of Emergent Harms in the Security Group at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of King’s College. She is also Director of the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre, an interdisciplinary initiative combining expertise from computer science, criminology, and law. Specialising in cybercrime, she bridges the gap between criminology and computer science. Generally, her research interests include understanding cybercrime offenders, cybercrime events, and the prevention and disruption of online crime.

Clémence Poirier is a Senior Cyberdefense Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to joining CSS, she was a Research Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna, Austria where she conducted multidisciplinary research on space affairs. She also worked as a Researcher for Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia where she carried out policy and legal research on the cybersecurity of the Australian space infrastructure. Her research focuses on space cybersecurity as well as cyber and electronic warfare in outer space. Clémence holds a Master’s degree in International Relations, International Security and Defense from University Jean Moulin Lyon III, France.

Dr. Alexander Schellong is Managing Director (GL ) of Cybersecurity at Schwarz digit, the 5th division of Europe’s largest retailer and fourth largest retailer in the world with offerings in Cloud, AI, retail media, workspace or Cybersecurity such as XM Cyber and STACKIT. Alexander has extensive experience in strategic consulting, general management, business unit leadership and mission critical international project and operations management in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia for the U.S. government, German government, European Commission, NATO and other commercial clients. In 2019, Alexander founded the non-profit initiative CYBERWOMEN to support networking among and growth of female information security experts from student to CxO across Germany. He studied and taught at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Harvard Kennedy School, The University of Tokyo, Tec de Monterrey, Brandt School of Public Policy, Zeppelin University, Salzburg Management Business School, and Stanford University