Brian Russell is the founder of TrustThink, LLC, where he leads multiple efforts towards the development of trusted IoT solutions. He has over 20 years of information security experience and has led complex system security engineering programs in the areas of cryptographic modernization, cryptographic key management, unmanned aerial systems, and connected vehicle security. He is the co-chair of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) IoT Working Group and was the recipient of the 2015 and 2016 CSA Ron Knode Service Award. Brian is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego (USD) in the Cyber Security Operations and Leadership program. 

Drew Van Duren has provided 20 years of support to commercial and government customers in their efforts to secure safety-of-life and national security systems. He has provided extensive applied cryptographic design, key management expertise, and system security architecture design through rigorous integration of system security design with the core engineering disciplines. Drew has managed as Technical Director the two largest FIPS 140-2 test laboratories, security-consulted for the New York City Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment, and participated in multiple standards groups such as the RTCA, SAE, and IEEE 1609 working group. Today, he supports the IEEE P1920 committee heading security architecture for unmanned aircraft aerial networks.