Heidi Shey is a principal analyst at Forrester where she leads Forrester’s research on data security. Heidi guides security leaders and tech executives at enterprise and government organizations in applying a Zero Trust, data-centric approach to securing data. She advises in areas such as sensitive data discovery and classification, data loss prevention, data security platforms, secure communications solutions, privacy preserving technologies, other data-centric security controls, and post-quantum security. Her research coverage also includes cyber insurance and customer-facing breach notification and response.

Patrick Joyce is the Global Resident Chief Information Officer at Proofpoint. In this role, he serves as a strategic advisor to the greater CISO community and spearheads Proofpoint's Customer Advisory Board (CAB). He is focused solely on the security needs of customer CISOs by delivering unbiased advice, knowledge and training to help CISOs stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing threat landscape.

Katie Curtin-Mestre is a Vice President of Product Marketing at Proofpoint. She is a seasoned marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and infrastructure. She has worked with companies of all sizes, from early-stage startups to global tech enterprises. She is the VP of Product Marketing for Data Security, Governance, and Posture. Before joining Proofpoint, she most recently held senior marketing positions at Talon Cyber Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), CyberArk, and SimpliVity (acquired by HPE).