Malvertising: The Ads That Bite Back + Taming the Hacker Storm

The ISC2 Thames Valley Chapter welcomes all members and non-members to attend its next event on Thursday, June 26th 2025 starting at 7:30pm BST and finishing at 9:00pm BST.

IMPORTANT: following a brilliant suggestion from one of our members (thank you Marco!), starting in July we are going to offer hybrid events at the Pub & Pizza Restaurant Thirsty Bear in Reading. It is a super cool environment, only 10 minutes-walk from the main train station. Further details will follow in the invite for July event on Thursday 31st. Thank you for your patience and support!

ONLINE DETAILS

MS Teams link to join comfortably from home:

Meeting ID: 398 388 571 343 3Passcode: VZ9uB2et

AGENDA

Our first guest speaker Roger A. Grimes, will present on the topic of “Taming the Hacker Storm: A Way to Defeat Cybercriminals and Malware”. Instead, our second guest speaker Phil Ray, will present on the topic of "Malvertising: The Ads That Bite Back."

Roger A. Grimes - Speaker Bio:

Roger A. Grimes, CPA, CISSP, CEH, MCSE, CISA, CISM, CNE, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, Inc., is the author of 15 books and over 1500 articles on computer security, specializing in host security and preventing hacker and malware attacks. Roger is a frequent speaker at national computer security conferences and was the weekly security columnist at InfoWorld and CSO magazines between 2005 - 2019. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including, Foundstone, McAfee, and Microsoft. Roger is frequently interviewed and quoted in the media including Newsweek, CNN, NPR, and WSJ. His presentations are fast-paced and filled with useful facts and recommendations.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogeragrimes/ -- Ranked by LinkedIn as a Top 2% industry influencer, over 40K followers.Author’s other books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roger-A.-Grimes/e/B001IQUMT4/

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Phil Ray - Speaker Bio:

Solutions Architect with deep roots in cybersecurity, wireless, and DNS. From finance to the public sector, Phil helps organisations design and secure resilient, scalable systems. Whether it’s leading PoCs, untangling architectures, or enabling partners, Phil brings a practical, no-nonsense approach backed by certs like CCNP Security and ISC2 Cybersecurity.Equally at home deep in config or presenting to execs, Phil focuses on technical wins that drive real value — and usually with a few laughs along the way.

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-ray-5354948/

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You are welcome to join even if you are not a member of the Thames Valley chapter. If you have an ISC2 valid membership you can receive the relevant CPE tokens if you have attended the whole session. You will be asked for your ISC2 membership number during registration. If you are unable to attend, please make sure to cancel your ticket 2 business days before the event, so that we can reallocate your ticket to another member of the community.

We look forward for your participation!