Larry Whiteside Jr. is a veteran CISO, CSO, CTO, former USAF Officer, and thought leader in the Cybersecurity field. He has 25+ years experience and has held C Level Security cybersecurity executive roles in multiple industries including DoD, Federal Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Critical Infrastructure. He serves as the CISO for RegScale, an organization that is working to shift compliance left and freeing organizations from the paper world of compliance. Larry is also the Co-Founder and President of Cyversity, a 501(c)3 non-profit association that is dedicated to increase the number of minorities and women in the cybersecurity career field through providing workforce development that includes skills assessment, training, education, mentorship, and opportunity.