Security as a Shared Responsibility: Creating Effective Collaboration Across Security, Technology, Product, and Business Teams

Carl Stern

Cybersecurity Executive, former VP of Information Security at Age of Learning

Carl Stern is a cybersecurity executive with 25+ years of experience building and leading enterprise security programs across HealthTech, EdTech, and regulated SaaS environments. Most recently VP of Information Security at Age of Learning, he has led security programs from the ground up through HITRUST certification, guided a security integration through a company merger, and directed security architecture for AI-driven and agentic workflows. Holding CISSP, CISM, and CIPM certifications, Carl specializes in aligning cybersecurity strategy with business growth, translating technical risk into board-level decisions, and building governance frameworks that enable rather than slow down the business.

Prateek Bhajanka

CEO & Chief Field CISO, Field CISO Advisory Services

Prateek Bhajanka is CEO and Chief Field CISO at Field CISO Advisory Services, and a former Gartner analyst and Magic Quadrant author. He advises global organizations on modernizing security programs, ransomware defense, cost optimization and platform consolidation, and works with security vendors on positioning, go-to-market and analyst relations. A regular speaker at global security forums, his expertise spans endpoint security, CTEM, CNAPP, DFIR, XDR, SOC and managed services.