Registration required: July 10, 2025, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Pacific Time | 2 CPEs
Session One: Navigating the Modern Threat Landscape: A Proactive Security Approach with Janel Schalk
Trace3’s expertise in cybersecurity solutions and services is used to discuss current threat trends, proactive security strategies, and how to build a resilient security posture.
An innovative field CISO with over 24 years of experience, Janel Schalk brings a consultative mindset and a passion for security. Her specialties include designing and executing security initiatives like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), zero trust/adaptive security, insider risk management, endpoint protection, data protection, executive protection, physical security, privacy, secure development, and more. She focuses on leading high-performance teams, enabling clients across multiple industries for all things security, privacy, and compliance, and balancing risk mitigation while always keeping business enablement in mind.
Janel is passionate about empowering women in technology through mentorship, leading the Elevating Women’s Alliance at Trace3 and as a founding member of The Shield Maidens, a global women’s security collaboration group.
Trace3 is a premier provider of digital business transformation solutions and services. As a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, Trace3 helps organizations navigate the complexities of the modern technology landscape, accelerating innovation and driving business outcomes. They deliver comprehensive solutions across cloud, security and networking, data and analytics, collaboration, artificial intelligence, and managed services, enabling clients to optimize their IT environments and achieve their strategic objectives.
Trace3’s approach is centered on deep technical expertise, strategic consulting, and client intimacy. They leverage their extensive partner ecosystem, including relationships with leading technology vendors, to provide tailored solutions for specific business challenges. With a focus on innovation and thought leadership, Trace3 empowers organizations to stay ahead of the curve and thrive in the digital transformation era. Their services range from strategic advisory and architecture design to implementation, managed services, and ongoing support, ensuring clients receive end-to-end solutions that align with their evolving needs.
Session Two: Cloud IAM: Managing Identities in a Hybrid and Multi-Cloud World, with Robert Kraczek
With the increasing adoption of cloud services, this session explores the complexities of managing identities across diverse cloud environments. We will learn how One Identity helps organizations achieve consistent IAM policies and governance in the cloud, while addressing the challenges of cloud sprawl and shadow IT.
Robert Kraczek is a Global Identity and Access Management Strategist at One Identity, where, for over five years, he has been instrumental in defining the direction and success of sales, innovation, and marketing for their leading IAM products. His responsibilities include forging technical alliances and partnerships, collaborating closely with service and fulfillment partners, and serving as a key spokesperson and survey response leader for major analyst firms. A seasoned public speaker, Robert frequently presents at industry events as both a panelist and mainstage presenter on critical topics within the cybersecurity space.
With extensive pre-sales and post-sales experience across corporate, government, and educational environments, Robert excels at helping clients accelerate the adoption of Identity and Security Software into their IT service portfolios. He possesses deep expertise in assessing the operational impact solutions will have on internal teams, service providers, customers, and governance requirements. His specialties include identity management and security solutions, hybrid cloud, enterprise solution design, and analyst relations, complemented by certifications such as ITIL v3 Foundation and Service Operations, MCSE, and LPI.
One Identity, a Quest Software business, delivers unified identity security solutions that empower organizations to strengthen their security posture and streamline identity management. In today’s complex digital landscape, they provide a comprehensive suite of tools addressing critical identity and access management (IAM) needs, including identity governance, privileged access management, and cloud IAM.
Their solutions are designed to improve security, simplify operations, and ensure regulatory compliance. By offering a unified approach to identity security, One Identity helps organizations establish a strong foundation for their security strategies, enabling them to confidently navigate the evolving threat landscape. They focus on helping companies of all sizes, across all industries, to secure their information assets.
