The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Report revealed a staggering 10,626 breaches across industries—double the previous year’s count. As higher education institutions safeguard sensitive student records (FERPA), healthcare information (HIPAA), and research data (CMMC/ITAR), traditional defensive cybersecurity approaches are proving insufficient.
Network with peers over dinner and cocktails and explore how complementary solutions provide end-to-end risk management and data security for the modern enterprise.
May 20, 2025 | 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Cinghiale - 822 Lancaster Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Data-Centric Security: A Paradigm Shift in Higher Education Protection
While conventional cybersecurity primarily plays defense—building walls around data and preventing information from leaving protected environments—Data Centric Security represents a fundamental shift to playing offense. Rather than merely blocking threats, this approach embeds protection within the data itself, allowing information to flow securely beyond institutional boundaries through granular policy and access controls.
This offensive strategy gives institutions agency over their information, enabling collaboration, research sharing, and student data portability without sacrificing security or compliance. Your data remains protected and controlled regardless of where it travels—fundamentally transforming how higher education can operate in an interconnected world.
Join us for this exclusive, invitation-only dinner alongside the Educause Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference in Baltimore. This intimate gathering will unite higher education cybersecurity leaders to explore how Data Centric Security enables institutions to proactively secure information while simultaneously expanding its utility and reach.
Seats are limited. Reserve your spot now to engage in this transformative conversation and connect with peers over exceptional dinner and cocktails at Cinghiale.
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A tenacious and self-driven security engineer passionate about identity security, threat detection, and Zero Trust architecture. Currently a Staff IT Security Engineer at Amplitude, I specialize in Okta, Mac security (Jamf, Kandji), IAM, and phishing-resistant MFA. My work spans incident response, threat hunting, and compliance—securing cloud-first environments against evolving threats. With experience across NASA, Airbus, Apple, and enterprise SaaS, I’ve led security initiatives including RBAC/ABAC implementation, email security hardening, and disaster recovery improvements. I believe security should be frictionless for users but airtight for attackers, enabling organizations to innovate without compromise.
A proven executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years experience developing high-growth software companies, Matt serves as Virtu’s CMO and leads all aspects of the company’s go-to-market motion within the data protection and Zero Trust security ecosystems. Prior to Virtru, Matt served 6 years as SVP and CMO at Sonatype where he designed, built, and led global marketing and demand generation for a pioneer in software supply chain management and DevOps automation. Earlier in his career, Matt co-founded, developed, and successfully sold two software companies. He also led sales and marketing at USinternetworking (acquired by AT&T) and Groove Networks (acquired by Microsoft). Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts from George Mason University.
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