Gary Givental

Chief Architect for IBM Consulting Cyber Security Services global MSS Platform, hands-on technical leader, IBM recognized Master Inventor with over a dozen patents, mentor, AI enthusiast, pragmatic Design Thinking practitioner, Agile grey beard, data geek, longtime yogi and martial artist.

Responsible for the architecture strategy, engineering and daily operation of IBM's Managed Security X-Force Protection Platform - a global security analytics platform that detects and monitors cyber threats, automates threat disposition and response for trillions of logs per day across 350+ customers.

Security Analytics Guild lead, responsible for driving innovation and technical strategy for AI, machine learning, threat detection and response automation for Managed Security Services with collaboration across broader IBM Security division, including IBM Research.

Receiver of IBM's 2019 Corporate Recognition Award and Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for Advanced Threat Disposition System. ATDS uses machine learning and expert system technology to automatically disposition threats, increasing accuracy by 20-30%, reducing triage cycle time by 50-60%. The ATDS platform contributed to IBM being named a Global Leader in Managed Security Services by Forrester in 2020.