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​If you would like Merritt to speak at your next conference, symposium, talk show, or panel, please provide dates and details.

Merritt speaks regularly on technology and security, including cloud security, emerging technologies, the future of the Internet, corporate interactions with government cyber, women in tech, cybersecurity,  DevSecOps, emerging technology including AI and ML, entrepreneurism and innovation. Contact for more information.

Also-- catch Merritt's Twitch show with security partners, SecurityLIVE!

​Upcoming Events:
CrowdStrike Fal.Con, Sept 20, 2022
Aqua, "Cloudy with a Chance of DevSecOops," Sept 28, 2022
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Videos of Speaking Engagements:
"Reframing Security as a Strategic Advantage," AWS Executive Insights, Aug 2022
AWS re:Inforce 2022, Don't Pay the Ransom: Strategies for Ransomware Resilience, July 2022
AWS re:Inforce 2022, Edge Cases: Inside Stories from Layer 7, July 2022
theCube, AWS re:Inforce 2022, Interview with Merritt Baer and AWS Audit Manager, July 2022
CyberArk Impact Keynote: Identity Security in the Cloud, July 2022
AWS Re:Invent 2021, Use AWS to Improve Your Security Against Ransomware, Dec 1, 2021
SNG Live: Modernizing Federal Cybersecurity, Oct. 12, 2021
Security by the Schuylkill, Comcast, Oct 13. 2021
Rackspace, "Security as a Business Driver," Oct 12, 2021
TheCube, Sept 14, 2021
eMerge Americas, Aug 17, 2021
AWS Dev Day Security Edition, March 18, 2021
ET Digital Warriors Summit and Awards keynote, March 8, 2021
CyberWire Quarterly Analyst Call, Dec 15, 2020
​TrendMicro “CloudSec” Nov 23-24, 2020
​Cyber Voices Zero Trust Summit, Oct 27, 2020
RiskSec Digital 2020, Sept, 17, 2020
​Tessian Human Layer Security Summit, Sept 9, 2020
TrendMicro Perspectives, June 25, 2020
Tessian Human Level Security Summit, June 18. 2020
AWS User Groups: Cloud Economics and Security (with Corey Quinn), June 16, 2020
​"Innovation" AWS Summer Camp, June 9, 2020
Privacy, Policy, and Security Post CV-19, May 20, 2020
Good Morning Serverless, May 5, 2020
Cloud Security Podcast, May 2020
"Build A Machine for Actionable Security," AngelBeat, April 2020
"Moving to a DevSecOps Model," AWS ReInforce 2019
"Automating Compliance Using Automated Reasoning," AWS ReInforce 2019, June 2019
Data Privacy Day 2019, January 2019
PKWare, Every Backdoor an Open Door, 2018
Newsy, "The Why: Search Engine Data Collection," Nov 28, 2017
GovernmentCIO Magazine, "View From the Top" Series, Sept 1, 2017
Women in National Security Law and US Cybersecurity, UVA Law School, Oct 4, 2016
Interdisciplinary Approaches and the Future of Cybersecurity, NYU School of Law, Nov 4, 2016
Cyber Security-- Are You at Risk?, Women in Tech Summit, Feb 5, 2016

Select Past Conferences and Presentations:
NASCAR Technology Summit, Aug 26, 2022
NCSL Cyber Workforce Panel, July 31, 2022
Quartz Networks, The Current and Future State of Cybersecurity, June 14, 2022
eMerge Americas, Cyber Resiliency: on the Front Lines, April 19, 2022
AWS Megamodernization Week, Confronting Ransomware: 6 Habits of Highly Effective TD/IR Teams, April 4, 2022
​Miami Dade College Cyber Day, Careers in Security, April 1, 2022
Rapid7 Cloud Security Summit, Speeding Up Your Adoption of CSP Innovation, March 29, 2022
Francisco Partners Product Tech Conference, Move Fast, at Scale: Security Controls and Governance on AWS, March 24, 2022
Disasterpiece Theater with Ana Visneski, Live Free or Die Hard, March 15, 2022
Developer Week Keynote, Feb 9, 2022
National Governors Association Winter Meeting Panel, Jan 29, 2022
Checkpoint, CPX360, Public Cloud AWS Security, Jan. 7, 2022
Check Point CPX, Jan 2022
ZScaler, Zero Trust Your Cloud Workloads, Dec 8, 2021
Re:Invent 2021, Working with AWS Partners for Anti-Ransomware Solutions, November 29, 2021
Gartner IT Symposium, Oct 18-21, 2021
Texas Cyber Summit, [in person] San Antonio, Oct 29, 2021
Rackspace, Nov 4, 2021
DataConnectors CISO Roundtable, Miami, Nov 9, 2021
Hexcon, Sept 2021
National Cyber Summit keynote, Huntsville, AL, Sept 28-30, 2021
Organization of American States, keynote on Ransomware, Sept 20, 2021
Nigerian Cyber Summit, Aug 25. 2021
Fortinet PGA Symposium, Sept 14, 2021
Hub Security, "Zero Trust," July 22, 2021
Vonage Cybersecurity Summit, CISO fireside chat, July 8, 2021
SecureWorld, 9 Cloud Native Security Policy Must-Haves, June 24, 2021
Okera Airside, June 3, 2021
Cyber Patriots, “Careers in Security,” May 27 2021
BSides Vancouver, Security Careers, May 10, 2021
WiCyS Careers event, May 14, 2021
Department of Justice Cybersecurity Symposium, "Emerging Tech for Security at Scale," May 4, 2021
IBM Think, April 22, 2021
FireEye and AWS, "Managing the Complexity of Zero Trust in the Cloud," April 14, 2021
Day of Shecurity, March 23, 2021
Women in Information Security, March 11, 2021
DataConnectors, "DevOps Security and the Cloud," March 10, 2021
Alcon Maddox Nov 3, 2020
Forcepoint, Zero Trust Summit, Nov 3, 2020
DataConnectors CISO Atlanta panel, Dec 2, 2020
DataConnectors CISO St Louis/Oklahoma Keynote, Oct 29, 2020
DataConnectors CISO San Antonio/Austin Panel, Oct 8, 2020
Trend Micro Executive Fireside Chat, Sept 10, 2020
CSPI, "Securing the Remote Workforce of the Future," June 18, 2020
AWS PubTalk, June 18, 2020
AWS Security Summit by Angelbeat (with Corey Quinn), June 16, 2020
UberKnowledge podcast, May 2020
Louisville Women In Tech, Dec. 4. 2019
Keynote, AWS Security Roadshow, Vancouver, Nov. 13, 2019
​DevOne, Detroit, Nov. 7, 2019
Keynote, AWS Security Roadshow, Chicago, Oct. 29, 2019
Cyber Security is National Security, Harvard Belfer Center, Oct. 28, 2019
AWS Architects and Engineers meetup, Oct. 21, 2019
ICIT Fall Briefing, Oct. 17, 2019
The Intelligence Community Fireside chat, Arlington, VA, Oct. 9, 2019
Cloud Native Revolution, Comcast Labs, Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 2019
​AWS Women in Information Security, Denver, Oct. 3, 2019
Angelbeat seminar, Washington, DC, Oct 1, 2019
CRUSER conference, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Sept. 23, 2019
CloudLIVE, Boston, Sept. 26, 2019
AWS Security Week, New York Loft, Aug. 29, 2019
Judge, Cybersecurity Impact Awards, Arlington, VA, May 14, 2019
Big Data and AI, keynote, Scott AFB, May 15, 2019
Collision Conference, Toronto, ON, May 20-21, 2019
AWS and AlertLogic CXO Roundtable, Raleigh, NC, May 22, 2019
Quantum Summit, Toronto, ON, April 24-25, 2019
Stanton Series on Liberty and Security, UVA Law, Charlottesville, VA, April 19-20, 2019
AWS Anaheim Summit, Anaheim, CA, April 11, 2019
Keynote, International Wireless Communications Expo, Las Vegas, March 6, 2019
Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium, Colorado Springs, Feb 6, 2019
Data Privacy Day, LinkedIn offices in San Francisco, Jan 28, 2019
Digital Democracy, "Trustbusting in the Digital Age," UVA Law, Jan 25, 2019
ReInvent 2018, Incident Response Builder Sessions, Las Vegas, Nov. 26-27, 2018
Security, Privacy and the Cloud in the Age of GDPR and California's Consumer Privacy Act, Nov. 29, 2018
AlertLogic Executive Lunch & Learn, Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 2018
Alumna in Residence, Harvard Law School, Nov. 1, 2018
Atlantic Council Strategy Consortium, "Artificial Intelligence," October 10, 2018
SXSW 2018, Austin, TX, March 9, 2018
Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, March 6, 2018
Keynote, American University, National Security and the Law, November 15, 2017.
American Constitution Society, "Emerging Challenges in National Security Policy," UVA Law School, November 3, 2017
PKWare Cyber Wars Roundtable, Washington, DC, September 12, 2017
CyberTech Fairfax, Spotlight on current innovation trends, investments, M&A activity of the industry with a panel of cybersecurity experts, Fairfax, VA, June 13, 2017
Coding the Future: Embedding Identity in Tech Innovation, Security and Cyber, Columbia University, NY, April 18, 2017
Beyond A.I. Forum, Booz Allen Innovation Center, Washington, DC, January 11, 2017
Cyber Security and National Security Law National Press Club, Washington, DC, January 11, 2017
IoT: Billion Toaster Botnets and Big Opportunities, NextGov, December 8, 2016 
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) of Northern Virginia, Nov 17, 2016                       
Women Leaders in Cybersecurity Symposium, NYU Law, Oct. 14, 2016
Bytes and Bias, by Tech and Roses, Hogan Lovells, Oct. 25, 2016
Women in National Security Law and US Cybersecurity, University of Virginia Law School, Sept. 29, 2016 Link available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1czQf1R1Y
Munich Security Conference, EastWest Global Cyberspace Cooperation Summit 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Cyber: the Next Battlefield, Gov Exec/Adobe, Washington, DC, Nov. 5, 2015
Evolving Tactics to Combat the Cyber Threat, Washington, DC, Oct. 20, 2015
Baltimore Innovation Week “Women in Tech” 2014 and 2015 
Rational Security podcast, Brookings Institute’s Lawfare, March 17, 2015
Cybersurveillance in the Post-Snowden Age, Washington & Lee Law School January 24, 2015
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, “A Post-Snowden Cyberspace,” moderator, November 18, 2014
Women in Tech (WIT) and Chesapeake Regional Tech Council leadership lunch keynote, October 23, 2014
Executive Client Forum, keynote: “Threats to the Homeland from Organized Fraudsters,” BAE Miami, FL, October 9, 2014
NDIA Cyber Security Symposium, “Practical Applications,” Springfield, VA, October 7, 2014
Guest Speaker, National Defense Industrial Association Cyber Division, July 10, 2014
Breakthrough Leader, "Modernizing International Procedures against Cyber-Enabled Crimes" and "Strengthening Critical Infrastructure
Resilience and Preparedness," EastWest Institute Pathways to Improve Global Cooperation in Cyberspace, June 16-17, 2014
Panelist, "Corporate Counterterorrism: The Role of Private Companies in National Security," American University, March 28, 2014
Chief Editor, "Acts of Aggression in Cyberspace," EastWest Institute World Cyberspace Summit 2013, Nov. 5-6, 2013
Conference Director, "Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Legal Rights & Remedies for Women in the Armed Forces." Harvard Law. March 2009