Ben Smith (@Ben_Smith) is Field CTO with NetWitness. He brings more than 25 years’ experience in the information security, risk management, networking and telecommunications industries. Smith holds industry certifications in information security (CCISO, CISSP), risk management (CRISC), and privacy (CIPT); he is an acknowledged contributor to NIST SP 1800-1, -3, and -7; and he chairs the Cybersecurity Canon Project. He is a patent holder, authored four of the "97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know" [O'Reilly, 2021] and was previously a corporate representative to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE).