Devon Bryan

Global Chief Security Officer

Booking Holdings

Devon is the Global CSO for Booking Holdings where he leads the comprehensive security strategy, covering cybersecurity, physical security, and fraud prevention across BHI’s global portfolio of brands : Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak, OpenTable

Speaker sessions

Know Thy Network, Know Thy Weakness

In today’s volatile threat landscape, defense-in-depth is not just a layered stack of tools - it’s a mindset. Rooted in Sun Tzu’s enduring principle, “Know thy enemy, but first know thyself,” this presentation guides CISOs through practical, actionable strategies that begin with understanding their organization from the inside out.Devon Bryan - 5-time global CISO - will deliver a modern framework to help security leaders align internal visibility, asset prioritization, and cultural awareness with advanced threat modeling and adversarial behavior mapping.

13:20
Tue
02 Dec

Stage: Executive Summit

Sessions Type: Keynote

Book Signing

Know Thy Adversary but First and Foremost Know Thyself

15:00
Tue
02 Dec

Stage: Black Hat Campus

Sessions Type: Book Signing

The Daily Drop - Live from Black Hat MEA (Day 1)

This session is part of our Daily Wrap-Up Live series, taking place every day at 4:00 PM at The Back Room Live. Join Devon Bryan and Nicole Dove as they reflect on the day’s standout moments, audience energy, key insights, and everything that made Day 1 of Black Hat MEA come alive. A relaxed, unscripted conversation capturing the pulse of the conference.

16:00
Tue
02 Dec

Stage: The Back Room

Sessions Type: Podcast

Diversity as a Force Multiplier in the SOC

How to turn team diversity into measurable SOC performance: better signal detection, fewer investigation blind spots, clearer crisis comms. Concrete takeaways on hiring, rotations, playbooks, and metrics you can apply now.