Ryan Barrett is the global resource tasked with the organizations regulatory and compliance responsibilities for security and privacy. Barrett is charged with creating and developing the company's long term vision and roadmap for these programs and for its ongoing compliance with SOX, WebTrust, ISO17799, PCI, EUPD and many others. Ryan brings with him more than 6 years of experience in the field of information security. He is a frequent attendee of information security events such as RSA, SANS, Infragard, ISSA, ISACA, FBI and various focus engagements. Prior to his role in compliance at WebEx, Barrett was a Senior Security Engineer where he managed a broad range of security projects, providing executive and technical guidance, while specializing in intrusion detection and vulnerability management. Before WebEx, Ryan was a Security Consultant performing security audits and implementing new security technologies. Barrett's certifications and technical expertise include GCIA, CISSP, Checkpoint, SonicWall, Cisco, Snort and many others.
Mary Cornwall has an extensive background in corporate auditing. She began her career as an Internal Auditor with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). After earning accreditation as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), she continued auditing first as an Independent Consultant and then as a Corporate Internal Auditor at Bayer Corporate and Business Services. Mary then moved into the IT department, focusing on system access security on various Bayer SAP implementations. Currently, Mary combines both audit and IT skills as the Team Lead for IT Security Compliance in order to provide an assessment of the security of IT systems.
Paul Kaliszewski, the Technical Team Lead of Vulnerability Scanning services for IBM MSSD helps lead the strategic direction, delivery of services, and vendor partnerships. Paul has 12 years of experience in the IT industry with the last 8 years focused on information security. Prior to joining the IBM MSSD Vulnerability Scanning team, Paul implemented an enhanced SIM for the IBM MSSD delivery environment, used to monitor and report alerts for IBM MSSD customers. In addition, he served as the Technical Team Lead for the IBM MSSD IDS/IPS delivery mission, providing the strategic direction, delivery of services, and vendor partnerships of the IBM MSSD IDS/IPS service. Prior to joining IBM, Paul was a Senior Security Engineer with Level (3) Communications Corporation, responsible for maintaining the IDS system, management of the lab environment and vendor partnerships.
John Pescatore is a Vice President and Research Director at Gartner Group in the area of Network Security. He has 22 years experience in computer, network and information security. Prior to joining Gartner Group, John was Senior Consultant for Entrust Technologies and Trusted Information Systems, where he started, grew and managed security consulting groups focusing on firewalls, network security, encryption and Public Key Infrastructures. Prior to that, John spent 11 years with GTE developing secure computing and telecommunications systems. John began his career at the National Security Agency, where he designed secure voice systems, and the United States Secret Service, where he developed secure communications and surveillance systems. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and is a NSA Certified Cryptologic Engineer. He is an Extra class amateur radio operator, callsign K3NT.
As inaugural chair of the PCI Security Standards Council, Seana will work with representatives from American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International to drive awareness and adoption of the PCI Data Security Standard. The Executive Committee will also work to create education programs, establish pools of certified QSA's and ASV's and incorporate feedback from all stakeholders across the payment chain into the work of the council and the development of new standards. At American Express, Seana Pitt helps drive the development and implementation of operating policies and procedures for the company's extensive merchant network. Her key focus is ensuring that all American Express merchants and processing partners are protecting cardmember information at every step along the transaction process. During her 20 year career at American Express Seana has worked closely with merchants at many levels. She has been on the frontlines, selling and implementing POS and back-office products and solutions. She has also led development of merchant profitability and satisfaction improvement plans. For a time Seana lead the company's Establishment Services North America Fraud Prevention unit where she worked to develop and implement fraud prevention tools and services that protect merchants against security threats. Additionally she has managed the American Express relationship with Third Party Processors in the US and Canada. A frequent speaker at industry events held by the Electronic Transactions Association, Direct Response Forum and Retail Industry Leadership Association, Seana is also a board member of the Merchant Risk Council. Seana holds a BA in Biology from Wheaton College.
Jeff Shawgo is a homeschooling dad, born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. He served six years in the United States Marine Corps as a Cryptologic Linguist and LAN Administrator. In 2001, Jeff authored Securing Windows 2000: Step-by-Step for The SANS Institute. Since then, Jeff has been the lead contributing editor to various Microsoft Windows security standards published by The Center for Internet Security (http://www.cisecurity.org) and honored as a Microsoft MVP in 2004 and 2005. For the past ten years, Jeff has worked for Bayer Corporate and Business Services, where he currently serves as an IT Security Compliance Analyst. Jeff has held several Microsoft certifications and currently holds a GCWN Gold Certification from the Global Information Assurance Council (GIAC) in addition to recently completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business / Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.
As Senior Manager of Security Engineering for Oracle Global IT, Leonid Stavnitser is managing a team responsible for implementing and managing security solutions and services for Oracle Corporation; providing support for Corporate and OnDemand strategic initiatives. His global team drives better results for customers and employees by delivering optimal performance for Oracle Applications, including the PeopleSoft and JD Edwards product lines and the Oracle OnDemand infrastructure. Prior to joining Oracle in 1998, Mr. Stavnitser worked for Alza Corporation. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and biochemistry from Kiev State University (Ukraine).
Philippe Courtot is the chairman and CEO of Qualys, Inc. a leading provider of on demand vulnerability management and policy compliance. Demonstrating a unique mix of technical vision, marketing and business acumen, Philippe has repeatedly built innovative companies into industry leaders. As CEO of Qualys, Philippe has worked with thousands of companies to improve their network security. In 2004, Philippe received the SC Magazine Editor's Award for bringing on demand technology to the network security industry and for co-founding, with former White House advisor Howard Schmidt, the CSO Interchange to provide a forum for sharing information in the security industry. Before joining Qualys, Philippe was the Chairman and CEO of Signio, an electronic payment start-up that he repositioned to become a significant e-commerce player. In February 2000, VeriSign acquired Signio for more than a billion dollars. Today, VeriSign's payment division, based on the Signio technology, handles 30% of electronic transactions in the U.S., processing $100-million in daily sales. Prior to Signio, Philippe was President and CEO of Verity, where he re-engineered the company to become the leader in enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions. Under Philippe's direction, the company completed its initial public offering in November 1995. Philippe also turned an unknown company of 12 people, cc:Mail, into the dominant e-mail platform provider, achieving a 40% market share while competing directly against IBM and Microsoft. Acknowledging the market leading position of cc:Mail and the significance of e-mail in corporate environments, Lotus acquired the company in 1991.
Wolfgang Kandek is the Vice President of Operations at Qualys, Inc. As the VP of Operations, Wolfgang is responsible for the security, availability and performance of the QualysGuard service and its infrastructure. Wolfgang has over 20 years of experience in developing and managing information systems. His focus has been on Unix-based server architectures and application delivery through the Internet. Prior to joining Qualys, Wolfgang was Director of Network Operations at the Online Music streaming company myplay.com and at iSyndicate, an Internet media syndication company. Earlier in his career, Wolfgang held a variety of technical positions at EDS, MCI and IBM. Wolfgang earned a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Responsible for branding, product management and customer relations activities, Amer has a proven track record in driving company growth in fast moving technology fields. Amer came to Qualys from VeriSign, where he was the General Manager for the Payment Services Division, and helped establish VeriSign as a leader in the online payments space - where 40% of all credit card transaction were processed by VeriSign across the Internet. Amer joined VeriSign as part of its acquisition of online payments pioneer Signio, where he served as Director of Product Marketing. Prior to VeriSign and Signio, Amer spent five years at Adobe where he led the development of Web-enabling PDF. Before that, he held a variety of technical and management positions at Verity, and Amdahl. Amer earned MS and BS degrees in Computer Sciences.
