o What are
today’s threats we do not hear much about?
o How does
a business assess the risk of these threats?
o How do
you measure your risk verses the cost of protection?
o What is
the latest in security and is it more cost effective?
Our four
distinguished presenters will help you answer these questions
and more! You'll learn how security issues affect you and your
company and what you need to be concerned with in the future.
Join us
for what promises to be an excellent program!
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Bernie
Cowens, Vice President of Worldwide IS and Vice President
of Security Services, Rainbow Technologies
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Powell
Hamilton - West Coast security specialist, Global Risk
Management Services group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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George
Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone. He also co-authored the best
selling Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets &
Solutions as well as Hacking Linux Exposed and
regularly contributes to leading industry publications
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About the Panelists
Bernie
Cowens, Vice President of Worldwide IS and Vice President of Security
Services, Rainbow Tecnologies
Mr. Cowens is known for his ability to translate complex technology
into durable business solutions. As Vice President of Worldwide
IS, Bernie is charged with aligning Rainbow's global information
technology investments with both corporate and business unit goals.
As Vice President of Security Services, Bernie Cowens leads Rainbow's
professional services in helping Fortune-class clients transition
their business processes to the Internet while protecting their
data. Bernie is a computer and information security expert with
over 20 years experience in developing and implementing information
security systems for government and the private sector. His areas
of expertise include enterprise security and risk assessments,
security architecture and design, intrusion detection, incident
response, forensics, PKI issues, electronic commerce, digital
signatures, security policy development and implementation, disaster
recovery and continuity planning, and developing functional requirements
from federal, state and local mandates (i.e., HIPAA, GLBA, SB
1836/AB 700, Privacy Act). A former military officer, Bernie joined
Rainbow Technologies in 2000 and initially lead the security consulting
services division of their Spectria business unit.Bernie graduated
from the University of Maryland and has a masters degree in management
information systems.
Powell
Hamilton - West Coast security specialist, Global Risk Management
Services group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Powell Hamilton is a Senior Manager in the security and privacy
practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is based in Los Angeles.
Powell has over 16 years of experience in information systems
and programming. He has participated in numerous security evaluations,
including system penetration studies, and has helped leading companies
to address their enterprise security architecture concerns. Powell
is a frequent speaker on the subject of (a) strategic security
strategies and design, (b) enterprise security architecture development
(c) risk analysis and system assessment, and (d) intrusion and
incident response.
Mr. Hamilton
was previously at Epoch Networks (one of the founders), where
he managed four departments: Systems Administration, Product Development,
System Security and Emerging Technologies. Prior to Epoch, Mr.
Hamilton was employed at Rockwell International World Headquarters
where he served as the company's Senior Systems Analyst. In addition
to his duties as Rockwell's Cray Supercomputer Administrator,
he also established evaluation teams to analyze products and write
white papers, which directed the systems configuration for Rockwell
and its business units on an enterprise-wide level.
George
Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone
(and author of a pretty famous book on computer security)
George Kurtz is chief executive officer and co-founder of Foundstone,
a global information security software, services and education
provider employing one of the world’s preeminent team of
strategic security experts. Foundstone empowers large enterprises,
including government agencies and Fortune 1000 customers to continuously
and measurably manage and mitigate risk while protecting the most
important digital assets and their customers’ private information
from critical threats. He co-authored the best selling Hacking
Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions as well as Hacking
Linux Exposed and regularly contributes to leading industry publications.
Gabrielle
Wirth, Partner of Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
Partner in the Labor and Employment group. Practices in the area
of Employment litigation emphasizing complex employment litigation
and class actions including sexual harassment, race, age, sex
and disability discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage and hour,
unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets and invasion
of privacy.
Labor and
employment counseling include substantial counseling, mediations,
arbitrations, and administrative practice on wage and hour matters,
reductions-in-force, unfair competition, reasonable accommodation
under the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law, protecting
proprietary information, non solicitation issues, state and local
health and safety laws, drug testing and personnel matters.
