Rob DuBois
Retired Navy SEAL; Security & Policy Advisor, Speaker & Author
SEAL of Peace Consulting
Keynote Speakers
Monday, April 7, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Securing the Trenches to Securing Your Organization
Effective communication for special operations forces is vital – no comms, no mission. Out on the battlefield and in the trenches, everything is life or death, and anything but the strongest communication will leave the whole unit vulnerable. It’s the same thing, at a different level, for the infosec professional. Although it may not mean life or death, strong communication can mean the difference between getting hacked or not, having a breach or staying secure, and losing data or protecting it. Join Rob DuBois, author of Powerful Peace; A Navy SEAL’s Lessons on Peace from a Lifetime at War, to hear his real-world experiences and compelling linkages with the information security professional. Rob is not only a retired SEAL, but has worked for years in antiterrorism Red Teaming. In addition to his lessons learned about the importance of communication, he’ll also share his takeaways on the power of teamwork. If your team isn’t communicating effectively on both the team and organization level, you are putting your company at significant risk of an incident. In this high-energy keynote, Rob will help you understand the end game, so you aren’t putting your company – and your job – on the line.
Monday, April 7, 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Balancing Business Control with Business Velocity
Business and markets are changing, and we need to move faster and into new markets. Operations and products are evolving quickly and venturing into new business and usage areas, which are providing new experiences. At the same time threats and vulnerabilities are growing and evolving in ways that can affect business and customers. In addition, the worldwide legal and regulatory environment continues to become increasingly complex, requiring additional compliance focus in the areas of security and privacy. A combination of these factors led Malcolm to form a cross organization team to evaluate how to maximize business opportunities while optimizing the company risks for security and privacy. In this keynote, Intel’s first CISO will address how unprecedented change can increase risk, weaving in relevant topics, such as ethics, compliance, security and privacy. Malcolm will share his expert opinion on how in this dynamic and complex environment we can reinforce and protect our culture of integrity while continuously creating a culture that encourages us to accelerate our businesses and lead through our words and actions.
Tuesday, April 8, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Adversary-focused Information Security: Who Wants Your Data and Why?
Security has always been a hard sell. Getting budgets approved isn’t easy, but it is often easier than getting network users to actually implement the security technologies the company has paid for. What’s missing, both from the budget discussions and from the implementation, is a realistic sense that the company has real, live adversaries bent on compromising the company’s network. A lawyer by trade, Stewart is used to a world full of adversaries and conflict. He has also been involved in the highest levels of network defense policy since serving as General Counsel of the National Security Agency in the 1990s. He argues that information security professionals should take an adversary-focused approach to defining their security needs, asking questions such as, “Which class of attackers has taken an interest in companies like mine? What are the goals of these attackers? What will it cost me in money and inconvenience to stop the attackers’ current and likely tactics? How much will it cost me if I fail?” The answers to these questions can help decision makers from the bottom to the very top of the company build security measures that focus not simply on checklists or comparisons with industry peers but on a more fundamental question: What must we do to beat the guys who are attacking us, and is it worth it?
Wednesday, April 9, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Wearable Devices: Consumer Fad or Enterprise Security Risk?
Just as IT is still struggling to address the invasion of smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, there is a looming threat on the horizon with new devices that employees will be even more attached to than their current ones. In this illuminating keynote, Chris will explore the upside and the potential risks that wearable devices create for business. What are the user cases, business drivers, and threats for wearable devices in the enterprise? Does it make sense for IT to manage these devices in the era of bring your own device (BYOD)? Where will applications and corporate data live on these devices? Will these devices be simple windows into traditional mobile devices, or will they provide their own unique footprint in the enterprise? This keynote will discuss the key concerns that IT should have about wearable computing – and the potential tools that IT can use to protect users, data, and their organizations.
Malcolm Harkins
Vice President, Chief Security & Privacy Officer (CSPO)
Intel Corporation
Stewart A. Baker
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Former First Assistant Secretary for Policy
United States Department of Homeland Security
Chris Hazelton
Research Director, Mobile & Wireless
451 Research
