Keynote Sessions

Sunday, April 27, 9:30AM-10:30AM

Banks and Cybercrooks
Byron Acohido
Author, Zero Day Threat; Technology Journalist, USA TODAY

Internet-enabled data theft and financial scams have flourished in large measure because banks, credit bureaus, and other financial institutions have reneged on their security responsibilities. The crimes may be carried out by "exploiters"—the drug addicts, scam artists, and crime lords who carry out the gritty aspects of data theft and financial fraud, but they couldn't succeed without "enablers"—the credit card companies, banks, and credit bureaus who broker data; not to mention the "expediters"—the technology experts running the gamut from white hat to black.

Since 2001, Byron Acohido has led the newspaper's cutting-edge coverage of Internet security and cyber crime. He and co-author Jon Swartz have authored Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity, a tour de force examination of Internet-enabled data theft and financial scams. Byron Acohido will do a book signing at the conference bookstore following his keynote session.

Monday, April 28, 8:30AM-9:30AM

How to Secure the Consumer-Technology Enterprise
Timothy McKnight
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Northrop Grumman Corporation

The emerging consumer marketplace and the next generation of consumer pose both opportunities and challenges for information security. You've got to meet these challenges head on because, after all, these consumers include the employees you're building your organization's future with. So what are the best tactics for getting out in front of consumer-driven technologies using affordable, manageable solutions?

Tim McKnight, CISSP, is Vice President and CISO for Northrop Grumman Corporation, responsible for developing the strategy and vision of Northrop Grumman's global computer and network information security systems, defining company-wide policies for information security, and enhancing the security of Northrop Grumman's products, services and infrastructures.