November 15 - 16th, 2010
The Westin
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Speakers
Steve Adegbite, Senior Security Strategist, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Steve Adegbite is a senior security strategist within the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET). In his role, Adegbite is responsible for coordinating Adobe’s relationships with customers, partners in the security community and other external stakeholders.
Prior to joining Adobe, Adegbite was a member of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), where he most recently developed and managed Microsoft's strategic information sharing programs-the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) and the Defensive Information Sharing Program (DISP) pilot for governments. Previously, Adegbite held several information operations positions at the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), both as a government employee and as an associate consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm. Adegbite started his career in the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Communication and Signal Intelligence community, where he founded the first ever USMC Information Assurance Red Team and was the officer in charge of the Marine Corps Emergency Response Team (MAR-CERT) component to the Joint Task Force Global Network Operation Center (JTF-GNO).
He is the current chairman of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), an international organization that brings together a wide variety of security and incident response teams, including product security teams from the government, commercial and academic sectors.
Adegbite holds a BS in computer engineering technology from the University of Houston and an MS in software engineering from National University.
Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Chantal Bernier was appointed Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada effective December 8, 2008. Prior to this, Ms Bernier was Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships Branch, at Public Safety Canada. Previously, she had served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Socio-Economic Policy and Programs, at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada from 1999 to 2002 and Director of Operations, Machinery of Government Secretariat, at the Privy Council Office from 1998 to 1999.
Ms. Bernier is a lawyer who started her career in the federal government in the Department of Justice Canada.
She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Sherbrooke and a Masters in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Derick Cassidy, CISSP-ISSAP
Derick Cassidy, CISSP-ISSAP, is the Security Lead within Oracle Public Sector, Office of the CTO North America. Derick has over 15 years of security experience with Public Sector organizations - having designed, implemented, and supported many large scale citizen centric security services. Derick works with our Public Sector customers to ensure that they understand the business, systems and IT benefits of security controls, and how they fit into a comprehensive security program.
Corinne Charette, CIO Government of Canada
Corinne Charette was appointed to the position of Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada, effective May 4, 2009. In this role she is responsible for establishing strategies, directions and policy for the Government in the areas of Information Technology, Information Management, Security, Privacy and Access to Information. This role involves working collaboratively and often in partnership with all Federal Government Departments & Agencies, industry, other Canadian jurisdictions as well as on the international front.
Corinne comes to Treasury Board Secretariat from Transat A.T. Inc. where she was Vice-President and Chief Information Officer since May 2006. Previously, Ms. Charette was Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer of FINTRAC. During her 30-year professional career, she served as Senior Vice-President, Internet Channel, for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and has worked for KPMG, IBM Global Services and Via Rail Canada.
Salim Douba, CISSP, CISA, MEE, CCNP
Salim is a senior technical security expert. With over 13-years of experience in IT security, Salim is responsible for researching, developing test and audit methodologies, implementing technical security solutions and conducting security and vulnerability analyses on enterprise IT infrastructures for government, health, and financial sector clients. Salim has conducted over 50 vulnerability assessments and penetration tests with the objective of identifying the existence or absence of known vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an external attacker.
Salim also conducts research-based projects for clients with highly confidential or classified security requirements. Amongst Salim's areas of research interest are topics such as threat evolution, threat modeling, darknets, and assessment methodologies.
Salim is also a published author, accredited security instructor, and dynamic speaker. Salim has been commissioned by many organizations, including Fortune 500 companies and Government clients to provide consulting as well as training services.
Dr. Khaled El Emam
Dr. Khaled El Emam is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine and the School of Information Technology and Engineering, a senior investigator at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and a Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the University of Ottawa. His main area of research is developing techniques for health data anonymization. Previously Khaled was a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada, and prior to that he was head of the Quantitative Methods Group at the Fraunhofer Institute in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has (co)-founded two companies to commercialize the results of his research work. In 2003 and 2004, he was ranked as the top systems and software engineering scholar worldwide by the Journal of Systems and Software based on his research on measurement and quality evaluation and improvement, and ranked second in 2002 and 2005. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Electronics, King's College, at the University of London (UK). His lab's web site is: http://www.ehealthinformation.ca/.
Robert Ellis Smith
Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of Privacy Journal newsletter since it was founded in 1974, is a lawyer and journalist and frequent expert witness in court. It is based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is author of "Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet," an account of privacy in American history, and "Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws."
Dr. Stephen Flynn, President, Center for National Policy
Dr. Stephen Flynn is the President of the Center for National Policy. He is also a Consulting Professor at the Center of International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School's Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the bipartisan National Security Preparedness Group and served as homeland security policy advisor to the Obama Presidential Transition Team. Prior to being selected as the 6th President of the Center, he spent a decade as a senior fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations where he authored the critically acclaimed The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation and the national bestseller, America the Vulnerable. A 1982 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Dr. Flynn served in the Coast Guard on active duty for 20 years, including two tours as commanding officer at sea.
Ronda Henning
Ronda Henning, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSMP, CSSLP, CISM, is the Senior Scientist for Security and Privacy at Harris Corporation; a Melbourne, Florida based international communications company. Ms. Henning is responsible for the advanced information assurance research and technology direction for Harris' information assurance offerings. She is the Program Manager of the Harris Institute for Assured Information, a collaborative research venture with the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, she was the Network Security Manager for the FAA Telecommunication Infrastructure (FTI) Program, responsible for securing the FAA's Wide Area Network, a national critical infrastructure. Prior to her employment at Harris, Ms. Henning worked in information security research and development at the National Security Agency. Ms. Henning holds an M.B.A. from the Florida Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a doctoral candidate in information assurance at Nova Southeastern University. A frequent speaker on enterprise information security processes and assurance, Ms. Henning has over 50 refereed publications on various security topics.
Neils Johnson
As a technical evangelist for Symantec, Neils engages C-level executives in discussions focusing on Symantec’s strategy and vision as a global leader in infrastructure software. His ability to relate both technically and conceptually in an authoritative, yet entertaining style is born out of his 16 years with Symantec and career experience in technology, regulatory compliance, research and development, manufacturing, and sales. Neils regularly conducts corporate presentations and internal training in cities around the world. He acts as a communication liaison as he is responsible for disseminating and delivering Symantec’s message to field and the collection and delivery of "real world" information back to Product Development.
Martin Kyle
Martin Kyle is a Principal Consultant with Sierra Systems. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP). He has worked on identity information standards for the Office of the CIO at the BC Government and on Identity and Access Management projects with various crown agencies. He has contributed to standards for access control with the Security Working Group of the Open Geospatial Consortium and he is a member of the Cyber Security Working Group of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel organized by the National Institute of Standards in the USA.
Rob K. Lamb, Vice-President IBM Security Products
Rob leads IBM's worldwide Security product field resources (sales, technical pre-sales, and channel sales). He is responsible for a portfolio that spans from Identity and Access to Intrusion Prevention solutions.
Throughout his 23 year tenure with IBM, Rob has helped develop and grow the WebSphere, Tivoli, and Rational software businesses. He has held a number of executive positions with worldwide responsibility in software sales, marketing, and product development. His primary areas of expertise are security middleware, governance infrastructure, application servers, and integration middleware.
His direct relationship over the years with literally hundreds of companies and business partners has given him a solid understanding of IT best practices, and how to help organizations shape technology to business advantage.
Rob has authored two internationally published books and numerous papers on a range of information technology subjects. He has been awarded six technical authorship publication plateaus from IBM for his papers.
He is a graduate in Computing Science from the University of Portsmouth, UK, holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Durham, UK, and has been elected a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS).
Michael Legary
As the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Seccuris Inc., Michael is responsible for managing teams of security specialists who conduct Threat and Risk Assessments, Information Systems Risk Analysis, and Operational Security engagements. Seccuris has been delivering enterprise security services since 1999, with continual research, development, and improved assessment techniques to determine an organization's risk originating from, and related to, technical and physical security control issues.
Mr. Legary has designed and delivered hundreds of threat and risk analysis engagements for private and public organizations of all sizes: Federal Defense entities, healthcare, and various industries including those in the financial, gaming, utilities, and energy sectors. As an active and prolific member of the information security community, Michael regularly delivers presentations at local, national, and international meetings and conferences relating to computer and network security. Michael is a regular contributor on information security related topics for local and national media.
Dr. Karl Martin, President & CEO, KMKP Engineering
Dr. Karl Martin is co-founder of KMKP Engineering, a research and development consulting firm based in Toronto, specializing in biometrics, surveillance and privacy. He holds a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, where he was also formerly an instructor for a senior-level engineering course on multimedia systems. His innovative work on privacy enhancing technologies has been featured in various media outlets, including the Toronto Star, CBC, Canadian Security Magazine, ITBusiness.ca and YongeStreetMedia.ca. He is an active volunteer in the IEEE and has been the vice-chair of the IEEE Toronto Signal Processing Chapter since 2003.
Gilles Michaud, Assistant Commissioner National Security Criminal Investigations Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Within the RCMP, A/Commr. Michaud has acquired a wealth of experience in organized crime, proceeds of crime and commercial crime investigations at the national and international levels. He was charged with setting up the first Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) in Ottawa, following the events of September 11, 2001. This led to his responsibility for National Security criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering efforts in the National Capital Region for over 3 years.
He completed a two-year secondment with the Department of Public Safety's Government Operations Center (GOC) as second in command. The GOC acts as the hub for the strategic coordination for the preparedness and response by the Federal Government to natural, accidental and human-induced disasters and events of national significance.
A/Commr. Michaud is a graduate of the FBI National Academy 213th Session, as well as the Leadership in Counter Terrorism Program administered by the FBI National Academy. He is a recipient of the Governor General's medal for academic achievements, as well as the Queen's Jubilee and RCMP Long Service medals.
Suzanne Morin
Since her call to the Bar, Suzanne has been working in the areas of privacy, copyright, communications and electronic commerce generally, including areas such as network neutrality, lawful access, unsolicited bulk email or spam, jurisdiction, consumer protection, online child exploitation and offensive content. In the area of privacy, as Bell's Privacy Ombudsman, Suzanne continues to be involved in ongoing legislative reviews, development of industry guidelines, implementation of policies and practices to conform with applicable privacy legislation and CRTC requirements, responses to privacy complaints, management of privacy incidents and liaison with the various privacy commissioners. Suzanne has been very active recently in the policy areas regarding Internet traffic management and lawful access. She continues to be involved with many associations including the Canadian Bar Association Privacy and Access Law Section, the Media Awareness Network, the Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation, the Information Technology Association of Canada and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Suzanne is an appointed member of the Standards Council of Canada and was a member of the Canadian Spam Task Force. Suzanne is an Advisory Board Member and occasional contributor to Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada and Privacy Law in Canada.
Raj Nanavati, Partner, International Biometric Group (IBG) Director, Sensors, Surveillance and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence
Raj Nanavati, founding partner at International Biometric Group, is a leading expert in the use of biometrics in public and private sector applications. He was responsible for development and execution of the biometric industry's first comparative, multi-technology test effort in the late 1990's, and built Comparative Biometric Testing into the industry's leading scenario-based test effort. Mr. Nanavati has extensive experience deploying biometrics in government and financial services applications, and has delivered extensive strategic consulting services, including business model development, feasibility studies, and competitive analysis, to biometric and non-biometric firms. Mr. Nanavati is also Director of the Department of Justice's Sensors, Surveillance and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence, supporting 19,000+ law enforcement agencies nationwide. He is a regular speaker at industry events worldwide, specializing in topics such as biometrics in air travel, law enforcement applications, real-world biometric performance, and legal issues in biometric deployment. Mr. Nanavati was co-author of the book Biometrics: Identity Verification in a Networked World. Raj is also a New York State Bar-admitted Tulane Law School graduate.
Dr. Andrew Patrick
Dr. Andrew Patrick is an IT Research Analyst at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada where he examines the privacy implications of new and existing technologies. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the departments of Psychology and Computer Science at Carleton University where he conducts research on usable security and trustable privacy protection. Andrew has also worked at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Nortel, and the Communications Research Centre (CRC) on a variety of projects including Voice over IP (VoIP), multimedia collaboration systems, ecommerce trust, advanced Internet services, social network analysis, and natural language interfaces.
Denny Prvu
Denny Prvu is a Sr. Principal Security Consultant with CA Inc. Security Practice with over 15 years experience in Networking and Architecture Technologies. During the past 6 years he has focused primarily on securing user data and transactions with Data Loss Prevention, Web and Identity Access Management systems and their integration with applications used by today's organizations. Working with a number of firms in the public and private sector has been the focus of his career. Mr. Prvu has worked with Computer Task Forces around the world and has been part of planning and architecture boards initially for industry standards such as e-Gov, Kantara, National Council of Identity Management, NFS, and X and now focusing on developing an enterprise security methodology to help mitigate risks to companies around the Identity and Access management space. As an active member of the ITAC Identity Management group Mr. Prvu has also played vital role in planning, architecture and implementation phases during deployment of Identity and Access Management technologies with large corporations as well as Government bodies in North America. Mr. Prvu is based in Ontario but has focused on the needs and requirements of organizations in the Identity and Access Management space globally.
Richard Purcell
Richard Purcell has been a leading voice in addressing consumer privacy and data protection challenges since the late '90's. He leads Corporate Privacy Group (CPG), focusing on sustainable and effective information security and privacy programs. He advises multi-national corporations, Internet start-ups and government agencies. CPG specializes in Web-based courses for security and privacy awareness and practices. As Microsoft's original privacy officer, he designed, developed, implemented and managed one of the world’s largest and most advanced privacy programs.
In 2009, Richard was named to the Executive Director position of The Privacy Projects, an information management think tank and research organization. In that same year, he was appointed Chairman of the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security, a committee on which he has served since 2005.
Joan Roch, Chief Privacy Strategist, Canada Health Infoway
As Chief Privacy Strategist at Canada Health Infoway, Joan is responsible for ensuring that privacy is being addressed by Infoway in its overall program to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records across Canada.
Since joining Infoway, she directed the development of a White Paper on Information Governance of the Interoperable Electronic Health Record, commissioned a Privacy Impact Assessment of the Privacy and Security Conceptual Architecture of Canada's EHR Blueprint, spearheaded the creation of the Privacy Forum and the Health Information Privacy group to consider specific information governance topics and contributed to health information privacy legislative reviews across Canada.
Joan has over 30 years experience in program policy and information management and for the last 10 years has focused on health information and privacy. Prior to joining Canada Health Infoway, Joan was the first Chief Privacy Officer for the Canadian Institute for Health Information and an independent privacy consultant. In those roles she developed privacy training programs, provided practical advice on incorporating privacy enhancing practices into system developments, prepared submissions to special federal and provincial review and legislative committees on health information and privacy and co-authored numerous privacy impact assessments. She is currently focusing on the broader topic of information governance in the context of the electronic health record.
John Sabo
John Sabo, CISSP, focuses on trusted infrastructure technologies, policies, and practices. He co-chairs the OASIS Privacy Management Reference Model Technical Committee and chairs the IDtrust Member Section Steering Committee. He is President of the non-profit International Security Trust and Privacy Alliance (ISTPA) and a board member of the Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC). He is a member of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. Mr. Sabo co-authored two ISTPA privacy studies and co-authored the IEEE article, "Managing Information Privacy." John speaks internationally on data privacy management and contributes to data protection standards development.
Winn Schwartau, Chairman, Mobile Active Defense
Winn Schwartau, Chairman, Mobile Active Defense, is one of the world's top experts on security, privacy, infowar, cyber-terrorism and related topics. Provocative, informed, challenging, he's on the leading edge of thinking, writing and speaking. Highly technical security subjects are made understandable, entertaining, engaging and thought-provoking. Audiences find themselves challenged with original ideas which are related through historical analogy and metaphor and made relevant to the present and future world.
- In November 2009, was named one of the Top 20 Security Industry Pioneers.
- Named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People for 2008 by Security Magazine.
- Voted one of the Top 5 Security Thinkers for 2007 by SC magazine.
- In 2002, honored as a Power Thinker and one of the 50 most powerful people by Network World.
Pamela Snively, Managing Director of AccessPrivacyHB
As a lawyer and consultant, she provides a broad range of privacy, risk management and compliance advice in the private, public and health sectors. Pamela assists organizations with a broad range of information governance needs, including the implementation of electronic health records systems; privacy and outsourcing governance; and the design and implementation of records management programs. Pamela also specializes in drafting policies, procedures and training materials; managing data breaches and other regulatory investigations; conducting privacy impact or risk assessments; the implementation of enterprise risk management programs; and advising on PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance standards. Prior to joining AccessPrivacyHB in 2009, Pamela was Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel at Resolve Corporation, a publicly traded North American business process outsourcer.
Jennifer Stoddart
Jennifer Stoddart was appointed Canada's Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council, effective December 1, 2003, on unanimous resolutions adopted by both the House of Commons and the Senate, for a seven-year term.
Since taking on this role, Commissioner Stoddart has overseen a number of important investigations, including those concerning the privacy policies and practices of the popular social networking site Facebook and a massive data breach at U.S. retail giant TJX, which owns Winners and HomeSense stores in Canada. The Commissioner also led efforts to help private sector organizations understand their obligations under the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) in the first years after the legislation came into force. She is working to promote online privacy for young people through the Office's new website, www.youthprivacy.ca.
Given Canada's international trade patterns, Commissioner Stoddart has become involved in global privacy issues through her work with international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which are examining ways to protect and enhance privacy rights on a global scale. In 2007, she hosted the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, which brought together some of the world's foremost data protection experts.
Commissioner Stoddart was previously President of the Commission d'accè s à l'information du Québec, an organization responsible for both access to information and the protection of personal information. She has held several senior positions in public administration for the Governments of Québec and Canada, including at the Canadian and the Québec Human Rights Commissions. Commissioner Stoddart has been active in the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, and has also lectured on history and legal sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University. She is a member of the Québec Bar.
Fran Townsend
Frances Fragos Townsend is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs at MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc. Ms. Townsend was a corporate partner at the law firm of Baker Botts, LLP. Previously, she served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004. Ms. Townsend is a contributor for CNN as a counterterrorism, national and homeland security expert. Prior to serving the President, Ms. Townsend was the first Assistant Commandant for Intelligence for the U. S. Coast Guard. Before that, Ms. Townsend spent 13 years at the U.S. Department of Justice under the administrations of President George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. Ms. Townsend is a Director and chairs the compensation committees of 2 private company Boards. She serves on numerous government advisory and nonprofit boards. Ms. Townsend chairs the Board of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.
Dean Turner, Director of the Global Intelligence Network
Dean Turner is the Director of the Global Intelligence Network where he manages Symantec's Deepsight Analyst teams and security intelligence and defines Symantec's go-to-market strategy for sensor and intelligence coverage in key regional and vertical markets. Turner also manages and co-authors the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. In this role, he coordinates the research and analysis of attack data gathered from Symantec's DeepSight Threat Management System, Managed Security Services, Business Intelligence Services and Symantec Antivirus Research Automation for use in the publication of the ISTR. Dean is also Symantec's Canadian spokesperson for matters relating to the ISTR having done numerous print, radio and television interviews.
Turner was one of the co-founders of SecurityFocus in 1999 and served as its Director of Operations and Content until the company's acquisition by Symantec in 2002. Prior to forming SecurityFocus, Turner worked for Network Associates as their Competitive Analysis Manager for their security product line.
Turner has a broad range of expertise from Operations and Network Security to Incident Analysis. He has spoken at various Defense and Security Conferences and maintains a research interest with the academic community on such issues as Information Warfare and Infrastructure Protection.
Turner has a bachelor's degree in political science and strategic studies from the University of Calgary, Canada and a master's degree in security studies from the University of Hull, U.K.
Frank J. Work
Alberta appointed its second Information and Privacy Commissioner, Franklin J. Work, Q.C in 2002. Mr. Work will oversee the access to information and protection of privacy provisions of Alberta's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act, the Health Information Act (HIA) and the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Additionally, Mr. Work will inform and educate Albertans about the Acts, taking time to listen to concerns, administer constructive advice to public bodies and custodians and investigate potential abuses.
Mr. Work was born in Calgary, received his Bachelors and Masters Degree in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary and obtained a law degree in 1981 from McGill University. After a brief stint practicing corporate commercial law in Calgary, Mr. Work had the opportunity to work for the Attorney General of Bermuda. During his time in Bermuda, Mr. Work was seconded to the United Nations Environmental Program. After returning to Canada in 1987, Mr. Work took a contract position with the World Bank and was assigned to the country of Mauritius. There he worked with the Minister of Environment, Executive Council, and various aid agencies in developing environmental policy and law. From 1991 to 1996 Mr. Work worked as Parliamentary Counsel to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and spent time working as General Counsel to the Ethics Commissioner of Alberta. In 1996 Mr. Work began his career at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner as General Counsel and Assistant Commissioner. Mr. Work was appointed as Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner in September 2001 and was subsequently appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner in May 2002.
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