Rock Stars of Cybersecurity a Success, 2015 Event Planned in Silicon Valley LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 8 October 2014 – On the heels of the success of Rock Stars of Cybersecurity in Austin, Texas, IEEE Computer Society is planning a cybersecurity event next year in the Silicon Valley. The Sept. 24 Rock Stars of Cybersecurity event in Austin drew nearly 200 attendees and 13 sponsors, and featured high-level and insightful presentations from more than a dozen speakers from government and industry amid a "rock star" atmosphere of music, food, exhibits, and collaboration. "We heard a lot of positive feedback from our engaged audience of attendees," said Chris Jensen, IEEE Computer Society director of marketing and sales. "Not only did they get actionable insight and knowledge from our strong lineup of security innovators, but they also enjoyed connecting to others in their field." Sponsors included some of the biggest names in the security industry. Gold sponsor QuickMobile provided the conference mobile app. Entrust, which offers software authentication platforms that strengthen security in a wide range of identity and transaction ecosystems, and eSentire, the leader in Active Threat Protection solutions and services, were event Silver sponsors. Other sponsors included:
BAE Systems Bit9 + Carbon Black Cigital Inc. DomainTools F5 Networks GMO GlobalSign Guidance Software IBM Security Kaspersky LogRhythm, and Sophos
Speakers at the must-attend conference were:
Peter Allor, Cyber Security Strategist - Federal, IBM Peter Fonash, Chief Technology Officer, US Department of Homeland Security Joshua Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting Sarath Geethakumar, Senior Director – Global Information Security, VISA Gus Hunt, former CIA Will Hurley, Co-founder, Chaotic Moon Studios Brian Kenyon, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, McAfee Dave Martinez, Guidance Software Gary McGraw, Chief Technology Officer CTO, Cigital Spencer Mott, Vice President Chief Information Security Officer, Amgen David Rockvam, Vice President, Entrust, and Brett Wahlin, Chief Information Security Officer, HP.
Next year's cybersecurity event will be held Oct. 27 in San Jose, Calif. To view presentations from the Austin event, and find out future details about the 2015 event, visit http://www.computer.org/Cybersecurity. Find Out Latest Updates on