Bob Gleichauf
Chief Technology Officer, Security Technology Group (STG)
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Bob Gleichauf is the CTO for the Security Technology Group at Cisco Systems, where he is responsible for the development of secure network infrastructures across Cisco’s entire product lines, and most recently led the development of Cisco’s Network Admission Control (NAC) initiative.

While at Cisco, Gleichauf has led the development of numerous other security initiatives including overseeing the R&D for Cisco’s industry-leading Intrusion Detection System (IDS) product line, and the migration of IDS technology into the Cisco Catalyst 6000 platform. The IDS Module (IDSM) for the Catalyst 6000 is the industry’s first switch-based security solution, and is a key component of Cisco’s end-to-end security solution.

Under Gleichauf’s leadership, Cisco’s IDS Product Line has grown to become the most comprehensive offering in the market today providing appliance, host, and network-integrated IDS solutions. Gleichauf and his team have been awarded eight patents for their work in IDS and have over 15 other applications pending approval.

Gleichauf joined Cisco with the WheelGroup acquisition in 1998 where he was the head of product engineering. Prior to WheelGroup, he was a senior engineering manager at a startup called IQ Software, which developed database report writing tools.
 
Prior to his leap into the high technology field, Gleichauf pursued a PhD in Early Human Prehistory at the University of Michigan where he was a Rackham Fellow and had the distinction of working in East Africa with the world renowned Leakey family.

John Roese
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
Enterasys

In his role as CTO/CISO, Roese is Enterasys Networks’ chief technologist and technical visionary, responsible for the company’s strategic technical direction. Roese oversees the development of the company’s technology architectures, including comprehensive Quality of Service, security, management and transport services. Additionally, Roese is responsible for Enterasys Networks’ Initiatives in the Internet2/NGI effort and for coordinating Enterasys’ substantial intellectual property portfolio.

Externally, Roese is an active member of the IEEE, IETF and other industry-standards bodies. He is co-author of the recent IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control Standard.

Prior to becoming CTO/CISO, Roese held a variety of positions at Cabletron Systems, including Senior Technical Director of Engineering, Deputy CTO, Director of Systems Engineering, Senior Product Manager and Senior Technical Trainer. He had been with Cabletron since 1991.

Roese is the author of Switched LANs: Implementation, Operation, Maintenance (McGraw Hill, 1998). He received his degree in Electrical and Computing Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Ariel Coro
Consulting Security Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc

For more than a decade, Ariel Coro has acquired progressive IT experience, helping diverse fortune 100 companies protect their assets through information security. He has served diverse industries and market sectors within rapidly expanding domestic and international venues, and is currently employed by Cisco Systems in the Los Angeles territory. A security advisor to large enterprise and public sector clients, his areas of expertise include Security Management Consulting, Information Security infrastructure architecture and mapping security technologies to business needs. Mr. Coro is an experienced, passionate public speaker who has presented in national and international Information Security conferences and has taught a variety of courses in a broad range of security subjects. He has also appeared numerous times on national television as an expert in information security subjects.

Hun Kim
Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives, National Cyber Security Division

Hun Kim is the Deputy Director of Strategic initiatives for the National Cyber Security Division. He directs NCSD programs in the areas of Critical Infrastructure Protection-Cyber Security, US-CERT Control Systems Center, Exercise, Software Assurance, Training and Education, and R&D, Standards, and Best Practices.

Previously, Mr. Kim was the Program Director of Department of the Navy Critical Infrastructure Protection. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing overall strategy, policy, and guidance, as well as directing implementation of the Navy and Marine Corps Critical Infrastructure Protection effort. He also served as the Chairman of the IT Security Professional Certification Subcommittee under the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.

Patrick Gray
Special Assistant to the Technology Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Patrick Gray is the Special Assistant to the Chief Technology Officer at Cisco Systems. Prior to this position, he was the Director of X-Force Operations, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS). With twenty years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gray is responsible for tracking the global hacker threat. Upon his retirement from the FBI in November 2001, he joined Internet Security Systems and created and managed the X-Force Internet Threat Intelligence Center. Thereafter, he served as the Director of the Penetration Testing and Emergency Response Teams until his promotion to his current position. As a result, he has first-hand knowledge of the hacking community, its aims and methodologies as they attack government, ecommerce, utilities and the financial services sector relentlessly. With respect to Emergency Response Teams he is aware of current vulnerabilities that are exploited by hackers and insiders and why the targeted systems are susceptible to attacks.

Prior to joining Internet Security Systems, Gray served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for twenty years, serving in Baltimore, Maryland, Daytona Beach, Florida, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Gray was also assigned as a Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. in the Intelligence Division where he was responsible for global counterintelligence investigations.

He was transferred to Atlanta in 1988 to assume Supervisory Duties for the FBI’s Drug and Violent Gang Program in Georgia. In 1994, he assumed the duties as the Supervisor of the Technical Services Squad and served as the Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Georgia in 1996 and 1997 during the time of the spree of terrorist bombings at Centennial Olympic Park and two subsequent bombings at two women’s clinics in Alabama and Georgia.

Gray was assigned as Supervisor of the Special Operations Group in 1994 which ultimately morphed into one of the FBI’s first regional Cyber Crime Squads; and was a member of the FBI’s elite Computer Assistance Response Team as a Forensic Examiner. He has investigated cases involving financial institutions, government agencies, commercial businesses and colleges and universities. He was also assigned to the investigation of the September 11 attacks. He was the Coordinator of the Atlanta Chapter of InfraGard, an alliance between the public and private sectors for the sharing of information regarding technology security issues. He grew the Atlanta Chapter of InfraGard into the largest chapter nationally. He continues to work closely with the FBI, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the newly formed Department of Homeland Security and the White House.