NIKSUN® is the recognized worldwide leader in making the Unknown Known. The company develops a highly scalable array of real time and forensics-based cybersecurity and network performance management solutions for government & intelligence agencies, service providers, financial services companies, and large enterprises such as retailers and manufacturers. NIKSUN´s award-winning appliances deliver unprecedented flexibility and packet capture power. The company´s patented real-time analysis and recording technology is the industry´s most comprehensive solution for secure and reliable network infrastructure and services, providing the power to instantly Know the Unknown.® NIKSUN, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, has sales offices and distributors throughout the US, Europe, Mid East and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please stop by NIKSUN’s booth or visit www.niksun.com.
Dr. Parag Pruthi Founder, Chairman & CEO, NIKSUN Dr. Pruthi is the Founder and CEO of NIKSUN which he has built from a startup to a highly successful global company in the cybersecurity, wireless, and network monitoring markets. Recognized as one of the foremost experts in advanced cyber security technologies, Dr. Pruthi advises on cyber defense strategies with some of the highest levels of governments and enterprises around the world. He is a frequent speaker on cybersecurity issues, including keynotes to delegates from across 28 NATO nations, agencies, and strategic commands at the NATO Information Assurance Symposium 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Dr. Pruthi received his Doctorate in Telecommunications from The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and his thesis, “An Application of Chaotic Maps to Packet Traffic Modeling,” was the first to apply chaotic and fractal systems to accurately model the seemingly erratic nature of network traffic. Dr. Pruthi continues to drive the advancement of cybersecurity and network monitoring applications and practices to new levels, regularly introducing highly innovative and state-of-the-art products that continue to pave the way in the industry.
Peter B. LaMontagne Chief Executive Officer, Novetta
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Dwayne Melancon Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire Dwayne Melancon, CISA is Tripwire’s Chief Technology Officer, where he is responsible for driving and evangelizing the company’s global product strategy. In this role, he works with enterprises around the world to help them objectively implement and manage information security in a way that is firmly aligned with the priorities of their businesses. His current passion is helping organizations connect security’s value to the business and establishing metrics and methods to enable objective decisions and informed action in information security. Dwayne has a history of research and curiosity about IT practices and security, and was a contributor to both the Visible Ops Handbook and Visible Ops Security Handbook, working with authors Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. As part of this effort, he contributed to research led by Carnegie Mellon’s SEI, the University of Florida, and the IT Process Institute in their studies and benchmarking of IT best practices. He works with numerous corporations around the world on IT service management improvement and IT security, and has teamed with the Institute of Internal Auditors in its pursuit of Generally Accepted IT Principles. Dwayne blogs for Tripwire at 
Tripwire is a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, enabling enterprises, government agencies and service providers to effectively connect security to their business. Tripwire provides the broadest set of foundational security controls including security configuration management, vulnerability management, file integrity monitoring, log and event management. Tripwire solutions deliver unprecedented visibility, business context and security business intelligence allowing extended enterprises to protect sensitive data from breaches, vulnerabilities, and threats. 
