Mark Weatherford Principal, The Chertoff Group Mark Weatherford is a Principal at The Chertoff Group and advises clients on a broad array of cybersecurity issues. As one of the nation’s leading experts on cybersecurity, Mr. Weatherford works with businesses and organizations around the world by helping create comprehensive and strategic security programs. Mr. Weatherford serves on the Advisory Board of AlertEnterprise, Coalfire Systems and Cylance and is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative and the Idaho National Laboratory’s Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) for Electric Grid Resilience. Prior to joining The Chertoff Group, Mr. Weatherford was appointed by President Obama as the Department of Homeland Security’s first Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity. Before joining DHS, Mr. Weatherford was the Vice President and Chief Security Officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) where he directed the cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection program and worked with electric utility companies across North America. Prior to NERC, Mr. Weatherford was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as California’s first Chief Information Security Officer and was also the first Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Colorado, where he was appointed by two successive governors. As a former U.S. Navy Cryptologic Officer, Mr. Weatherford led the United States Navy’s Computer Network Defense operations and the Naval Computer Incident Response Team (NAVCIRT). Mr. Weatherford earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certifications. He was awarded SC Magazine’s “CSO of the Year” award in 2010, named one of the “10 Most Influential People in Government Information Security” by GovInfoSecurity in both 2012 and 2013 and was recently selected for the 2013 CSO Compass Award for leadership achievements in the security community.
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Mark Nunnikhoven Vice President, Cloud & Emerging Technologies, Trend Micro Building on an extensive career developing security practices for large organizations and securing complex enterprise environments, Mark speaks regularly on the security challenges facing businesses today. Focusing on helping businesses as they move from the data centre to hybrid environments to working fully in the cloud, he brings a wealth of practical experience to the table. An active member of the IEEE and ACM, Mark regularly works with clients, partners, and the community to conduct research and study the real world impact moving to the cloud has on a security practice. Regularly sought after to speak on cloud computing, cloud security, and modernizing security practices, Mark is an accomplished speaker and computer scientist.
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