Dr. Bill Hancock Vice President of Security Practice & Strategy, & Chief Security Officer Savvis Communications

Dr. Bill Hancock, CISSP, CISM, is the Vice President of Security Practice & Strategy and Chief Security Officer of Savvis Communications, where he is responsible for global security for one of the world’s largest web hosting companies and one of the largest IP networks in the world.

A well known network and security consultant, designer and engineer with thousands of network designs and hundreds of hacker/cracker trackdowns to his credit, Bill has “been there and done that.” An expert on networking, security and e-commerce and its various implementations, Bill has been involved in the design and implementation of some of the most sophisticated e-commerce systems in the world such as travelocity.com and critical infrastructure networks such as power grid, water management, telco and air-to-ground/ground-to-air networks. He is often seen on- CNN, ABC, BBC, CBC, NBC, FOX and other networks as an expert on security, networking and the Internet. Bill has also done extensive research on cyberwarfare and has worked as a consultant and lecturer on same to industry and governments around the world.

Bill has written 31 books on computer networking and security, currently writes a regular column in Network Security magazine and is a columnist for Computers and Security Magazine. He is a U.S. network expert to the ISO and sits on several government and U.S. White House security committees for several administrations and sits on various standards committees. Bill is the chairman of the FCC NRIC Homeland Security focus group on cybersecurity where his team developed the first set of best practices for cybersecurity issues to protect U.S. infrastructure. Bill is recognized in Who's Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. He is also a founding member and Immediate Past Chairman of the Internet Security Alliance, a formidable security team made up of CERT, EIA and top companies who are working to make a real difference in security around the globe.

Bill is a member of many industry societies (IEEE, ACM, DECUS, ANSI, etc.) and has sat on the boards of several organizations. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and has earned a B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Presentation

Enterprise Network Security - Threats and Solutions

The burden of security is the reduction of risk through the protection of corporate brand, assets and legal compliance. While all of this is going on, there are those in the world who launch a variety of cyberattacks against corporate infrastructure. Being ahead of the hacking/attacking game means understanding threats against corporate infrastructure components and the means by which they can be attacked. This session will provide timely information on where your next attack is coming from, vulnerability issues, attacker profiles and types, attack vectors, protection mechanisms, worms, virii, 'bots, DDoS types, router table attacks, ASN.1 attacks and a myriad of other potential attacks that are coming soon to a network you are probably connected to: the Internet..

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