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Speaker and Panelist Bios
Paul Cassidy
Ernst & Young
Technology & Security Risk Services
Paul Cassidy is a Senior Manager for Ernst & Young's Technology and Security Risk Services practice, where he focuses on large power utilities and national healthcare companies. Paul's specialization involves enterprise risk management, especially where state and federal regulations affect business risk, and corporate governance with respect to information technology.
Paul's recent energies have been spent around the broad base of internal control advice and testing needed by companies to meet the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Mary J. Culnan
Mary Culnan is a professor in the management department at Bentley where she teaches courses on ebusiness and eprivacy. Her current research interests include information privacy, consumers and Internet security, and online communities.
Professor Culnan has testified before Congress, the Massachusetts Senate and other government agencies on a range of privacy issues. In 1997, she served as a Commissioner on the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. She is also the author of the 1999 Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Survey which the Federal Trade Commission used to make recommendations to Congress, and she served on the FTC's Advisory Committee on Access and Security. In March 1999, Business Week's e-biz Web site profiled her as a "Mover & Shaker." Currently she serves as a member of the GAO's Executive Committee on Information Technology and Management.
She was employed for seven years as a systems analyst by the Burroughs Corporation prior to earning her Ph.D. in management from UCLA. Before joining the faculty at Bentley in fall 2000, she held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, University of California, Berkeley, the American University and Georgetown University.
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Tatiana S. Gau
Chief Trust Officer and Senior Vice President, America Online, Inc.
Tatiana S. Gau is Chief Trust Officer and Senior Vice President at America Online, Inc. providing strategic leadership for the development and execution of processes and practices that ensure the integrity of AOL Inc. businesses. She oversees the integrity of the user experience, consumer protection, privacy, online safety, accessibility, community standards and policy, as well as crisis management and coordination for all of the company's brands.
Since joining the company in 1996, Gau has spearheaded initiatives to ensure that AOL fulfills its commitment to consumers as an "Integrity Brand Leader", and that all AOL-owned Web properties include community, privacy, and safety elements. She is responsible for setting internal standards and practices for various AOL businesses in areas such as product development, online programming, e-commerce, advertising, and graphics review.
She also has become a key voice in the online industry, working to shape the interactive policy debate in the U.S. and overseas. As the Internet reshapes business and society, Gau's mission is to help craft a framework that will guide the online medium in a way that promotes the public interest.
Before joining AOL, Gau was Executive Vice President of Parvus International Inc., a business intelligence firm in Maryland where she had operational management responsibility for the company's domestic and international businesses. She also has extensive experience with the federal government and working for foreign policy agencies.
Gau is a frequent public speaker, has published articles and papers on various Internet policy areas, and is a regular commentator and guest on TV and radio programs and in print media domestically and abroad. She has testified before the U.S. Senate and the Federal Trade Commission. She regularly advises government agencies and other organizations including the White House, the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, CIAO, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and the USISPA/NSTAC on product safety, privacy, civil liberties, and consumer protection.
Gau is an active philanthropist, personally and professionally, and donates her time and efforts to several nonprofit organizations including her own foundation. She serves on the boards of Best Buddies International, The Many Hats Institute, Washington Parks & People, the Georgetown University Board of Advisors, and the Georgetown Alumni Foundation. She speaks six languages.
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John Grossman
Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Corruption, Fraud and Computer Crime Division, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Mr. Grossman is Chief of Attorney General Tom Reilly's Corruption, Fraud and Computer Crime Division (CFCC). CFCC is an integrated team of lawyers and investigators that is made up of ten prosecutors, 13 Massachusetts State Troopers, seven financial investigators, a computer forensics expert, victim witness advocates and support staff. Its mission is to assure that law enforcement works for businesses and individuals who play by the rules, and so it focuses on (a) "corporate community prosecution" - responding to the priorities of the corporate community: insider theft, computer security and theft of intellectual property; (b) high priority consumer protection cases - - fiduciary embezzlement, Internet crimes - - particularly those targeting children, and immigration cons and other multi-victim swindles; and (c) public corruption cases, whether they involve officials betraying the public trust or companies and individuals stealing from the government.
Mr. Grossman also serves as the President of Infragard -- Boston and is a member of the Commonwealth's Enterprise Security Board. He has been an Assistant Attorney General since 1995 and prior to his current position, was a prosecutor in the Special Investigations and Narcotics Division and Public Integrity Division of the Attorney General's Office and ran that office's High Tech and Computer Crimes Division. Before joining the A.G.'s Office, Mr. Grossman was a litigation associate at the New York City law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton and a law clerk to Judge Bailey Aldrich of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law.
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Bruce Kaalund
Director of Network Security
Comcast Cable National IP Engineering and Operations (National IP)
Bruce Kaalund is the director of network security for Comcast Cable National IP Engineering and Operations (National IP). In this position, Bruce is responsible for the creation of the security posture for National IP, and the development and implementation of the security architecture, policy and procedures to support that posture.
Bruce is also an original member of the Cyber Security Focus Group of the Network Reliability & Interoperability Council (NRIC) Homeland Security Focus Group. This FCC-sponsored group has developed and compiled best practices for Cyber Security for use by the nation's Telecommunications and Internet Service Provider communities; these best practices also are being used as requirements by some State Governments. He is also a member of the Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Security (GIAIS), a partnership between Microsoft and major ISPs around the world, and the CISO Executive Membership of the ISSA. Bruce is also a regular presenter of security topics at the bi-annual Cable Labs Conferences.
Bruce has a diverse background in Information Technology that spans over 20 years. This includes technical, management, and consulting positions with the US Air Force, Sprint, Wang Global, KPMG Consulting and First Consulting Group prior to joining Comcast. Bruce holds bachelor degrees in Chemistry from Kentucky Wesleyan College, and Electrical Engineering from Auburn University.
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Susan Koehler
Senior Director, Security Mobilization, Microsoft Corp.
Ms. Koehler joined Microsoft in 1995 and has held several positions with the company. Most recently, she was senior trustworthy computing strategist, responsible for helping the company further the four key pillars of its Trustworthy Computing initiative: security, privacy, reliability and business integrity. During her tenure as general manager of business operations for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, Ms. Koehler worked with the president of EMEA to strengthen Microsoft's global and local focus in business practice and decision-making, particularly with government and academic customers. In her role as director of Worldwide Customer and Partner Loyalty, she drove the global program from its inception, working to ensure that customer and partner loyalty became part of the Microsoft culture. Ms. Koehler has also worked on product marketing, planning and business development for personal finance and consumer digital imaging software. Prior to joining Microsoft, Susan had ten years of consumer brand management experience.
Ms. Koehler earned a master's degree from Rutgers University and received two undergraduate degrees from Syracuse University, including a bachelor of science in marketing and a bachelor of arts in advertising.
In 2003, Information Security selected Susan as one of the top 25 security visionaries. Susan is also a member of Women's Leadership Board at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Matthew Moynahan
Vice President, Consumer Products and Solutions
Symantec Corporation
As vice president of the Consumer Products and Solutions division of Symantec, Matthew Moynahan is responsible for all activities associated with the development of Symantec's complete line of consumer products, home networking, and small business solutions. Key responsibilities include product management, program management, product development, and quality assurance. Mr. Moynahan is also responsible for the definition, implementation, and infrastructure associated with Symantec Online Services, the online service editions of Symantec's award winning consumer security products. He spends considerable time cultivating and maintaining key industry and financial analyst relationships.
Previously, Moynahan held the position of vice president of product management for the Client and Host Security division of Symantec. Prior to joining Symantec in 2002, Moynahan acquired 10 years experience in the industry through his work with leading technology and finance companies. As vice president of worldwide sales and corporate development at Reciprocal, Inc., a leading security management service provider, Moynahan oversaw all direct and indirect sales efforts and developed technology alliances and strategic channel partnerships. During his tenure with Reciprocal, Moynahan also served as general manager of Reciprocal's digital publishing and electronic software distribution divisions where he was responsible for each division's worldwide sales, marketing, product management, and business development activities. Moynahan also acted as director of marketing and corporate development with OneWave, Inc., where he managed the company's IPO, corporate financing and market messaging. Prior to OneWave, Moynahan worked in a variety of departments with a leading investment bank Goldman, Sachs & Co. Hen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Williams College and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
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Lee Rainie
Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Lee Rainie is the founding Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Since December 1999, the Washington D.C. research center has examined how people's Internet use affects their families, communities, health care, education, civic and political life, and work places.
The Project has issued more than 80 reports based on surveys and other research on these social issues and important public policy questions such as trust and privacy online, e-government, intellectual property, broadband adoption, and the digital divides.
Prior to receiving the grant, he was managing editor of U.S. News & World Report. He is a graduate of Harvard College and has a master's degree in political science from Long Island University.
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Howard A. Schmidt, CISSP, CISM
eBay
Howard A. Schmidt joined eBay as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer in May of 2003. He retired from the federal government after 31 years of public service. He was appointed by President Bush as the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House in December 2001. He assumed the role as the Chair in January 2003 until his retirement in May 2003.
Prior to the White House, Howard was chief security officer for Microsoft Corp., where his duties included CISO, CSO and forming and directing the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.
Before Microsoft, Mr. Schmidt was a supervisory special agent and director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. While there, he established the first dedicated computer forensic lab in the government.
Before AFOSI, Mr. Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection. Before working at the FBI, Mr. Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona.
Mr. Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 to 1983, both in active duty and in the civil service. He had served in the Arizona Air National Guard from 1989 until 1998 when he transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves as a Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.
Mr. Schmidt had also served as the international president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC). He is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. He serves as an advisory board member for the Technical Research Institute of the National White Collar Crime Center, and is a distinguished special lecturer at the University of New Haven, Conn., teaching a graduate certificate course in forensic computing.
He served as an augmented member to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection. He has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cyber crime, and has been instrumental in the creation of public and private partnerships and information-sharing initiatives.
Mr. Schmidt has been appointed to the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems, including thorough review of proposed standards and guidelines developed by NIST.
Mr. Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (BSBA) and a master's degree in organizational management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters
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Richard M. Smith
Internet Security and Privacy consultant
Richard M. Smith is an Internet consultant based in Boston, Massachusetts. He works primarily with the media, policy makers, and law enforcement to interpret Internet technologies. He has more 25 years of experience in the computer software field. He is also the former president of Phar Lap Software and the former Chief Technology Officer of the Privacy Foundation.
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Bill Stillwell
Security Technical Program Manager, Microsoft Corp.
Bill Stillwell is Security Technical Program Manager at Microsoft and has been involved in systems security for over a decade. He began his career as a Cryptologist/Ground Electronic Warfare Specialist for the United State Marine Corps. After retiring from active duty, he did technical support and security services for a number of consulting companies, primarily dealing with customers in the financial/insurance, telecommunications, and advertising industries. Prior to coming to Microsoft, Mr. Stillwell worked for Computer Associates, in their eTrust group, focusing primarily on network security, authentication and access control systems, and intrusion detection.
Mr. Stillwell joined Microsoft in 2000, starting with the telecommunications vertical of Microsoft Consulting Services. While there, he worked on a number of international projects, including design of the .NET Systems Framework, the security and networking modules for the initial Microsoft Systems Architecture, as well as the lead consultant for the design and deployment of a hosted, multi-million user exchange architecture for a leading European ISP. His final project for MCS was the deployment of a pilot next-generation GSM/GPRS environment for a Hong Kong mobile operator. Mr. Stillwell moved from MCS to the CMSU team in December of 2003 specifically to launch and run the GIAIS initiative.
He has a B. Sc. in Business Management from National Lewis University, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Ethical Hacker.
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Orson Swindle
Federal Trade Commission
Orson Swindle was sworn in as a Republican Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission December 18, 1997. Commissioner Swindle was appointed in December, 2001 as head of the United States Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Experts Group to review the 1992 OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems.
Mr. Swindle has had a distinguished military career and served in the Reagan Administration from 1981 to 1989 directing financial assistance programs to economically distressed rural and municipal areas of the country. As Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Development he managed the Department of Commerce's national economic development efforts directing seven offices across the country. Mr. Swindle was State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for the U.S. Department of Agriculture financing rural housing, community infrastructure, businesses, and farming.
In 1992, Mr. Swindle became the first national leader of United We Stand America and in 1993 worked with Jack Kemp, Vin Weber, William Bennett and Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick to form Empower America. In 1994 and in 1996 he was a Republican candidate for Congress in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District.
As a Marine aviator serving in South Vietnam on November 11, 1966, Mr. Swindle was shot down from the skies over North Vietnam while flying his 205th and last combat mission.
He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held Prisoner of War in Hanoi for the next six years and four months. On March 4, 1973, Mr. Swindle was released from captivity.
Mr. Swindle retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1979 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His 20 military decorations for valor in combat include two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.
Mr. Swindle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech in 1959 and a Master of Business Administration from Florida State University in 1975.
He was born in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 8, 1937, and grew up in Camilla, Georgia. He and his wife, Angie live in Alexandria, Virginia.
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