Cloud Security Considerations: What You Need to Know

The CommNexus Security SIG invites you to attend a highly relevant, informative, and entertaining session on “Cloud Security Considerations: What You Need to Know” featuring Dr. Timothy Chou, a noted authority on cloud computing, and security expert Peter Bybee, CISSA, CISA. With cloud services being top-of-mind these days, this session offers an ideal opportunity for executives and IT / security professionals to get up to speed on what the cloud is all about and gain an understanding of how cloud IT services compare to enterprise-hosted IT services when it comes to security and compliance considerations. Dr. Chou is an engaging, award-winner speaker whose ability to bring “the cloud” down to earth is unsurpassed. He is the former president of Oracle On Demand and now teaches cloud computing at Stanford University. He is the author of several books including: “Cloud: Seven Clear Business Models” and “Introduction to Cloud Computing (In about 1,000 words).” Mr. Bybee is the founder, President, and CEO of Security On-Demand, the leading provider of hybrid cloud security and compliance solutions. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Mr. Bybee is a past president and board member of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), San Diego Chapter.

Timothy Chou has been a leader in bringing enterprises to the cloud since 1999, when he returned to Oracle to work for Larry Ellison as the President of Oracle On Demand. Since leaving Oracle he returned to Stanford University and launched the first course on cloud computing.  More recently he also started a cloud computing class at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Based on his lectures he authored “Cloud: Seven Clear Business Models”. It is his second book and follows the very successful “The End of Software”. Timothy has been a visible pioneer in evangelizing this major shift in computing. He has appeared in various publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Economist, and New York Times as well as on CNBC and NPR. He has also been a keynote speaker for business, technology executive audiences in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. Not content to merely talk about the subject, he has invested a select group of new ventures. Timothy holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He served as a member of the board of directors of Embarcadero Technologies (NASDAQ:EMBT) from 2000 until the purchase of the company in 2007. In 2007 he joined the board of directors at Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) and currently serves on the compensation committee.

Peter Bybee is the founder and CEO of Security On-Demand, the leading provider of hybrid cloud security and compliance solutions. The company’s Cloud and SaaS-based security solutions help organizations cost-effectively adhere to compliance requirements, proactively manage risk, and protect against security threats. As an innovator and visionary within the managed security industry, the company has created an innovative product strategy and he has pioneered some of the industry’s first managed security services around cutting edge security technologies, including Managed Network Access Control (NAC),  Managed Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Policy and Compliance Analysis for firewalls as a cloud-based managed service. In 1989, he founded and grew security consulting firm and integrator, Network Vigilance, which had continued to be successful as a regional security consulting firm, providing risk analysis, security system design, PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, SOX compliance consulting, and security product integration services. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He is a past president and board member of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), San Diego Chapter.

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Contact Brittany Bjerke at bbjerke@commnexus.org