Abstract

The next wave of the Internet is disrupting everything and creating new ways to do business. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is changing our daily lives, from the way we provide healthcare to heating our homes to running our manufacturing facilities and other critical infrastructure. The changing nature of computing due to the Digital Economy and the IoE brings tremendous economic opportunity, coupled with tremendous security risk. In today's world of IoE, cybersecurity is not just a top consideration, but one that is foundational to enabling people and organizations to gain greater value from IoE advancements. As more organizations adopt new business models related to mobility, cloud, and the IoE, their security operations, technologies and solutions must evolve to keep pace and adapt quickly to address these new and unforeseen risks. Bret will discuss strategies for enabling organizations to implement security controls that offer effective protection for rapidly evolving environments and address security incidents - before, during and after an attack. As part of this discussion, he will outline examples of how these controls can create significant advantages in combatting sophisticated attacks.

Bio

As VP & CTO, Bret Hartman is responsible for defining the corporate security technology strategy for Cisco, as implemented by the Security Business Group.

Bret has over thirty years of experience building information security infrastructures, including cloud, virtualization, SOA, Web Services, policy development and management, and security modeling and analysis. Bret has spoken at dozens of security industry events, and prior to Cisco held senior management roles at EMC, IBM, DataPower, Hitachi, and Concept Five. Bret started his career as a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the U.S. National Security Agency. Bret has co-authored security industry specifications, security technology books, and a patent for enterprise application security integration. Bret holds a B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from MIT and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.

About the WATCH series:

Transforming today's trusted but untrustworthy cyberinfrastructure into one that can meet society's growing demands requires both technical advances and improved understanding of how people and organizations of many backgrounds perceive, decide to adopt, and  actually use technology. WATCH aims to provide thought-provoking talks by innovative thinkers with ideas that illuminate these challenges and provide signposts toward solutions. The series is jointly organized by NSF's Computer Science and Engineering (CISE) and Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Directorates and sponsored by the CISE Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Program. Talks will be recorded and made available over the Internet.

About NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, its budget is $9.5 billion, which includes $3.0 billion provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 44,400 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards.MORE