KEYNOTE 1: Andy Ellis (Chief Security Officer, Akamai)

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KEYNOTE TITLE: Getting Ahead of the Security Poverty Line

KEYNOTE ABSTRACT:

Being stuck below the security poverty line isn’t about budget, it’s about attitude, motivation, and focusing not simply on basic compliance but rather on your true security goals. Akamai CSO Andy Ellis will share a behind-the-scenes look at how Akamai’s security program evolved through the collapse of the dot-com bubble, avoided being trapped below the security poverty line, and developed into one of the most trusted cloud platforms today.

ABOUT ANDY ELLIS

Andy Ellis is Akamai’s Chief Security Officer, responsible for overseeing the security architecture and compliance of the company’s massive, globally distributed network as well as setting the strategic security direction of its offerings and managing the Information Security organization at Akamai.

A graduate of MIT and a former US Air Force officer, Andy is a noted speaker and the author of Protecting a Better Internet, a blog focused on key issues facing the information security industry. He also sits on the Board of Advisors of HacKid.