May 2022 Monthly ISC2RVA Chapter Meeting
This month's meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Connection information will be sent when you register for the event.
Topic: Before, During and After a Ransomware Attack
Speaker - Andy Stone, CTO at Pure Storage
Abstract: What should you consider when building a ransomware protection strategy from the perspectives of before, during and after an attack? We will discuss the critical ways that Pure Storage can help across all three dimensions and the key items that will help you effectively communicate and position a plan with senior management.
Bio: Andy Stone joined Pure Storage in April 2019 as CTO – Americas where he is responsible for supporting go-to-market and internal, product development activities. Andy works with large, enterprise customers to help identify and deliver solutions to meet their needs, while working with product management to ensure that product roadmaps meet the ever-evolving needs of customers and prospects.
Prior to joining Pure, Andy worked at PwC for three and a half years as US and Global Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of Security Technology and Engineering supporting the Firm’s 160 global territories and nearly 300,000 users. Andy worked to implement a number of global technology solutions to improve the overall usability, scalability and security postures of PwC, while improving overall IT services’ performance. Some notable, solutions and innovations came in areas such as: secure, borderless networking, Global wireless network upgrade, Global Active Directory redesign and build out, data center consolidation, cloud adoption, secure software development, unified communications and collaboration, and data analytics. Andrew also led efforts to virtualize PwC desktops to improve end-user usability and protect from potential outside attacks and internal data leakage.
Prior to PwC, Andy was the Farmers CISO and Global Head of Security Engineering, Architecture, Technology and Strategy for Zurich Insurance where he was responsible for a global security transformation across 140+ countries, which included modernizing the entire security organization across people, process and technologies.
In his consulting past with Accenture, Andy led the creation of multiple security offerings including Identity and Access Management and Application Security. Andy also led the Power of 3 security alliance between Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft. These were in addition to his work with numerous, Global Fortune 500 companies, where he provided thought leadership and helped design, implement and support a broad set of custom and commercial technology solutions.
Andy holds a BS in Business – Information Systems from Indiana University, Bloomington and an MBA from the University of Southern California. Andy has been presented at numerous conferences and been published on several topics in security and other technologies. Lastly, Andy holds patents in the security space for technologies developed related to identity and access management.
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Chapter Members that hold a (ISC)2 certification will received up to two CPE for attendance. You must register in the Zoom meeting using your full name to be eligible for CPE credits. Your membership account must also have your correct (ISC)2 certification ID to be awarded the CPE credits.
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