First plenumsession
Keynote
where?
Scandic Lillehammer Hotell
when?
Monday, 12:15 - 13:00
Dr. Hugh Thompson, Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital Partners and Program Committee Chairman, RSA Conference
ABOut the presentation
More infromation about the presentation is TBA
About the presenter
Dr. Herbert Hugh Thompson is a Managing Partner at Crosspoint Capital Partners (www.crosspointcapital.com) and Program Committee Chairman of RSA Conference (www.rsaconference.com), the world's largest security gathering. Prior to joining Crosspoint Capital, he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Symantec (SYMC, NLOK). Dr. Thompson is a world-renown expert in cyber security. He has co-authored three books on the topic including, How to Break Software Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing (with Dr. James Whittaker, published by Addison-Wesley, 2003), and The Software Vulnerability Guide (with Scott Chase, published by Charles River 2005). He is also the co-author (with Bob Sullivan of NBC News) a business/psychology book from Penguin titled "The Plateau Effect" (www.plateaueffect.com). He has testified before Congress on cyber security and in 2006 he was named one of the "Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security" by SC Magazine.
Dr. Thompson has delivered talks/keynotes at key conferences and Fortune 500 corporations and writes frequently on the topic of information security. He has delivered a keynote presentation at every RSA Conference (US) since 2007. Dr. Thompson has been interviewed by top news organizations including CNN, NPR, CNBC, ABC, Fox News, CBS Evening News, MSNBC, HBO, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Associated Press, and the Washington Post. He has authored more than 100 academic and industrial publications on information security and writes for such industry publications as The New York Times, Scientific American, IEEE Security & Privacy, CSO Magazine, Network World and Forbes. For many years he was an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in New York. Prior to joining Symantec, Thompson was Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Blue Coat Systems (www.bluecoat.com) until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2016 when he became CTO of Symantec. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-thompson-ph-d-3b51bb2/