Conference Grid

Jill Knesek -- Chief Security Officer, BT
 Ms. Jill Knesek is the Chief Security Officer for BT Global Services. In her current role she is responsible for all security matters globally including Strategy, Security Policy & Compliance, Physical Security, Information Security, Travel Security, Regulatory Compliance and Investigations. Jill has a very diverse security background that has made her uniquely qualified to handle the wide range of security needs for a region that has seen dynamic growth and rapid change as BT pushes to expand its portfolio around the globe.

Prior to joining BT, Jill was the Director of Reactive Operations for the Cable & Wireless Managed Security Services group where she managed a large global team providing 24x7x365 operational support for all managed security services. In 1998 Jill joined the FBI as a Special Agent and was assigned to the Computer Crime Squad in the Los Angeles field office. During her work with FBI she was involved in several high-profile cases including the Kevin Mitnick case where she acted as the co-case agent and the Mafiaboy case where she led the FBI investigation as case agent and worked closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Montreal, Canada. Jill also was the case agent for the first FBI undercover operation that infiltrated the hacker community. The undercover operation was used to support many criminal investigations in the U.S. and abroad and was instrumental in providing support to the National Infrastructure and Protection Center (NIPC) during the Kosavo bombings.

Jill has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Texas A & M University and has spent 15+ years working in the computer and security field. She also has her CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification as well as a CISM (Certified Information Security Manager). Jill’s office is located in El Segundo, CA but she routinely travels to London, New York and the Washington DC area. She can be reached via email at jill.knesek@bt.com.

Allan Paller -- Director of Research, SANS Institute.
 Alan Paller is director of research at the SANS Institute, a graduate degree granting institution and the principal cyber security training school. SANS' 115,000 alumni are technical security experts and managers holding responsible positions in cyber defense, offense, and law enforcement in more than 60 countries.   Alan directs SANS research programs including the widely used Internet Storm Center - the early warning system for the Internet and the annual "Greatest Risks in Cyber Security" study.  He also oversees NewsBites, the bi-weekly summary of the top news in security that goes to 210,000 people, and @RISK, and the weekly authoritative summary of all new vulnerabilities and all critical new vulnerabilities made known during the past week that goes to 120,000 people.

Alan has testified several times before both the House and Senate and in 2001 President Clinton named him as one of the first members of the National Infrastructure Assurance Council. In 2005, the Federal CIO Council selected him as their annual Azimuth Award winner recognizing the one person outside government whose vision and leadership have done the most to improve federal information technology. In 2007, eWeek and Baseline magazines selected Alan as one of the 100 most important people in the information technology industry.

Earlier in his career, Alan was an entrepreneur who built the first large computer graphics software company, took it public and merged it into a New York Stock Exchange company.  Alan also created The Data Warehousing Institute, wrote two books: The EIS Book: Information Systems for Top Managers (Dow Jones, 1990), and How to Give The Best Presentation of Your Life (ISSCo, 1978), and chaired more than 150 national and international conferences ranging from the CIO Perspectives conference put on by CIO magazine to the SCADA Security Summits in the US and Europe sponsored by SANS.

Alan's degrees are from Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.