The Conference Chair and ISSA-Kentuckiana Board of Officers wishes to sincerely thank our wonderful Keynote Speakers for their participation and excellent presentations!

You have made this year's Conference an overwhelming success!

Morning Keynote

Kevin Beaver

Kevin Beaver, CISSP is an independent information security consultant, author, expert witness, and speaker with Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC. He has two decades of experience in IT and specializes in performing information security assessments. Kevin has authored/co-authored seven books on information security including the highly-successful “Hacking For Dummies”, “Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies”, Laptop Encryption For Dummies, and “Securing the Mobile Enterprise For Dummies” (all by Wiley) as well as “The Definitive Guide to Email Management and Security” (Realtimepublishers.com) and “The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance” (Auerbach). He has written over 195 articles, performed over three dozen webcasts, and is a regular contributor to SearchSoftwareQuality.com, SearchSQLServer.com, SearchWindowsSecurity.com, and Security Technology & Design magazine. Kevin has presented at seminars and conferences over 100 times and is consistently a top-rated speaker. He is also the creator and producer of the IT audio book series Security On Wheels providing security learning for IT professionals on the go. He also has his own blog at securityonwheels.com/blog. Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University and his master’s degree in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech.

Lunch Keynote

Rohyt Belani

Rohyt Belani is a Managing Partner and co-founder of the Intrepidus Group and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to starting the Intrepidus Group, Mr. Belani has held the positions of Managing Director at Mandiant, Principal Consultant at McAfee and Researcher at the Software Engineering Institute. He is a contributing author for Osborne’s Hack Notes – Network Security, as well as Addison Wesley’s Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions. Mr. Belani is a regular speaker at various industry conferences in the US, Middle East, Asia, and Africa including Black Hat, OWASP, Infosec World, and several forums catering to the FBI, US Secret Service, and US Military. He has written technical articles and columns for online publications like Securityfocus and SC magazine, and has been interviewed by BBC Radio, Forbes magazine, TechNewsWorld, InformationWeek, Information Today, IndustryWeek, E-Commerce Times, SmartMoney, and Hacker Japan. Mr. Belani holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Bombay University and a Master of Science in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently leads the OWASP Java Project a world-wide consortium of Java security experts.

Afternoon Keynote and Demonstration

John Strand

John Strand currently teaches the SANS GCIH and CISSP classes. He is currently certified GIAC Gold in the GCIH and GCFW and is a Certified SANS Instructor. He is also a holder of the CISSP certification. He started working computer security with Accenture Consulting in the areas of intrusion detection, incident response, and vulnerability assessment/penetration testing. He then moved on to Northrop Grumman specializing in DCID 6/3 PL3-PL5 (multi-level security solutions), security architectures, and program certification and accreditation. He is currently employed with SANS managing the local mentor program. He also is a consultant with Argotek, Inc. He has a Masters degree from Denver University, and is currently also a professor at Denver University. In his spare time he writes loud rock music and makes various futile attempts at fly-fishing. John-Strand.com is his personal website.

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