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Next chapter meeting:

The Palouse ISSA invites you to join us for our next meeting.  Patrick Gray will
give a presentation entitled "Data Security Challenges in the All Too Public and
Not So Private Sectors".  Following that, Robert Ochoa will give a presentation on
Cisco IronPort: Security in the Cloud, and Cisco's Security Intelligent Operations.

About the speakers:

  Patrick Gray

Patrick Gray joined Cisco Systems after serving as the Director of X-Force Operations, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS). Gray also comes to Cisco Systems after twenty years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon his retirement from the FBI in November 2001, he joined Internet Security Systems and created the X-Force Internet Threat Intelligence Center and thereafter was Director of the Penetration Testing and Emergency Response Teams until his promotion to the X-Force R & D Team. As a result of his service with the FBI, and the Internet Threat Intelligence Center, he has first-hand knowledge of the hacking community, its aims and methodologies as they attack government, ecommerce, energy and financial entities relentlessly.

Prior to joining Internet Security Systems, Gray served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for twenty years and has served in Baltimore, Maryland, Daytona Beach, Florida, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Gray was also assigned as a Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. in the Intelligence Division where he was responsible for global counterintelligence investigations. While serving in the Washington, D.C. area, Gray was seconded to the National Security Agency where he was responsible for an FBI group that provided operational support to the Intelligence Community.

 He was transferred to Atlanta in 1988 to assume Supervisory Duties for the FBI’s Drug and Violent Gang Program in Georgia. In 1994, he assumed the duties as the Supervisor of the Technical Services Squad and served as the Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Georgia in 1996 and 1997 during the time of the spree of terrorist bombings at Centennial Olympic Park and two subsequent bombings at two women’s clinics in Alabama and Georgia.

 Gray was assigned as Supervisor of the Special Operations Group in 1994 which ultimately morphed into one of the FBI’s first regional Cyber Crime Squads; and was a member of the FBI’s elite Computer Assistance Response Team as a Forensic Examiner. He has investigated cases involving financial institutions, government agencies, commercial businesses and colleges and universities. He was also assigned to the investigation of the September 11 attacks. He was the Coordinator of the Atlanta Chapter of InfraGard, an alliance between the public and private sectors for the sharing of information regarding technology security issues. He grew the Atlanta Chapter of InfraGard into the largest chapter nationally. He continues to work closely with the FBI, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the Department of Homeland Security and the White House.

 Gray is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners International and maintains a CHS Level III certification; is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the Information Systems Audit and Control Association; InfraGard Atlanta; the Atlanta Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, and the International Information Systems Forensic Association. He has lectured at Colleges and Universities around the country. He has spoken at numerous technology events around the world to include Gartner Sector 5, Networld Interop, the IT World Congress, CIO Summit, GE Access, Forbes and others. He has been quoted in numerous newspapers, magazine articles and periodicals and makes regular cable television appearances.

Gray is a former Marine having served in Vietnam.

 

Robert M. Ochoa

Robert Ochoa joined the Cisco Systems team in early 2000 after serving in various networking and security engineering roles with 3Com Corporation, AT&T Bell Labs, International Network Services, Motorola Inc, and ACS Dataline. Inc. Ochoa also led the security practice team with Calence Insight Networking, a large national systems and security integrator.

Prior to his corporate civilian experience as a security professional Ochoa served five years active duty in the US Army Signal Corps as COMSEC Officer / NCOIC Communication Security, domestic and overseas. Ochoa’s longest and most notable assignments included 7th Infantry Division 2^nd Battalion 9^th Infantry Regiment and 4^th Battalion 229^th Advanced Attach Helicopter Regiment. Following active duty Ochoa served in the Arizona National Guard where he trained various Infantry and Field Artillery teams in combat communication security and land navigation.

Robert’s roles at Cisco have included Systems Engineer, Consulting Systems Engineer for Cisco’s Security Advanced Technologies Group, and his current roll as Security Practice Specialist for Western States focusing on Public Sector. He is responsible for key security initiatives within State and local Government, as well as higher education and the K-12 customer base within the Western States. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems from University of Phoenix and several Cisco, ISC2, and ISC2 endorsed certifications.

Robert is a member of the FBI’s Arizona InfraGard, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Arizona Chapter, Sonoran Desert Security User Group, Arizona Security Practitioners' Forum, Computer Security Institute (CSI), and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2). He has lectured at security users groups, large enterprises, colleges and universities, and government agencies around the Western US on behalf of Cisco Systems.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Location SEL Event Center