Joel Snyder

Senior Partner, Opus One

Joel Snyder has built and secured some of the largest and most highest profile networks in the world for major ISPs, government agencies and Global 2000 companies over the past 27 years. In addition to many consulting projects, Snyder has authored several books and hundreds of technical articles; designed compilers, data management applications, conferencing systems, security systems, and anti-spam tools; and implemented information systems for clients as small as a two-person brokerage house and as large as NASA.  He also serves as a technical editor for Information Security magazine. Snyder has written numerous feature articles and technical reviews on subjects including e-mail security, spam controls and security management systems, and is known for his unbiased testing of anti-spam products for over 4 years.

David Sherry
CISO, Brown University

As CISO at Brown, David Sherry has institutional responsibilities to provide proactive security expertise, engineer robust security architecture, drive identity strategy and policy, and enhance the culture of security awareness. As the university spokesman for information security, Sherry also plays a key role in the record management program, business continuity planning, and copyright compliance and protection. Prior to moving to higher education he spent several years in financial services, with responsibilities for enterprise security governance and regulatory compliance, access controls and operations, identity management, and the security awareness program.

During his tenure Sherry managed his InfoSec teams to unprecedented service level and regulatory accomplishments, and recognized best-practice security processes. Sherry is a frequent conference speaker on emerging security topics and best practices, as well as a guest-lecturer throughout the academic year at several New England institutions.