Speakers

Brian Krebs, Author, Krebsonsecurity.com

Mr. Krebs is the author of KrebsonSecurity.com, a daily news site dedicated to in-depth cyber security news and investigation, with a special focus on cybercrime. He is also the author of a book to be published by Sourcebooks in November 2014, called Spam Nation.

Each year from 2011 to 2013, KrebsonSecurity.com was voted the Blog That Best Represents the Security Industry by judges at the 2013 RSA Conference, the world’s largest computer security gathering. KrebsOnSecurity also won the “Most Educational Security Blog” award for the past two years, and in 2013 Krebs was presented with the “Security Bloggers Hall of Fame Award.”

From 1995 to 2009, Mr. Krebs was a reporter for The Washington Post, where he covered internet security, technology policy, cybercrime and privacy issues for the newspaper and the website. A frequent interviewee and public speaker, Krebs’s stories and investigations have also have appeared in Popular Mechanics, Wired.com and dozens of other publications. Mr. Krebs is a 1994 graduate of George Mason University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.

Jeremy King, International Director, PCI Security Standards Council

Mr. King leads the Council’s efforts in increasing adoption and awareness of the PCI security standards internationally. In this role, Mr. King works closely with the Council’s General Manager and representatives of its policy-setting executive committee from American Express, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, and Visa, Inc. His chief responsibilities include gathering feedback from the merchant and vendor community, coordinating research and analysis of PCI SSC managed standards through all international markets, and driving education efforts and Council membership recruitment through active involvement in local and regional events, industry conferences, and meetings with key stakeholders. He also serves as a resource for Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs), Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs), Internal Security Assessors (ISAs), PCI Forensic Investigators (PFIs), and related staff in supporting regional training, certification, and testing programs.

John Nance, Aviation Expert, Analyst, Author & Consultant

John J. Nance holds a Bachelor’s Degree from SMU and a Juris Doctor from SMU School of Law, and is a licensed attorney. Named Distinguished Alumni of SMU for 2002, he is also a decorated Air Force pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield and a Lt. Colonel in the USAF Reserve, well known for his involvement in Air Force human factors flight safety education, and one of the civilian pioneers of Crew Resource Management. John has piloted a wide variety of jet aircraft, including most of Boeing’s line and the Air Force C-141, and has logged over 13,000 hours of flight time in his commercial airline and Air Force careers. He flies his own aircraft, was a veteran Boeing 737 Captain for Alaska Airlines, and is an internationally recognized air safety analyst and advocate, best known to North American television audiences as Aviation Analyst for ABC World News and Aviation Editor for Good Morning America.

Stephen W. Orfei, General Manager, PCI Security Standards Council

Mr. Orfei is the new General Manager for the PCI Security Standards Council. A recognized industry expert in global payment platforms, e-commerce, mobile payments, transit and cybersecurity, he brings to this role more than 20 years of experience developing and delivering complex global payment solutions. Holder of several payments industry patents and awards, Orfei’s career spans senior posts at an international telecommunications corporation, security assessment companies, a global payment card brand and military service.

As General Manager Mr. Orfei leads the Council in its mission to increase payment data security globally through development and delivery of standards, solutions and services for merchants, banks and other key stakeholders involved in the global payment card transaction process.  With frontline experience defending high-value targets from cyber-attack, Mr. Orfei understands the perspectives of PCI SSC stakeholders across the payment chain. He drives open, global collaboration and works closely with the PCI community to solicit and incorporate their feedback into the development of new standards and resources.

Ciske van Oosten, Global Intelligence Manager, Verizon PCI Security Practice

An experienced security professional, Mr. van Oosten is dedicated to advancing the effective protection of sensitive data within the payment card industry. During his 22 year business career, he has held executive management positions in large and medium-sized organizations – including Chief Operations Officer, Chief Security Officer, and Professional Services Director. His introduction to payment card security started as a law enforcement officer investigating organized crime and payment card fraud in the mid 1990’s. From 2001 to 2004 (prior to the formation of the PCI Security Standards Council) he assisted several major card brands with the development of their cardholder data compliance programs, and established and directed the first independent Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) company, conducting compliance validation assessments worldwide. He has since served as practice leader at several leading QSA organizations, and during this time, delivered or directed more than two thousand five hundred PCI Security compliance projects for service providers and merchants across diverse range of industries.