SMi Announce New Keynote Speaker from U.S. Department of Homeland Security

SMi Group are delighted to announce Seán McGurk, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as a keynote speaker at their inaugural Smart Grid Cyber Security Asia Pacific conference.

Seán McGurk is the Director for the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). Mr. McGurk joined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in January 2008 where he was the Director of the Control Systems Security Program and the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). Prior to joining DHS, Mr. McGurk served over 28 years in the United States Navy with 20 years in the Navy's nuclear weapons program, serving on six fleet ballistic missile submarines and several shore facilities.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Seán McGurk and other leading industry experts, who will share their challenges, experiences and their strategic collective visions for risk mitigation to better protect our future critical national infrastructure.

This high level conference programme will be delivered by some of the industry’s senior professionals including:

• Seán McGurk, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Mauricio Papa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, Director, Institute for Information Security University of Tulsa
• Katsuhisa Furukawa, Fellow, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Tom Thomassen, Senior Development Manager, Office of the CTO, Symantec
• Wayne Pales, Group IT Manager, Technology & Architecture, CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd
• David Greer, Executive Director, Institute for Information Security, University of Tulsa
Michael Sentonas,Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Asia Pacific, McAfee
• Hideaki Kobayashi, Laboratory Manager, Security Engineering Laboratory, IT Security Center, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
• Dr. Yuji Ukai, Researcher, Security Engineering Laboratory, IT Security Center, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
• Marc M.J. Hullegie, Managing Director, Senior Consultant Information Governance , VEST Information Security BV
• Dipl Ing Tobias Jeske, Research Associate, Institute for Security in Distributed Applications, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
• Peter Larsson, Vice President Utilities Asia, Echelon Corporation
• Mahmoud Salmasizadeh, Ph.D., Senior Consultant Engineer, FARAB Energy & Water Projects
• Dr Jianying Zhou, Senior Scientist, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR
• Bobby Brown, Director of Communication and Information Systems Security, Enernex
• Bob Lockhart, Senior Consultant, Pike Research
• Ernest Hayden, Managing Principal, Energy Security Specialist Global Energy & Utilities, Verizon

For more information and to book your place at this unmissable event visit www.smi-online.co.uk/smartgridcybersecurityasia28.asp or alternatively contact Jamison Nesbitt on +44 (0) 207 827 6164 or jnesbitt@smi-online.co.uk

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