Staff Report

Dan Kaplan, executive editor of SC Magazine, sits with author and vendor Winn Schwartau to discuss what exactly keeps him up at night as a security professional.

News briefs: LulzSec head Sabu worked with FBI, Extension in DNSChanger servers, Sony breached again, and more

One of the most talked about threats this month is the infamous Ukash ransomware.

Company news: M&A activity and personnel announcements

Douglas Vitale, information assurance and forensic expert for a major utility company.

Throughout his 17 year career, Sam has worked in several industries including Telecommunication (Tellabs, LLC and Motorola) and Industrial Computing mainly in Research & Development Engineering. Sam held a variety of progressive leadership roles driving and resulting in the attainment of project management skills/competencies in project management, concept-based simulations / demonstrations, and the development of innovative solutions to solve business problems.

Mary Chaput serves as chief financial and compliance officer for Clearwater Compliance, a solutions company helping organizations become and remain compliant with the U.S. rules and regulations associated with protecting and securing health information. Her 25 years of international and domestic business experience spans the health care, information services, manufacturing and venture capital consulting industries and has included senior positions at ClinTrials Research, Applied BioScience International, Coleco and General Electric.

Rick Yuen has more than 11 years of experience in information and network security. He has vast expertise in infrastructure security, content filtering, vulnerabilities management, IDS/IPS and IT compliance, and has provided and recommended many technical solutions to solve IT security problems for energy and utilities companies in North America. He has also served as the IT security and compliance subject matter expert for the leading IT security provider, business analytic company and retailer in Canada.

Bob Steadman is the senior director, security services consulting with The Herjavec Group, one of Canada's leading and fastest growing technology integration firms, specializing in security products and services. He has practical experience leading IT security departments for Loblaw Companies Limited, and Sobeys, leading national grocery retailers, and he also worked extensively in the financial services sector with the Bank of Montreal and the Toronto Dominion Bank.

Dave Black has been a civilian member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for nearly 30 years. He joined the RCMP in the pre-internet/pre-cybercrime era and has transitioned into management of the RCMP's Cyber Crime Fusion Centre (CCFC) in Ottawa's Technological Crime Program. Black is a member of the RCMP Cybercrime Council and an active participant on Public Safety Canada's inter-agency Cyber Security Workgroup. His duties include strategic assessment of cyber crime trends, development of policy for cyber incident triage and guidance to Canadian federal departments on security standards, incident response plans and industrial control systems security. His technical expertise and operational support role is based on the RCMP's commitment to policing support services for both law enforcement and crime prevention initiatives.