Cyber Security: Is Your Business Prepared for Attack & Recovery?

Come hear from the leader of cyber security. Dave Merkel will focus on shaping the strategy and direction of the company's technology and engineering solutions.

Topics

• The Mandiant Story

• Talk about the FireEye acquisition of Mandiant

• What should C Suite Executives be thinking about regarding their companies

exposures and how to mitigate.

Speaker and Presenter Information

David Merkel Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FireEye, Inc.

Dave Merkel is a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FireEye, Inc., with more than 15 years of experience in the Information Security and Incident Response fields. He previously served as CTO and Vice President of Products at cybersecurity firm Mandiant, where he focused on shaping the strategy and direction of the company’s technology and engineering solutions.

Prior to Mandiant, Dave spent 7+ years leading a team of technologists at America Online (AOL) to protect corporate systems and network infrastructure. As a primary security stakeholder, he authored significant portions of both the AOL and Time Warner information security policy, established an information security management framework for the corporation, played an instrumental role in ensuring Sarbanes-Oxley and Payment Card Industry compliance, and also managed AOL’s internal security infrastructure software development initiative.

Before AOL, Dave served as a Special Agent with the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, where he focused on computer crime and digital forensics. He has participated in countless forensic examinations and is a qualified expert witness in federal and state proceedings.

Dave earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and has held security clearances at Top Secret and higher.