Keynote Speakers:

O. Sami Saydjari, Cyber Defense Agency

Mr. O. Sami Saydjari is the founder and President of Cyber Defense Agency. Under his leadership and guidance, Mr. Saydjari has attracted twenty of the nation's top security experts to create a uniquely superb national asset to help defend the country's most important information systems. He provides vision and expertise for building a research and consulting organization that creates effective systematic defenses for high-value systems against aggressive cyber- attack. Mr. Saydjari has over 20 years experience performing and directing information assurance research, including 13 years as a leader at the National Security Agency and three years as a Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) Program Manager of Information Assurance where he created one of the most significant investments in information assurance in the nation's history.

Before founding the Cyber Defense Agency, Mr. Saydjari was a Senior Staff Scientist in SRI International s Computer Science Laboratory, where he was the program leader of the Cyber Defense Research Center (CDRC). Prior to SRI, Mr. Saydjari was the Information Assurance Program Manager for DARPA's Information Systems Office.

Mr. Saydjari is an internationally recognized security expert. He has been featured in various publications and broadcast including a feature on PBS Frontline. He is the "On the Horizon" department editor for IEEE Security and Privacy Journal. He also has the honor of serving on board of directors for two distinguished professional non-profit boards advising government leadership on cyber defense policy: Cyber Conflict Studies Association and Professionals for Cyber Defense.

Mr. Saydjari earned his M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University. The Director of NSA named Mr. Saydjari an NSA fellow in 1993 and 1994. He has published more than a dozen technical papers in the field of information security and has presented the results of his research at both such as the National Cryptologic Quarterly, the National Computer Security Conference, IEEE Security and Privacy Conference, and the ACM New Security Paradigms Workshop.

Dane Deutsch
As a United States Air Force Captain (ret), Dane served as Chief of Maintenance for country the of Turkey. He was responsible for 1200 people under his command, assigned throughout many locations in Turkey; from Iraq to Istanbul; and from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, Dane led 50 people on his immediate staff at the headquarters location in Ankara, Turkey. He and his division were responsible for all electronics-communications equipment including: navaids, microwave radio systems, long-haul tropo radios, land mobile radios, television, telephones, computers (mini, micro and mainframe), and networks. In addition, his responsibilities included management and administration for one of the main ARPANET connections in Europe.

Since leaving active duty Air Force, Dane formed a corporation called Deutsch's, Inc. It consists of Deutsch's Gymnastics Training Center and DCS Netlink, and is headquartered in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Deutsch's Gymnastics has trained hundreds of children in the sport and discipline of gymnastics over the years. In addition, Deutsch's gym has produced athletes at all levels of competition, both State and National.

Over the past 15 years, DCS Netlink has grown from 1 employee to 14 and from repairing computers to installing and maintaining networks to a full line of Networking and Internet services including: web design, e-mail services, e-commerce, wireless internet, and most importantly, Internet Security services. Dane has personally grown from an A+ Certified Technician to a Microsoft Certified Support Engineer (MCSE). Most recently, DCS Netlink has focused on Internet Security including WatchGuard Firewalls, VPNs, and Internet Security training on a national basis.

As a team, DCS Netlink was nominated and won the Barron County Small Business Model of the Year for 2002. In 2002, Dane was chosen as a Wisconsin Small Businessman of the Year. In 2004, DCS Netlink was recognized at the RSA Security Conference as a Premier WatchGuard Firewall Value Added Reseller and Trainer in the United States. In addition, DCS Netlink was chosen as the Synergy 2004 Award winner for Physical Infrastructure Enhancement in Western Wisconsin. In July of 2004, Dane attended a John C. Maxwell Maximum Impact course designed to license him as a facilitator to teach the “Developing the Leader within You” course name after the bestseller book by the same name. Dane is now a licensed facilitator for John C. Maxwell’s Maximum Impact organization.

Dane is 50 years old and has a double major in Physical Education and Health from Bemidji, Minnesota. He also did undergraduate work in Pre-Med while completing the Air Force ROTC program at University of Wisconsin in Superior, Wisconsin. He earned his commission as an Air Force officer in 1982. He is married and has four children. He is the CEO and President of DCS Netlink in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
 

Kevin McDaniels  (presentation)
Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, and Executive Director of one of North America's leading providers of identity theft solutions.

Why should all business owners and corporations be concerned about information security, and identity theft? The answer is liability, both civil and criminal. Employee or customer data lost under the wrong set of circumstances may cost your company tens of thousands of dollars, loss of valuable business and the potential for costly lawsuits! Kevin McDaniels' presentation will help you identify risk reduction solutions that are vital to the health of any company.

Kevin McDaniels is committed to helping you understand your exposure to new information security regulations and the risk management tools currently available to business owners large and small.

Corey Nachreiner, Network Security Analyst, WatchGuard (presentation)

Corey Nachreiner, Network Security Analyst for WatchGuard's LiveSecurity Service, has been with WatchGuard since 1999. Corey began his tenure in WatchGuard's Technical Support organization, where he quickly advanced. He created a new role in the organization, working between Support and Engineering to solve critical issues. Later recruited onto the LiveSecurity team, Corey has since written hundreds of concise security alerts and easily-understood educational articles for WatchGuard users and appeared in security training videos, generating hundreds of letters of praise from thankful customers. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Corey is often quoted by other online sources, including C|NET, eWeek, and Slashdot. Before WatchGuard, Corey attended Western Washington University in pursuit of a Computer Science degree and Creative Writing minor. During that time he also ran his own small computer consulting business and explored WWU's network. In his free time, Corey enjoys "modding" any technical gizmo he can get his hands on, and considers himself a hacker in the old sense of the word.

Matthew J. Petersen (presentation)

SA Petersen graduated from Manatee Community College with an Associates of Arts Degree with a minor in Computer Programming. He then graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics. SA Petersen has eight years Active duty service in the U.S. Army as a Utility Helicopter Pilot in the UH-1 (Huey) Airframe, he was an instructor pilot for four of those years. In March 1997, Mr. Petersen became a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations. He was assigned to the International Terrorism and Domestic Terrorism Squad in Milwaukee, and was re-assigned to the National Infrastructure Computer Intrusion Program (NICIP) in 1998. In 1999, he became a Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART) Field Examiner. As part of training for CART and NIPCIP, he received training from the Federal Bureau of Investigations CART in examinations and seizure of computer electronics from; International Association for Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS)(May 1999) in Seizure and Processing of DOS and Windows 95/98 systems, National White Collar Crime Center's (NWCCC) Basic Data Recovery and Analysis(BDRA)(June 1999) and Advanced Data Recovery and Analysis (ADRA)(June 2001), Department of Defense Computer Investigations Incident Response in a Network Environment (Feb 2002). He has taken classes from the National Infrastructure Center Program (NICP) in Computer Intrusion, Advanced Computer Intrusion, Basic and Advanced Linux classes, Sun Microsystems. He has performed over 1000 examinations in Windows based Operating Systems as well as completed examinations in over 50 Linux based operating systems. SA Petersen recently completed the Federal Bureau of Investigations MacIntosh certification and has completed four exams. SA Petersen also recently became certified in Personal Data Assistants (PDA) and Cell Phone Analysis. SA Petersen has testified as an Expert Witness in Federal and Local Courts. SA Petersen wrote a Instructional Paper (White Paper) on the analysis of Peer To Peer networks.
 

Director of Technology Advancement for Radware, Chip Schooler

As Radware’s Director of Technology Advancement, Chip is responsible for communicating to clients and partners the capabilities and advantages offered by the Radware product suite. Chip is a 20-year veteran of the technology industry and remains an avid student of technologies that can be used to solve real problems. From positioning Digital Equipment’s original Ethernet VPN devices to consulting with managed security providers on behalf of Check Point Software Technologies, Chip has witnessed not only the increased complexity of threats but also their changing nature. In addition to security, Chip has been involved with projects as diverse as overhauling Canada’s national air traffic control system, accelerating the transaction speed of the foreign exchange trading system for a global bank, and upgrading Fidelity Investment’s system management infrastructure.

Most recently, Chip has assisted a number of companies to securely integrate a web services sales tax management service with their e-commerce and ERP applications.

Speakers at Breakout Sessions:

Rick Ensenbach & Chad Boeckmann (presentation)

Mr. Ensenbach is an information security professional with over 25 years of experience in the field of information security. Mr. Ensenbach has worked for a diverse range of organizations. He has been responsible for creating the information security programs for the Air Force, 934th Airlift Wing - Air Force Reserve, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and Conseco Finance. He has also consulted independently and for several security consulting companies. He currently works in the State of Minnesota’s Enterprise Security Office.

Mr. Ensenbach’s background includes information security risk management, security auditing and regulatory compliance assessments, policy/procedure development, program development and strategic planning. He has an extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g. HIPAA, GLBA, FFIEC) and internationally accepted standards such as NIST, ISO17799/27001 and COBIT.

Rick holds a number of internationally recognized certifications, to include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (“CISSP”), Certified Information Security Manager (“CISM”), Certified Information Systems Auditor (“CISA”), Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP). Rick has also successfully passed examinations for the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Qualified Data Security Professional and ISO27001, Lead Auditor.

Rick is the former President of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Minnesota chapter and the Upper Midwest Security Alliance. He is also a United States Air Force retiree with over 21 years of honorable service.
 

Chad Boeckmann

Mr. Chad Boeckmann is the President/CEO of Secure Digital Solutions, a regional information security management company that offers strategic and tactical security services.

Mr. Boeckmann has a diverse background in the Information Security industry. With over 10 years of experience, Chad assists organizations in government, financial, healthcare and retail industries with information security. With this breadth of industry exposure, Mr. Boeckmann builds compliance management programs; composes policies, standards, performs technical risk assessments, and executive security operations consulting.

In 2005, Mr. Boeckmann had a vision of delivering valuable, trustworthy, expertise-driven services to organizations of all types and sizes in a palatable process. With these goals in mind, he founded Secure Digital Solutions.

Chad’s certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (“CISSP”), Certified Information Systems Auditor (“CISA”) and previously held the SANS GSEC certification. Chad is also a former chapter board of directors’ officer with the Minnesota Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) chapter and is a member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
 

Arik Johnson (presentation)

"Business, Market & Competitive Intelligence: See Clearly, Think Ahead, Break Through"

Throughout the history of business, sustainable success has been based on understanding and anticipating industry change in time to rethink markets, reposition value and reengage with customers before competitors can. But how can companies find and apply the intelligence they need to know to see those changes clearly, think about contingency planning ahead of time, and then apply intelligence to decision making to provide breakthrough innovation and performance in the long run?

Arik Johnson founded intelligence consultancy and support bureau, Aurora WDC, in 1995 and today is the firm's CEO and Managing Director. Contact him through his website: www.AuroraWDC.com.
 

Kevin Streff

Dr. Streff is an Assistant Professor at Dakota State University and teaches in the information assurance program. Dr. Streff is the Director of the Center for Information Assurance at Dakota State, which has been recognized by both the National Security Agency and The Department of Homeland Security as a national center of academic excellence in information assurance for the financial sector. Dr. Streff has extensive knowledge of the financial services industry, including banking, insurance, and credit operations. Dr. Streff is founder and partner of Secure Banking Solutions (www.protectmybank.com), a security consulting firm focused on improving security in community banks across the country, and partnering with banks to achieve a successful IT examination. Dr. Streff is also President of InfraGard - South Dakota, a partnership program between Private Industry and the U.S. government (represented by the FBI). Dr. Streff speaks nationally on security issues and solutions relevant to small and medium-sized banks.

Rick McGuigan (presentation)

Rick McGuigan is Executive Vice President of Community Bankers of Wisconsin and President of CBW Financial Services, Inc., the wholly owned for profit subsidiary of Community Bankers of Wisconsin. McGuigan conducts over 50 workshops annually, specializing in the areas of loss prevention, risk management, bank operations, lending, and bank security. He is a contributing author to a number of banking publications. McGuigan has been called as an expert witness for bank related litigation.

He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the UW-Madison and earned a law degree from Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California. McGuigan was the head of the loan department for a community bank in California for six years and has been a banking association staff employee for twenty one years.

As President of CBW Financial Services, Inc., McGuigan is responsible for a full service insurance agency, a venture capital fund, a surcharge free ATM network, and a number of strategic partnerships. McGuigan has investigated hundreds of bank-related frauds, embezzlements, and bank robberies. He was recently involved in the development of a special cyber insurance policy for community banks.
 

Daniel Sanderson  (presentation)

Daniel Sanderson earned his BA degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, in 1977, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He majored in Spanish and minored in math. He then went to Wartburg Seminary in Austin, Texas, and received his Master of Divinity degree in 1980. After serving as a pastor in Texas, he returned to being a student, attending Texas A & M University, where he graduated in 1985 with a Masters of Computer Science degree.

Dan’s first job in the software industry was at Lockheed Missiles and Space, Austin, Texas, where he designed and built software development environments that supported the Ada programming language. In 1987, he took a job at Digital Equipment Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and worked in the Database Systems group developing commercial software tools. Dan also worked as a software manager at a small startup company in Edina, Minnesota, before going into software consulting.

Since 1995, Dan has owned and operated Living Software, Inc., of New Richmond, Wisconsin. During this time he has worked for a wide variety of clients, including 3M, Fisher-Rosemount, Delta Technology, WR Medical Electronics, Thompson Corporation, ATE Technologies, the State of Maine legislature, the State of West Virginia legislature, the Missouri Department of Corrections, Westfields Hospital, and BIO-key International.

In 1999, Living Software introduced a software application for the agricultural market called DairyLive. Dan was the main contributor in all areas, including design, development, and marketing. Recently his company has developed a product called SendItSecure SafeLive E-mail, which uses biometrics to secure and encrypt e-mail communications.
Throughout his software career, Dan has played key leadership roles, including management of technical teams, product planning, interaction with customers and end users, marketing, and budgeting. He has excellent planning and organizational skills, is a good public speaker, and is fluent in Spanish.

Dan is currently pursuing an advanced degree in Management at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls.

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Angi Farren  (presentation)

Angi Farren, AAP has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, where she primarily worked with ACH (Automated Clearing House), in operations, product development and risk management. Most recently, Ms. Farren served as ACH Product Manager for TCF National Bank, Minneapolis, MN. At TCF, she was instrumental in introducing the remote deposit capture (RDC) service for the bank’s commercial clients. At UMACHA, she is developing a new RDC training program for the association.

Ms. Farren holds the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation. The AAP is an industry certification of ACH knowledge and expertise in ACH operations, product management and marketing strategies.
 

Pat Dillon (presentation)

Ms. Pat Dillon is the Northwest Regional Director for the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network (WEN). WEN is part of the Governor’s Grow Wisconsin Plan with funding provided by ACT 255. WEN's mission is to create seamless access to entrepreneurial resources and expertise from across Wisconsin to spawn new ventures and help grow existing businesses. Through local and regional centers, this statewide network offers business planning; access to capital and finance assistance; provides assistance with intellectual property and technology transfer issues; all leveraging existing private and public resources to support the business community.

Dillon brings almost 20 years of public-private sector knowledge and experience to the WEN. In this position, she provides business development, technology transfer and economic development expertise to the region. Moreover, she has more than 15 years experience in the highly competitive federal $2.2 billion Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs.

Prior to joining WEN, Dillon was the executive director and program director of Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc. where she consulted with hundreds of companies, resulting in more than 30 seed, early stage and emerging companies to win more than $20 million in federal research awards through SBIR and STTR Programs. Additionally, she was a co-founder of the Minnesota Seed Capital Network, an initiative to help Minnesota based entrepreneurs raise angel and early stage investment capital through scheduled investor forums. More than 40 companies presented raising more than $25 million in investment capital.

Dillon is highly recognized nationally and locally for her knowledge and expertise in the entrepreneurial environment and the SBIR/STTR Programs. In 1999, she was awarded the prestigious Small Business Administration Tibbetts Award, and in 2001, she was recognized by City Business (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal) as one of the 25 Most Innovative Women in Minneapolis.

Dillon has served on SBIR review panels at the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture, and was the Principal Investigator of an Office of Naval Research contract for the first ever SBIR Road Tour. Dillon serves as the Wisconsin Liaison for the Defense Alliance of Minnesota and she is a member of the following organizations: National Contract Management Association; the Association for the Advancement of Science; the National Defense Industrial Association; the Naval Reserve Association, and the Association of the United States Army.

A native of Alma, Wisconsin, Dillon graduated from Winona State University with a MBA and BS in Business Administration. Ms. Dillon is a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve with more than 30 years of service.
 

Todd Eby (presentation)

Todd Eby is a Territory Market Manager. He manages the Small and Medium business for Cisco, and has been with Cisco for 8 years. The SMB represents a 2B investment for Cisco and is the fastest growing area of our business.

Tim Bablick

Tim works as PC Technician at DCS Netlink. If you bring your personal computer into DCS he will most likely be the one who fixes it. Tim is the newest (and by far the youngest) tech to join the DCS team. He was first introduced to the company and team through an internship while attending WITC. He was hired on, a short time after graduation. Tim holds an A+ hardware and software certification and is a Microsoft Certified Professional having been certified on Windows XP. He has also undergone some of the first training offered for Microsoft Server 2008, which he will be presenting.

Jeff Hawkins

Mr. Hawkins is a Regional Manager in the SecurityCoverage Sales and Marketing department. He is responsible for the North Central region, which includes the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

Mr. Hawkins previously served as Team Manager for PRC, where he managed a sales team of 15 individuals. He consistently performed above goal at 130% as team manager and generated 80 new accounts daily. Mr. Hawkins also spent five years with MCI, where he managed a 25-person sales team.

Mr. Hawkins has ten years of sales experience and has received numerous awards for his sales accomplishments. In multiple positions, Mr. Hawkins has been responsible for recruiting and training all sales personnel, in addition to developing and coaching sales teams to maximize daily productivity, set measurable objectives, and develop strategic plans.

Mr. Hawkins is a graduate of Kirkwood Community College’s Management Development Program and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Kaplan University in Cedar Rapids.
 

Bill Larsen (presentation)

Bill Larsen is the Regional Sales Engineer- Watchguard Technologies. Have been involved in the IT industry for a little over 18 years while working in the highly regulated banking industry. During this time I have held positions ranging from application software development, hardware/software support, business continuity and disaster recovery manager, systems administrator, network administrator, network engineer, and VP Operations. In the past 5 years I have concentrated on IT risk assessment, risk mitigation, and policy development.