30 May 2000: Keynote speaker biographies
Do not miss these top keynote speakers at Compsec 2000

The Move to Inter-Operability for the e-nabled Enterprise

Allen Brown
President and CEO
The Open Group, UK

Allen Brown has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Open Group since 1999. Previously he was the Group's Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Development. He has been responsible for developing the Group's testing and branding operations, leading its efforts in licensing the UNIX trademark to suppliers. Previously, Allen spent 13 years with Unilever plc. He has an MBA from the London Business School and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

e-commerce and the Insecurity of the Internet

Dr Vinton Cerf
Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and Technology
MCI WorldCom, USA

Dr Vinton Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocol, the computer communications language that gave birth to the Internet. In December 1997 Vinton and his partner, Robert E Kahn, were presented the US National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton, for founding and developing the worldwide network. Vinton served as founding President of the Internet Society from 1992 to 1995 and recently completed his term as Chairman of the Board.

The Growing Threat from Information Warfare

James Adams
Executive Chief Officer
IDefense, USA

James Adams is co-founder of iDefense and a world authority on national security issues. He was previously CEO of United Press International. Under his leadership, the ageing news wire repositioned itself to become a 21st Century knowledge provider. James also had a long career at the London Sunday times where, as Managing Editor, he was responsible for helping to transform the fortunes of the company by introducing modern information systems and business practices. He lectures frequently and has published 12 books on intelligence and covert warfare.

Heuristics for Large-Scale Intrusion Detection

Ed Amoroso
Chief Technical Officer
AT&T, USA

During his 13-year career with AT&T Dr Ed Amoroso has been involved in a variety of computer and network projects. He is currently involved in Internet security consultation and engineering for AT&T customers, and for many of the company's internal services and e-commerce offers. Ed is also the technical lead on major on-going R&D effort within AT&T, in the area of perimeter intrusion detection and cracker activity surveillance.