Security Experts on Open Source

The majority of government open source users understand why open source is secure. The questions, though, have become more practical: How do we manage the security of open source software in a government setting? How can open source improve the security of a cloud environment? How do I give users the power of open source software, and still maintain the security posture I need?

About the speakers:

Dan Risacher is a member of the DoD CIO's staff of "net-centric evangelists" advocating the net-centric transformation of the Defense Department for improved information sharing and collaboration. The staff of policy analysts promotes community implementation of the DoD’s Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies to make information visible, accessible, and understandable, as well as promoting the use of service-oriented architectures across the DoD enterprise. Dan’s particular focus has been on the issues relating to use open source software and cloud-computing technologies in the DoD.

Daniel Walsh has worked in the computer security field for over 25 years. Dan joined Red Hat in August 2001. He has led the SELinux project, concentrating on the application space and policy development. Previously, Dan worked on Netect/Bindview on HackerShield and BVControl for Unix, Vulnerability Assessment Products. Prior to this Dan worked for Digital Equipment Corporation on the Athena Project along with designing and developing the AltaVista Firewall and AltaVista Tunnel (VPN) Products. Dan has a BA in Mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross and a MS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Karl MacMillan is Tresys Technology's Director of Core Technology,
author of "SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux," and frequent speaker at virtualization, security and open source events
nationwide.  With experience spanning dozens of successful strong
security implementations, delivering security products and services for
some of the most sensitive security missions around the world, including
those at defense and intelligence agencies globally, and through
partnerships with IBM, General Dynamics, Red Hat and Cisco, Karl is an
established security thought leader. 

Mr. Battista currently is a Lead Information Security Scientist at MITRE. He has almost 20 years of experience in securing systems, creating architectures, and running development programs. He holds an M.B.A. from Temple University and and M.S. in Computer Science from Villanova University. He is currently a director of Information Systems Security Association Northern Virginia Chapter (ISSA-NOVA) and a member of the Washington DC chapter of Project Management Institute.