Colorado’s Chief Information Security Officer to Appear on Cyber Security Panel

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 30, 2010 -
Seth Kulakow, Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Colorado, will add his expertise to a panel discussion on cyber security at this year’s NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Homeland Security and Defense™, Oct. 27-29.  His panel will discuss whether or not cyber security should be decentralized.

Mr. Kulakow was selected as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Colorado in November 2008. As the CISO, he is responsible for the state's Information Assurance and Compliancy programs. Prior to joining the Governor's Office of Information Technology, Mr. Kulakow was the Information Security Officer for Denver International Airport (DIA), ranked the 4th busiest airport in the nation and the 10th busiest in the world.  During his tenure at DIA, he created and managed a peer-recognized first-of-its-kind (in any US airport) full-time security program from its infancy to a best practice repeatable program.  The program covered every facet of security from risk analysis and assessment, compliancy, system auditing, penetration testing and forensics, to ingress and egress controls.

The NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Homeland Security and Defense™ is the nation’s leading public forum on homeland security and homeland defense.  The 2010 symposium is the eighth annual conference organized by the National Homeland Defense Foundation.   The symposium features international experts discussing the latest research, operations and policies affecting homeland security and defense.

Watch the NHDF web site at www.nhdf.org for more information about the symposium, including updates on speakers and panelists.

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