Keynote Speakers

Securing the Next Generation

Evolved Packet System (EPS) or SAE/LTE standardized by 3GPP recently is already being deployed worldwide. EPS has different system architecture compared to 3G and thus has different security solution. In this keynote talk we will touch on how 3GPP studied and developed the EPS security standard and what / how security works in EPS. We will then delve into how security should be developed for future or next generation systems.

Presenter

Anand R. Prasad, Ph.D. & Ir. from TU Delft, CISSP, Senior Member IEEE, is an Expert in NEC Corporation, Japan, where he leads the security activity in 3GPP. He has several years of professional experience in all aspects of wireless networking industry. Before joining NEC he led the network security team in DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Munich, Germany, as a manager while participating in 3GPP security standardization. He started his carrier as a researcher and project leader at Uniden Corporation, Japan, developing embedded solutions like MAC and ARQ. Subsequently he worked as systems architect for IEEE 802.11 based WLANs (WaveLAN and ORiNOCO) in Lucent Technologies, The Netherlands, and as technical director for Genista Corp., Japan, with focus on perceptual QoS. He has also been involved in business consultancy activities. Anand has co-authored several books and has applied for over 30 patents.

Mobile Threat Trends: What's the Impact on Consumer and Corporate Users?

With the ubiquity of Smartphones, the once-theoretical threats are now emerging as clear and present danger. Today, there are known viruses, Spyware, and even Botnet Clients targeted for Smartphones. The dangers from the resulting threats are on the mobile users, network operators, corporate infrastructures, financial institutions, and other key players that are penetrating the mobile ecosystem on a daily basis. Dr. Aissi will cover those emerging threats, their progressions, and impacts. He will also share industry trends in providing the necessary protections against emerging mobile threats. In particular, he will cover key OS, Application, and Hardware security approaches.

Presenter

Dr. Selim Aissi has over 17 years of computer industry experience, and was named in 2007 by the IT Security Magazine as one of the "Top 59 Most Influential Security Experts". He published over 30 journal and conference papers and co-authored the book "Security for Mobile Networks and Platforms" in 2006. Dr. Aissi has 43 Patents filed, and 10 USPTO/International Patents issued. Currently, he leads Intel's Strategic Planning for Security, Manageability, and Virtualization for Atom-based Smartphones. Before this role, he was the Lead Security Architect for the Mobile Platform Group, where he was responsible for defining security technologies for next-generation the Intel(R) Centrino(R) and vPro(TM) platforms. Selim was one of the originators and the Chief Architect for the Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology (AT-p). During his 10-year tenure at Intel, he held several management and senior product architecture positions. He also played several senior technical evangelist and chief architect roles on software, mobile, security, and IT-related technologies. His R&D work was published at various journals including the Intel Technical Journal and the IEEE Computer Magazine. Before joining Intel, Selim held senior engineering positions at General Dynamics - Land Systems Division (M1A2 Battle Tank Vehicle Electronics), General Motors Corporation (Embedded Software Center of Excellence), and Applied Dynamics International. Dr. Aissi earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. engineering degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Senior Member of IEEE, and member of ACM and ISACA. Dr. Aissi had served on the editorial and technical boards of over 30 technical journals and conferences (including Globecom, WPMC, MobicSec, WORLDCOMP, SecureWorld Conference, International Conference on Security and Management, Workshop on Advances in Trusted Computing, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, International Wireless Summit, and the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing). As a recognized senior leader in Mobile Communications & Security, Dr. Aissi is often consulted by investment, technology and government leaders about mobile business and technical trends.