Speakers

West Coile is the Assistant Director of the Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity at the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), and has over 15 years of audit experience, with an emphasis on reviews of many complex and highly interconnected computer control environments both inside and outside of government. He has led and executed a wide variety of computer security reviews to evaluate the adequacy of information systems general and application controls. 

Paul Kurtz is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity and a co-founder of
TruSTAR (acquired by Splunk). He is also a founding board member of the Cloud
Security Alliance. Paul began working on cybersecurity at the White House in the late
1990s. He served in senior positions relating to critical infrastructure and
counterterrorism on the White House's National Security and Homeland Security
Councils under Presidents Clinton and Bush. After leaving government, Paul has held
numerous private sector cybersecurity positions including founding the Cyber Security
Industry Alliance (Acquired by Tech America), Executive Director of SAFECode,
Managing Partner of Good Harbor Consulting in Abu Dhabi, and CISO of CyberPoint
International.
Paul’s work in intelligence analysis, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection,
and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction influenced his approach to
cybersecurity. Specifically, the fields highlighted the need to build a cloud-based
automated exchange platform which addresses barriers to sharing information —
bureaucratic, legal, and market risk and concerns — while providing immediate value to
operators defending networks.

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