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Ben Rothke

Ben Rothke, CISSP, CISM, CISA is a New York city based Information Security professional and has over 20 years of industry experience in information systems security and privacy.

His areas of expertise are in risk management and mitigation, security and privacy regulatory issues, design & implementation of systems security, encryption, cryptography and security policy development.

Ben is the author of Computer Security - 20 Things Every Employee Should Know (McGraw-Hill), and writes security and privacy book reviews for the RSA Conference blog and Security Management.

He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, such as RSA and MISTI, is a member of ASIS, and InfraGard, and hold the CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, CISSP certifications, and is an ISO 27001 lead auditor.

Speaking Engagements:

2020
Mind The Sec 2020	Deployment Strategies for Effective Encryption
Secure360	The PCI Dream Team: Solving the Biggest PCI DSS Nightmares
2019
ISC2 Congress	The PCI Dream Team: Solving the Biggest PCI DSS Nightmares
2018
InfoSec World 2018	Effectively Implementing and Managing Electronic Data Disposal and Destruction
RSA 2018	Ransomware - How not to be a victim, and what to do when you become one
2017
RSA 2017	Countering Cyberespionage
InfoSec World 2017	Dealing with Cyberextortion, Ransomware and Other Bad Stuff
CyberSecurity World	Dealing with Cyberextortion, Ransomware and Other Bad Stuff
2016
RSA 2016	Habits of an Effective CISO
InfoSec World 2016	Selecting an eGRC software tool and not living to regret it
2015
InfoSec World 2015	In Memory of Barnaby Jack: Why Medical Device Makers Don’t Get InfoSec
2014
RSA 2014	Now That You’re In, How Do You Get Out? Terminating Cloud Services
InfoSec World 2014	See Dead Hard Drives: Effectively Implementing & Managing Electronic Data Disposal & Destruction
2013
RSA 2013	Deployment Strategies for Effective Encryption
2012
RSA 2012	What Happens in Vegas Goes on YouTube: Security and Corporate Social Networks Building a Security Operations Center (SOC)
InfoSec World Conference 2012	Effectively Implementing and Managing Electronic Data Disposal and Destruction Deployment Strategies for Effective Encryption
2011
RSA 2011	Old Media Where Art Thou? Handling Media Destruction What Happens in Vegas Goes on YouTube: Security and Corporate Social Networks
ISACA Euro CACS 2011	Social Networks and Information Security: An Oxymoron or Can You Have Both
Secure360	Effectively Implementing and Managing Electronic Data Disposal
Interop Las Vegas 2011	Social Networks and Security - Can You Have Both?
ISACA NACACS	Social Networking and Information Security
Cloud Security Alliance Congress	The Cloud is in the Details: Security Policy and Privacy Requirements in the Era of Cloud Computing
2010
Interop New York	Social Networks and Security - Can You Have Both?
Secure360	Building a Security Operations Center (SOC)
Computer Forensics 2010	Deployment strategies for effective encryption
Infotec 2010	Social Networks and Information Security - Oxymoron or can you have both?
RSA 2010	Corporate Information Security and Social Networks Tales from the Info Security Reading Room: Most of the Best and a Little of the Worst
2009
CSI 2009	Stimulate Your Career as a Security Professional
RSA Europe 2009	Building a Security Operations Center (SOC)
Secure360	So You Want to Become a Security Professional
RSA 2009	PCI in 2009: A Look at the Legal and Practical Aspects of the DSS Corporate Information Security and Social Networks Time Synchronization – Your Logs Depend On It
2008
MEITSEC 2008	Building a Security Operations Center (SOC) The Five Habits of Highly Secure Organizations
RSA Europe 2008	The Time is Now: The Convergence of Networks, Time Synchronization and Information Security
IT Security World	Deploying NAC: IS the benefit worth the cost? HSPD-12: Making Less Money Return More Security
Airport Operations Area conference	Biometrics & Aviation 2008: The Opportunities and the Challenges
ISC West	Building a Security Operations Center (SOC)
RSA 2008	Biometrics 2008: Opportunities and Challenges Computer-Generated Liability (panel)
InfoSec World 2008	Deployment Strategies for Effective Encryption
2007
CSI Conference 2007	The Five Habits of Highly Secure Organizations
RSA Europe 2007	So You Want to Become a Security Professional Design Before Implementation -The Need for a PKI Methodology Computer Security Certifications – Separating Paper Certifications from Indispensable Ones
Conference on Preventing Data Leakage	Encryption Strategies for Compliance
Infosecurity Canada	Everything an audit professional needs to know about know about encryption and cryptography in 60 minutes
InfoSec World 2007	So you want to be a CISSP Biometrics 2007: Opportunities and Challenges How to Plan for Endpoint Security
Patchlink 360	Anatomy of an Information Security Audit and How To Pass It
RSA 2007	The Five Habits of Highly Secure Organizations The Options Backdating Fiasco: Time-Based Data Control Issues Leads to Compliance Problems, Shareholder Lawsuits and Criminal Indictments. Promoting an Effective Infosec Program to Senior Management
2006
CSI Conference 2006	Using Network Admission Control
SIA Technology Management Conference	What Every Employee Needs to Know About Information Security
CSI NetSec 2006	Biometrics 2006: Opportunities and Challenges
Technology Managers Forum: Security Strategies for the Enterprise	The Problem with Security Monitoring: Who Does What, When--and to Whom
InfoSec World 2006	Biometrics 2006: Opportunities and Challenges Everything you need to know about cryptography in 90 minutes The Time is Now: The Convergence of Networks, Time Synchronization and Information Security
STKI Summit 2006	Information Security Best Practices Building a Information Security Operations Center Design before Implementation, the Need for a PKI Methodology
2005
CSI Conference 2005	Sarbanes-Oxley for the Security Professional
Rackspace Security & Innovation Summit 2005	Best Practices in Information Security
Cyber Security in the Financial Services Sector	Building a Corporate Security Operations Center (SOC)
C3 Expo	Computer Security and Privacy Regulations
Collaborative Technologies Conference	Securing Your Collaboration Efforts from Malware Threats
Security Leadership Conference 2005	Best Practices in Purchasing Security Products
InfoSec World 2005	Sarbanes-Oxley for the Security Professional Biometrics: Effective security architecture and deployment strategies
2004
CSI Conference 2004	Design Before Implementation, The Need For A PKI Methodology
Cyber Security in the Financial Services Sector	Sarbanes-Oxley for the Security Professional Biometrics: Is it a practical cybersecurity solution?
Security Leadership Conference	Best Practices on Purchasing Information Security Products
HealthSec 2004	Everything you need to know about cryptography in 90 minutes Auditing Firewalls
Vanguard Security Conference 2004	Auditing Computer Systems Writing computer Security Policies
SIA Technology Management Conference	Sarbanes-Oxley for the Information Security Professional
CSI NetSec 2004	Caveat Emptor – How to purchase information security products
Homeland Security Summit	Information Sharing Intelligence: It’s a Two-Way Street
Conference Board: Business Continuity, Security & Crisis Management	IT Security, Cyberterrorism and Cyberisk
CA World 2004	How to purchase information security products
InfoSec World 2004	Biometrics – 2004 Security Night School for Newbies
2003
InfoSecurity Conference NY 2003	Caveat Emptor – How to purchase information security products Security Authentication And Authorization
CSI 2003	PKI for Dummies Computer Security – A Practitioner’s View (Panel)
ASIS International Conference 2003	Computer Security and Privacy Regulations and Standards
ISACA Network Security Conference	Computer Security and Privacy Regulations and Standards
CA World 2003	Computer Security and Privacy Regulations and Standards
CSI NetSec 2003	Digital Certificates and e-Signatures PKI for Dummies Computer Security and Privacy Regulations and Standards
ISSA New York Metro Annual Security conference 2003	Computer Security and Privacy Regulations
2002
InfoSecurity Conference NY 2002	Caveat Emptor – How to purchase information security products
CSI Annual Conference 2002	Why Internet Hackers are not Your Biggest Threat Design Before Implementation, The Need For A PKI Methodology
21 CFR Part 11 Week	Security and Part 11
HP World 2002	Privacy on the Internet
Vanguard Annual Conference 2002	Introduction to PKI (full day course) HIPAA and its security implications The Enemy Within – Effective information security
NetSec 2002	PKI for Dummies
HealthTech 2002	HIPAA and its security implications
ISSA New York Metro Annual Security conference 2002	Computer Security Regulations: From HIPAA, GLBA to E-SIGN and more Privacy On The Internet - Why You Should Care And What You Can Do
CA World 2002 Conference	The World is Turning to PKI - Should You? - invited
RSA 2002	HIPAA and its security implications
Legal Tech 2002	Information Security - No Quick Fix
2001
InfoSecurity Conference NY 2001	Why Internet Hackers are Not Your Biggest Threat
CSI Annual Conference 2001	PKI for Dummies Digital Certificates and e-signatures
RSA Europe 2001	Design before implementation, the need for a PKI methodology – invited
HealthSec Conference and Expo 2001	PKI for Dummies Digital Certificates and e-Signatures
NetWorld+Interop 2001	Introduction to PKI (full-day course)
HP World 2001	A Pragmatic Approach to Purchasing Information Security Products
CA World 2001	The World is Turning to PKI - Should You?
CSI NetSec 2001	A Pragmatic Approach to Purchasing Info Security Products Using PGP
Vanguard Enterprise Security Expo 2001	The World is turning to PKI - Should You? Auditing Checkpoint firewalls
ISSA New York Metro Annual Security conference 2001	The World is turning to PKI - should you?
InterWorks 2001 Conference	A Pragmatic Approach to Purchasing Information Security Products Using PGP Introduction to PKI and Certificate Authorities
ISACA North America CACS Conference 2001	Cryptography: the IS Auditor's Perspective HIPAA and its security implications
E-Finance Expo 2001	The World is Turning to PKI - Should You?
Electronic Payments 2001	e-Security for Consumer Markets
InfoSec World Conference 2001	Auditing Checkpoint Firewalls

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Ben Rothke