Event
"Cyber Intelligence: A Discipline Not a Data Feed" with Jim Penrose
Friday, March 13, 2015
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
3460 A.V. Williams, Maryland Cybersecurity Center
Carolyn Flowers
301 405 0794
cflowers@umiacs.umd.edu
Friday Security Reading Group: "Cyber Intelligence: A Discipline Not a Data Feed" with Jim Penrose, Executive Vice-President for Cyber Intelligence at Darktrace
Abstract
Former NSA senior technical lead Jim Penrose will make a thought-provoking invitation to academia for a new approach to threat detection. Specifically, he will augment on the existing security stack to provide intelligence to catch intruders before a crisis occurs. Mr. Penrose will outline how cyber intelligence professionals can help companies evolve data management to focus on timely response action.
Biography
Jim Penrose is the EVP for Cyber Intelligence at Darktrace where he leads the firm’s cyber operations team. A distinguished speaker, Jim has presented at the 2014 Cybersecurity Summit, the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, and the Suits and Spooks London 2014 meeting.
Jim joined Darktrace following a successful 17-year tenure at the NSA. There, he achieved the rank of Defense Intelligence Senior Level and was responsible for a variety of roles encompassing cyber threat analysis and counterterrorism. Most recently, as Chief of the Operational Discovery Center, Jim innovated new signal intelligence capabilities to discover previously unknown threats. Jim has been at the forefront of cyber operations throughout his career and was nominated for a Presidential Rank award in 2013. His security certifications include Graduate Certificate, Computer Security and Information Assurance, George Washington University.
About Darktrace
Darktrace is one of the world's fastest-growing cyber defense companies and the leader in Enterprise Immune System technology, a new category of cyber solutions based on pioneering Bayesian mathematics developed at the University of Cambridge. Darktrace addresses the challenge of insider threat and advanced cyber-attacks through its unique ability to detect previously unidentified threats in real time, as manifested in the emerging behaviors of the network, devices and individuals. Some of the world's largest organizations rely on Darktrace, in sectors including energy and utilities, financial services, telecommunications, retail and transportation. Darktrace was founded by world-class machine learning specialists and operational government intelligence experts. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in London, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
Please register at: https://talks.cs.umd.edu/talks/914.
Lunch will be served after the talk.
