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Security in an eServices Wireless WorldWednesday, March 29, 2000 Moderator
Panel of Experts
Within five years, wireless devices will account for up to 50 percent of the total eCommerce market. In the U.S. market alone, mobile eCommerce is expected to be up to $500 billion by 2005 and twice that within 10 years. Over 1 billion eCommerce-ready wireless phones will exist within five years. That large base will help turn mobile phones into a preferred medium for the buying and selling of goods and services. Demand for mobile banking, payments, shopping, entertainment and other applications is real. Soon mobile customers will be able to buy insurance, cars and even houses through their wireless devices. One of the concerns is that security may hinder the deployment of eServices. Our panel of experts will focus their discussion on the security concerns of wireless eServices for B2C and B2B, including market and technology challenges and barriers, market strategies needed in this area, and the social/cultural security concerns for the deployment of wireless eServices. Silicon Valley World Internet CenterWith the goal of advancing eMarkets through the collaborative exchange of knowledge, the Silicon Valley World Internet Center (http://www.worldinternetcenter.com) coordinates programs and activities on cutting-edge topics specific to the expanding Internet Economy. These programs and activities are possible with the support of our Executive Sponsors: Amdocs, Inc., Deutsche Telekom, Hewlett-Packard Company, SAP AG, and Sun Microsystems. Biographical Sketches of Panel ParticipantsKelly Robertson, Technology Advocate, Nokia Internet CommunicationsKelly Robertson is a researcher for Nokia Internet Communications, the emerging leader in enterprise-class products for securing network assets while improving Quality of Service. He has a background in information security from the United States Air Force and a ten year history of information systems management. Mr. Robertson has been the principal developer of the educational courses for Nokia's security appliances; Nokia Security Administrator and Nokia Service and Support. He has delivered these courses to more than 200 information security specialists in more than 20 cities in the past 12 months. Mr. Robertson also teaches college courses on operating systems constructs part-time in his home town of Santa Cruz, CA. E. John Sebes, Vice President of Consulting Strategy, Securify, Inc.E. John Sebes' 15 years in network and information includes security evaluation of various secure operating systems and database systems, including a high-assurance OS evaluation under the ITSEC E5-FB3 requirements and the Common Criteria. He has also defined secure software development guidelines for developmental assurance evaluations, and developed sample evaluation profiles. Mr. Sebes has also worked in the areas of digital content distribution, rights management, software protection, and tamper-resistant software. Most recently, his work for a major media company included design of a distribution system that included tamper-resistant software components. Prior to Securify, Mr. Sebes was Technology Officer of TIS Labs at Network Associates where his work included both general network security and security issues relating DCOM, CORBA, and Java. Mr. Sebes has written for Macmillan and Addison-Wesley, and co-authored the RFP and standard for CORBA and firewalls.
George Sidman, Founder & President, Nousoft, Inc. - Monterey Network CenterGeorge Sidmann is a proven entrepreneur with a 20 year track record in launching and growing successful software companies in the information sciences. In 1984, he founded INLEX, Inc. which quickly became a leading provider of library automation systems worldwide. He is the Founder and President of Nousoft, Inc., (1994), a software company specializing in very-large-scale object management technologies. Mr. Sidman also is the founder of Arista Systems, Inc., (1997), a venturecapital, funded distance-learning company. Currently, he is Founder & President of The Monterey Network Center, (1998) a regional web commerce provider. In this capacity, he provides leadership for company formation and growth, technology development, marketing, and sales. Furthermore, Mr. Sidman has conducted successful financings in public and private markets. Among his other accomplishements, he is a licensed architect and developer of award-winning sports facilities; and a consultant and public speaker to the information sciences community. In total, he has started 7 companies over the last 25 years, all of which are operating successfully today.
Jim Southworth, Chairman, MCR Network Security ServicesJim Southworth is one of the few industry technologists that has an usual depth and breadth of experience in both technology and business/market arenas. His thirty plus years professionally spans everything from computer security to high speed telephony transmissions. Most recently, Mr. Southworth has been recognized internationally as an industry expert in various internet access technologies such as DSL, two-way satellite and wireless. A reflection of this is his election last year to the Board of Directors of the DSL Forum, which coordinates the standards activities and the roll-out of DSL technologies world-wide. Mr. Southworth's market and business awareness matches his technical depth. His opinions on specific new technologies and the future of the Internet are routinely sought after by members of the financial investment community, analysts and numerous publications. Mr. Southworth has served on the Board of Directors of MCR Network Security Services since 1999 and is currently its Chairman. Previous positions include: VP Operations for DataAmerica Corporation, CEO Commex Inc., VP R&D for Digitran Inc. as well as several senior high security consultative roles to federal law-enforcement involving internet security and anti-terrorist technologies.
Erica Ziemer, Senior Manager, Business Development, Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.Erica Ziemer brings to Check Point more than 14 years experience in the computer networking industry, in roles progressing from systems and marketing engineer to product and business development manager. As business development manager, Ms. Ziemer is responsible for building relationships between Check Point and its OEM partners, including recruiting new partners, defining OEM product requirements, and managing products through their life cycles. Prior to joining Check Point, Ms. Ziemer served as senior marketing engineer and product manager for 3Com Corporation's NETBuilder II Enterprise Router and LinkBuilder 3GH Switch. She carried out functions such as analyzing market trends, monitoring competition, generating product awareness, and creating education and marketing support programs for wide-area networking specialists. Previous to 3Com, Ms. Ziemer served as senior applications engineer at GTE North and systems engineer at Wordlink, Inc. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. top |