Sam Curry, Chief Technology Officer (Identity and Data Protection) and Chief Technologist, RSA

The Security Landscape is changing or at least in flux, and this demands new approaches to problems that have largely been unsolved due to legacy characteristics of IT. With moves to all things cloud, with mobile phones, with social networks, with all things Cyber, there are distinct trends pointing to a new status quo and new challenges for security. Are you ready for the future? And just what are the five most important, influential trends?
• EVERYTHING really WILL be in the cloud
• Big data and BI – these are a few of my favorite things
• Are you a CISSI? (Certified Information Security Statistics Integrator)
• How to share with friends without the hassle
• Why GRC becomes fun

Sam Curry is Chief Technology Officer, Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. Mr. Curry has more than 18 years of experience in security product management and development, marketing, quality assurance, customer support and sales. Mr. Curry has also been a cryptographer and researcher and is a regular contributor to Internet Banking Security. Prior to his current role, Mr. Curry was Vice President of Product Management where he led the strategic direction for all RSA solutions. Prior to joining RSA, Mr. Curry was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for a broad information security management portfolio at CA. Previously, Mr. Curry was also Chief Security Architect and led Product Marketing and Product Management at McAfee. Earlier, Mr. Curry was a founder of one and a first employee in another successful technology company. Mr. Curry is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been quoted in Forbes, Bloomberg, CNET, Technology Review, PC World and Computerworld. He has also appeared on Tech TV, CNN and MSNBC. Mr. Curry holds a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts and a B.S. in Physics from Mount Allison University.