Jazib Frahim, CCIE® No. 5459 (R&S; Security), CISSP, CISM, is a Principal Engineer in Cisco Security Solutions, helps customers design and implement network security across the entire solutions development lifecycle. He has helped develop customer-focused services including Advanced Threat Analytics, Hosted Identity, and BYOD. His books include all editions of Cisco ASA.
Venkata (Josh) Josyula, CCIE® No. 13518, built the first cloud solution for Cisco, Virtualized Management Data Center. He holds a widely used pat¿ent on cloud containers, and has published 60+ technical papers and articles. Drawing on 30 years of IT/telecom experience at Cisco and Bell Labs, he consults with enterprises and service providers worldwide.
Monique Morrow, Cisco CTO for New Frontiers Engineering, co-innovates with customers worldwide. Her technical expertise includes cloud computing, Intercloud federation, IoT, M2M Security, E-Health, and the semantic web. She co-authored Developing IP-based Services and MPLS VPN Security, and holds eight patents, with seven pending. She was named one of Europe’s most inspiring women in technology for 2016.
Ken Owens, Cisco CTO, Cloud Solution Engineering, defines technical vision and strategy for the Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) business for Cisco. Owens created Mantl,io, an integrated, automated microservices infrastructure; and Cisco Shipped, an automated SDLC. Responsible for cloud native development engineering at Cisco, he is Technical Committee representative to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. He holds nine US patents, with twelve pending.
Omar Santos is an active member of the cybersecurity community, where he leads several industry-wide initiatives. He is the lead of the DEF CON Red Team Village; the chair of the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) technical committee; the co-chair of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Open Source Security working group; and has been the chair of several initiatives in the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI). His active role helps businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to increasing the security of their critical infrastructures.
Omar is the author of more than twenty books and video courses, as well as numerous white papers, articles, and security configuration guidelines and best practices. Omar is a principal engineer of the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), where he mentors and leads engineers and incident managers during the investigation and resolution of cyber security vulnerabilities. Additional information about Omar's current projects can be found at omarsantos.io, and you can follow Omar on Twitter @santosomar.
Jazib Frahim, CCIE No. 5459, has been with Cisco Systems for more than seven years. With a Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, he started out as a TAC engineer with the LAN Switching team. He then moved to the TAC Security team, where he acted as a technical leader for the security products. He led a team of 20 engineers as a team leader in resolving complicated security and VPN technologies. Jazib is currently working as a Senior Network Security Engineer in the Worldwide Security Services Practice of Cisco’s Advanced Services for Network Security. He is responsible for guiding customers in the design and implementation of their networks, with a focus in network security. He holds two CCIEs, one in Routing and Switching and the other in Security. He also authored the Cisco Press book Cisco ASA: All-in-one Firewall, IPS, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance(ISBN: 1-58705-209-1). Additionally, Jazib has written numerous Cisco online technical documents and has been an active member on Cisco’s online forum, NetPro. He has presented at Networkers on multiple occasions and has taught many onsite and online courses to Cisco customers, partners, and employees.
Jazib is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from North Carolina State University.
Omar Santos is a Senior Network Security Consulting Engineer in the Worldwide Security Services Practice of Cisco’s Advanced Services for Network Security. He has more than 12 years of experience in secure data communications. Omar has designed, implemented, and supported numerous secure networks for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government, including the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Department of Defense (DoD). He is also the author of the Cisco Press book Cisco ASA: All-in-one Firewall, IPS, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance(ISBN: 1-58705-209-1) and many Cisco online technical documents and configuration guidelines. Prior to his current role, he was a technical leader of Cisco’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC), where he taught, led, and mentored many engineers within the organization. He is an active member of the InfraGard organization, a cooperative undertaking between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law-enforcement agencies, and other participants that are dedicated to increasing the security of the critical infrastructures of the United States of America. Omar has also delivered numerous technical presentations to Cisco customers, partners, and other organizations.
David White, Jr., CCIE No. 12021, has more than ten years of networking experience with a focus on network security. He is currently an Escalation Engineer in the Cisco TAC, where he has been for more than six years. In his role at Cisco, he is involved in new product design and implementation and is an active participant in Cisco documentation, both online and in print. David holds a CCIE in Security and is also NSA IAM certified. Before joining Cisco, David worked for the U.S. government, where he helped secure its worldwide communications network. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, and received his Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.