James Peterman

Biography

Jim Peterman is Director of Product Security at Oracle’s Communications Global Business Unit. In this role, Jim is responsible for helping product teams meet the industry’s stringent security requirements through the application of innovative security design, analysis, test, and support methods. He leads a team that helps assess the security impact of emerging technologies and formulates security strategies for virtual and cloud-based environments. Jim has worked in a variety of government and industry positions dealing with numerous telecommunications, networking, digital electronics, software engineering, and signal processing topics. In addition to research and development, Jim has also been involved with engineering process improvement and quality initiatives, serving as an ISO-9001 Internal Auditor and Team Leader. He currently supports Oracle’s TL-9000 and ISO-27001 certification activities. Jim is active in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), having served as Region 3’s Student Professional Awareness Conference Coordinator. He also enjoys speaking to student branches about career and professional issues and continuing education. He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Tennessee Tech and an MBA from Regis University in Denver.

Presentation Title

Presentation: Stuck in the Middle with You Security complexity in the telecommunications industry

Presentation Overview

Telecommunications Service Providers manage the critical communications infrastructure that enables today’s advanced mobile networks providing consumers with an always connected user experience. Security concerns abound and suppliers of equipment, software and services to the telecom industry are peppered with many questions. Jim Peterman and Don Ross, from Oracle’s Communications Global Business Unit, will explore some of the unique security challenges in protecting this highly valuable “middle ground” between consumers and the services they desire to use.