Rick Howard – Keynote

Biography

Rick Howard is the chief security officer (CSO) for Palo Alto Networks, where he oversees the company’s internal security program, leads the Palo Alto Networks Threat Intelligence Team (Unit 42), directs the company’s efforts on the Cyber Threat Alliance Information Sharing Group and hosts the Cybersecurity Canon Project. Previously, he was the CISO for TASC, the GM of iDefense, the SOC director at Counterpane and the commander of the U.S. Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team. Howard completed master’s degree in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School and an engineering degree from the U.S. Military Academy.

Presentation Title

Presentation: Network Defender First Principles