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Panos Kampanakis

Omar Santos, CISSP No. 463598, Principal Engineer of the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), leads engineers and incident managers in investigating and resolving Cisco product vulnerabilities. He has held IT and cybersecurity positions for 20 years, and has designed, implemented, and supported secure networks for enterprises and the U.S. government. Formerly technical leader within the Cisco World Wide Security Practice and TAC, he has led industry-wide initiatives to harden critical infrastructure. He is the author of several books including Cisco ASA, CCNA Security, NetFlow, and many other cyber security topics.

Panos Kampanakis, CCIE No. 28561, CISSP No. 367831, is a Technical Marketing Engineer in the  Cisco Security and Trust Organization (S&TO). Kampanakis has extensive experience with cryptography, security automation, vulnerability management and cyber security. He presents on security at Cisco Live, participates in standards bodies to provide interoperability for security information sharing, cryptography and PKI; and works with the Cisco PSIRT to mitigate vulnerabilities. His interests include next-generation and post-quantum cryptography, cryptographic interoperability, and IoT security.

Aaron Woland, CCIE No. 20113, Principal Engineer in the Cisco Security Business Group, works with Cisco’s largest customers. He specializes in secure access and identity deployments with ISE, solution enhancements, standards development, and futures. An inaugural member of Cisco Live’s Hall of Fame for Distinguished Speakers, he is a Network World security columnist, and holds GHIC, GSEC, Certified Ethical Hacker, MCSE, VCP, CCSP, CCNP, and CCDP certifications. His books include Cisco ISE for BYOD and Secure Unified Access.