1. Chuck Brooks
Vice President for Government Relations & Marketing
Sutherland Government Solutions
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the Vice President for Government Relations
& Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Chuck is also is the Chairman of
CompTIA’s New and Emerging Technology Committee and serves on Boards to
several prominent public and private companies and organizations. He was named
“2016 Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year” at The Cybersecurity Excellence
Awards. In government, Chuck served at the Department of Homeland Security as
the first Director of Legislative Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate.
He also spent six years on Capitol Hill as a Senior Advisor to the late Senator
Arlen Specter where he covered foreign affairs, business, and technology issues. In
academia, Chuck was an Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University

2. where he taught graduate level students about homeland security and Congress. He
has an MA in International relations from the University of Chicago, and a BA in
Political Science from DePauw University, and a Certificate in International Law
from The Hague. Chuck is widely published in leading publications on the subjects
of innovation, public/private partnerships, emerging technologies, and issues of
homeland security and cybersecurity
Thursday, 30 June 2016 • The Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner • 1700 Tysons Blvd
McLean, VA 22102
PANEL 1: Protecting the Enterprise from the Growing Risk of Security Breaches as it Relates to the Internet
of Things
The ubiquitous fear of securely managing an exponentially increasing number of connected,automated devices that
communicate over the internet is quickly making its way to the forefront of business leaders minds from right on the
factory floor to financial institutions,hospital mainframes, right down to the residential kitchen with a smart
refrigerator.
According to updated market research forecasts the installed base of active wireless connected devices will reach
nearly 6.5 billion in 2016, up 30% from 2015. This number of devices is expected to increase to an estimated
forecast of 40 billion devices by 2020.
In todays discussion we will be taking a look at how to improve IOT security for a better connected future in this
constantly growing threat landscape of organized cyber criminals.
Moderated by Rinaldi Rampen, CSO, The Crypsis Group & Chapter Leader, OWASP
 Nicholas Albright, Vice President Security & Intelligence, Anomali
 Chuck Brooks, Vice President for Government Relations & Marketing, Sutherland Global Services
 Bryan Glancey, Chief Technology Officer, Optio Labs, Inc
 Gerard Stegmaier, Sr. Research Fellow – Economics of Privacy, George Mason University School of
Law, and Partner, ReedSmith LLP
 Bill Swearingen, Director of Cyber Defense, CenturyLink