- The speaker worked in cybersecurity for the US Navy for over 20 years before becoming the CISO for the City of San Diego in 2013.
- The City of San Diego has over 24 networks, 35,000 endpoints, and averages 1 million attacks per day on its networks. It also has legacy infrastructure and disparate technologies.
- Smart cities initiatives in San Diego include a smart grid, fiber network, environmental sensors, and an intelligent transportation system, but these introduce new cybersecurity challenges and attack surfaces that must be addressed.