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About Me

Dr. Anton Chuvakin (http://www.chuvakin.org) is a recognized security expert in the field of log management and PCI DSS compliance. He is an author of books "Security Warrior" and "PCI Compliance" and a contributor to "Know Your Enemy II", "Information Security Management Handbook" and others. Anton has published dozens of papers on log management, correlation, data analysis, PCI DSS, security management (see list www.info-secure.org) . His blog http://www.securitywarrior.org is one of the most popular in the industry.

In addition, Anton teaches classes and presents at many security conferences across the world; he recently addressed audiences in United States, UK, Singapore, Spain, Russia and other countries. He works on emerging security standards and serves on the advisory boards of several security start-ups.

Currently, Anton is developing his security consulting practice, focusing on logging and PCI DSS compliance for security vendors and Fortune 500 organizations. Dr. Anton Chuvakin was formerly a Director of PCI Compliance Solutions at Qualys. Previously, Anton worked at LogLogic as a Chief Logging Evangelist, tasked with educating the world about the importance of logging for security, compliance and operations. Before LogLogic, Anton was employed by a security vendor in a strategic product management role. Anton earned his Ph.D. degree from Stony Brook University.

Work History

Qualys
Director of PCI Compliance Solutions
October 2008 to August 2009
• Contributed to PCI-related product roadmap
• Interfaced with customers of QualysGuard PCI solution
• Created product requirements for the engineering team
• Advised sales team on PCI DSS and related compliance issues
• Drafted and published papers about PCI DSS and vulnerability management
• Developed PCI partner ecosystem of resellers and technology partners
• Enabled partner use of Qualys technology for PCI DSS validation
• Interfaced with banks and merchant service providers

LogLogic
Chief Logging Evangelist
July 2007 to November 2008
• Evangelized logging and log management to customers, prospects and world at large
• Worked on log management standards and other industry projects
• Drafted white papers as well as published papers on information security and log management
• Contributed logging tips and thought leadership articles to the corporate blog
• Interfaced with customers for log management strategy discussions
• Advised development and system engineering departments on current security, compliance and operational logging issues
• Represented the company in professional societies, conferences and security community projects

LogLogic
Director, Product Management
March 2006 to July 2007
• Maintained core product roadmap
• Interfaced with customers for new product feature prioritization
• Defined and documents product requirements for new releases
• Guided the engineering during development of functional product specifications
• Advised development and system engineering departments on current security, compliance and operational logging issues
• Conducted LogLogic beta program to test new product features
• Drafted white papers as well as published papers on information security and log management
• Represented the company in professional societies, conferences and security community projects

Education

SUNY Stony Brook
Ph.D., Physics, Computer Science
1996 - 2001

Interests

Published Books • “Security Warrior” (co-author) • “PCI Compliance” (co-author) • “Beautiful Security: Leading Security Experts Explain How They Think” (contributor) • “OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide” (contributor) • “Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis” (contributor) • “Hacker’s Challenge 3” (contributor) • “Information Security Management Handbook” (contributor) Public Presentations • Recent presentations at SANS, CSI, ISSA, MISTI, DeepSec, etc - see www.chuvakin.org/secpublic.html Other Publication List • See www.info-secure.org Other Interests • Proposal reviewer for security books for Addison Wesley, Syngress/Elsevier and Auerbach Publications • Advisory Board Member: LogLogic, Inc (Log management/SIEM) • Advisory Board Member: Savant Protection, Inc (HIPS) • Advisory Board Member: nexTier Networks, Inc (DLP) • Contributor to Cloud Security Alliance, compliance and governance in the cloud group • Contributor to SANS/FBI "Top 20 Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities" – widely referenced list of common security vulnerabilities (2002-2006)

Specialties

Information security, PCI DSS compliance, log management, security information and event management, intrusion detection, Unix security, honeypots, security incident response and forensics, product management, security strategy, market research, competitive research, technical writing, communication and presentation skills.

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