Jeffrey Jones, Director, Microsoft Corporation
Tim Rains, Director, Microsoft Corporation
Windows XP just recently reached end of life. Bill Gates’ TwC is now ten years old. The threat landscape has constantly evolved in dramatic and unexpected ways, changing the character of Internet risk completely. Using data from millions of computers and online services, this session will provide a unique retrospective on how computing has changed over the past 10 years.
Recently listed as one of 25 Most Powerful Voices in Security, Jeff Jones is a 24-year security industry professional that has spent the last several years at Microsoft helping drive security progress as part of the Trustworthy Computing initiative. In this role, Jeff draws upon his security experience to
work with enterprise CSOs and Microsoft's internal security teams to drive practical and measurable security improvements into Microsoft process and products. Among other activities, Jeff contributes research and analysis to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report.
Prior to Microsoft, Jeff was the vice president of product management for security products at Network Associates where his responsibilities included PGP, Gauntlet and Cybercop product lines (and formerly managed the McAfee corporate antivirus product line). These latest positions cap a career focused on security, managing risk, building custom firewalls and being involved in DARPA security research projects while part of Trusted Information Systems. Jeff is a frequent global speaker and writer on security topics ranging from the very technical to more high level, CxO-focused topics such as Security TCO and metrics. In addition to the Microsoft Security Blog, Jeff is also a contributor on The Security Decode blog on CSOOnline.
Jeff earned a Masters in Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering at Purdue University.
Tim Rains leads Product Management in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group. Tim and his team of product managers support the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), and the Microsoft Security Engineering Center (MSEC) which includes the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and Security Science. Tim’s team is the driving force behind the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report.
Tim has worked in several roles at Microsoft including the Senior Public Relations Manager of Security Response at Microsoft, Senior Product Manager of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, Program Manager of the Windows Network Diagnostics team, Technical Lead on the Security Incident Response team in the Product Support Services (PSS) Security team and Technical Lead on the PSS Windows Server Networking team.
Tim earned a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Seattle University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree at the University of Alberta. Tim also holds several technical certifications including CISSP, MCSE, MCSA, including a Computer Systems Technology diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
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