Vinay Bansal, Martin Nystrom

Vinay Bansal, Martin Nystrom

Vinay K. Bansal (CISSP, CISA, GIAC) works as a senior security architect in Cisco System's Corporate Security Programs Office. He is the lead architect for Cisco’s “Web and Application Security Architecture Team” that focuses on improving security of Cisco’s 2000+ IT Web Applications, databases and mobile services. Vinay has 17+ years of industry experience in successfully leading; architecting and implementing IT based solutions with focus on security/Internet/e-commerce applications. Vinay worked at various Fortune 500 companies including Cisco, IBM, Nokia, Experian, and Plessey Telecom (UK). Vinay holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Duke University.

Martin G. Nystrom (CISSP) is an InfoSec Investigations Manager for the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) at Cisco Systems. He leads the global security monitoring team and provides guidance for incident response and security initiatives. Prior to joining Cisco's CSIRT, he was responsible for designing and consulting on secure architectures for IT projects. Martin worked as an IT architect and a Java programmer for 12 years prior, where he built his experience in the pharmaceutical and computer industries. He received a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in 1990, a master's degree from NC State University in 2003, and his CISSP certification in 2004. He is the author of O'Reilly's SQL Injection Defenses, and co-author of Security Monitoring. He is a frequent conference speaker, and was honored on the Java One Rock Star Wall of Fame. He enjoys speaking atFIRST and Cisco Networkers conferences, and providing security guidance to customers via Cisco's Executive Briefing Program. Most of Martin's papers and presos can be found on his web site at xianshield.org