1ST IEEE/IFIP Workshop on Security for Emerging Distributed Network Technologies (DISSECT)
Co-located with IEEE/IFIP IM 2015
Ottawa, Canada
DISSECT 2015 Keynote (back to main page)
Security Challenges in the eye of the Hurricane: Navigating the perfect networking storm of Virtualization, Mobility, and IoT
09:30 - 10:30View the slides
Chris Ullock
Security Expert and Senior Product Manager, Nakina Systems
Abstract: The business challenges faced by communication service providers are well known. Specifically, revenues remain threatened by increasing competition from more agile competitors. As a result, service providers are turning to new technologies, such as Network Function Virtualization (NFV), to enable both new service innovations and to reduce costs. In order to realize the full commercial benefits, identifying and overcoming some of the practical and critical operational considerations will be required. Security is one of the most critical considerations, which must not be an afterthought. Identity Access Management strategies must accommodate a variety of network equipment, multiple generations of technologies and scale to support hundreds of thousands of equipment types, including virtual infrastructure, virtual network functions, servers and systems.
Biography: Chris Ullock has over 15 years of experience in OSS and Telecom and has worked in a variety of roles over the years in network operations, project management and product management. Currently, Chris is part of the Nakina product management team with responsibility in the areas of Security and Fulfillment.