When John von Neumann said those words in 1952, he didn’t mean the Atomic bomb that he helped create as a scientist with the Manhattan Project. He was referring to his revolutionary work in high speed computing. Over sixty years later, the computer has revolutionized every aspect of our life – from currency to medicine to warfare. Our almost total reliance upon insecure software and hardware has made the world less safe, and has fundamentally changed the power equations between State and Non-State actors.
Suits and Spooks 2017 will focus on identifying the world’s most valuable new technologies, who the threat actors are that are looking to acquire them, and what can be done to stop them.
Admission is $549 for industry, and $375 for full-time government, military, or academia employees. Visit SuitsandSpooks.com to register.
Special Projects Director, Kaspersky Lab
In a career that stretches back to the early days of Kaspersky Lab, Andrey Nikishin worked as a Senior Software Engineer and Architect before moving to the Strategic Marketing Department as a Product Strategy Manager. Prior to his present role, Nikishin headed up the Cloud and Content Technologies Research and Development Department. Before joining Kaspersky Lab, Nikishin had several years of experience developing his own antivirus programs. Nikishin has a degree from the Baltic State Technical University in St. Petersburg and received his MBA from the London Business School.
