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Chapter Board
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Ken Baylor is a security advisor to Silicon Valley firms. Previously, he served as Symantec's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM). As CISO, he was responsible for development of all information systems security policies, oversight of implementation of all security-related policies and procedures, and global protection of electronic and digital assets. He also worked closely with internal products groups on security capabilities in Symantec products, and headed-up the Information Security department. Ken Baylor has 15 years of experience leading global IT and security teams. Prior to joining Symantec, Dr. Baylor led a number of strategic initiatives within McAfee, where he was recognized as an expert in Intrusion Prevention Systems and Risk Management. He was active in developing strategic alliances and creating the Service Provider program. Dr Baylor holds bachelors and doctorate degrees in Science from the National University of Ireland, a law degree from University of Wolverhampton, England and an MBA from the University of Texas.
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Navarasu Dhanasekar is a Manager in the Technology and Security Risk Management practice of SOAProjects Inc., before that he was working with in Technology and Security Risk Services (TSRS) practice serving Ernst & Young clients. He has over 14 years of experience in information systems audit and assurance, information security, ERP implementations, data analytics, internal audits, operational audits, financial audits and business process studies. Before moving to US in May 2005, he worked in United Arab Emirates and India for several years. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Science and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and BS7799 (Implementer).
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Surya Vinjamuri has over 20 years of experience in the development, implementation and management of large software applications and tools in the areas of Risk Management, Corporate/IT Governance and Regulatory Compliance. His industry experience includes managing large offshore development teams for outsourced software services and consulting services for regulatory compliance requirements. Mr. Vinjamuri holds a MS in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, India and MBA in International Business/Finance from California State University. He holds CISA, CISM, CGEIT and PMP Certifications. He is an active member of ISACA, IIA and PMI. Till recently he served on the Management board of InfoSTEP Inc. where he worked as Vice President, Risk Management & Compliance. Currently he works in the SOX PMO Office of Cisco, Inc. His interests include Corporate/IT Governance, Regulatory Compliance and Information Security.
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Balakrishnan Natarajan is a Senior Consultant in the Technology and Security Risk Management practice at SOAProjects, Inc. Before that he worked in the Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS) Consulting Practice at Wipro Technologies. He has over 9 years of experience in audit and consulting. His areas of specialization include Internal controls assessment, Information Security, Operational, Management and Financial audits. His past work experience includes Infosys Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers in India. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) from India, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the US, a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), an ISO27001 Lead Auditor and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). He has passed the CISM and CCSA examinations.
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Larry Halme is a senior security consultant for SAVVIS and has over twenty-five years of industry experience working in the area of IT security. He has worked closely with financial firms, credit card companies, service providers, global enterprise clients, branches of the military, and government agencies to plan, assess, remediate, and maintain robust security postures. By supporting a wide spectrum of consulting engagements, Mr. Halme has gained a broad knowledge of corporate security and Government INFOSEC issues. He has extensive experience in the areas of cross-discipline security assessments, compliance audits, enterprise operations security, penetration testing, intrusion detection, government criteria evaluation support, security policy and policy model development, formal proof methods, MLS systems, and development and integration of trusted DBMSs. Mr. Halme was a founding member of pioneer information security consulting company Arca Systems, Inc., its transition to a subsidiary of Exodus Communications, and Exodus’ acquisition by Cable & Wireless, and finally Cable & Wireless America’s acquisition by SAVVIS. Mr. Halme holds CISM and CISA certifications from ISACA; ISSMP, ISSAP, and CISSP certifications from (ISC)2; IEM and IAM certifications from NSA; and a BS-EECS from UC Berkeley. This is Mr. Halme’s fifth year serving on ISACA-SV’s Board.
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Sreeni Kancharla is Senior Manager, Information Security, at Symantec Corp., responsible for information security strategy, architecture and technology. In his role he supports CISO in achieving security goals. He has over 12 years experience in Information Security architecting and implementing Trust managements, Threat management, Identity and Access management, Risk Management, Information Assurance, and Security Convergence. Sreeni Kancharla spoke on various security topics at industry conferences including RSA, CSO media. He is a guest lecturer at SJSU teaching MBA/MIS class on information security, security risk management, and information assurance. Sreeni holds MS in Computer Science, MS in Information Systems, and is CISSP certified.
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Tabitha Paturi works as a Senior IT Auditor with VeriSign mainly focused on leading the IT proactive assurance and post implementation system audits. Prior to VeriSign she was with Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) where she was an IT Associate focused on IT audit and SOX engagements. He key clients included Cisco, LSI Logic, LookSmart, Advent Software, Asyst Technologies and Tibco Software. Prior to joining PwC, she was a SAP support analyst at Applied Materials. Tabitha holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations and Manangement Information Systems from Santa Clara University.
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Kimberly Harbin is an internal IT auditor responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and IT General Controls at Ditech Networks in Mountain View. She also conducts internal ISO compliance audits. Kimberly has over ten years of experience in IT, including change control management, information security, and wide area network engineering at a major financial institution.
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Jayaprakash Vinayagamurthy is a Senior IS Auditor working with Ernst & Young, Jay has over 11 years experience in the field of Information Technology and IT auditing. In addition to extensive experience in evaluating IS processes and controls, he has a very strong background in IT Governance, Information Systems Auditing, Information Security, IT Risk Assessment, Controls community and project management. Jay joined E&Y in Nov 2004 and has been involved in performing Internal & External IT audit for various clients in the bay area, including system reviews, completing risk assessments and evaluating the adequacy of design and operational effectiveness of IT general controls in compliance with SOX - Sec 404. His previous experience includes working for Sify Ltd; held the position of Lead Information Assurance Consultant worked with international clients across the US, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Diploma in Electronics & Communication. Jay is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) has been a member of ISACA since 2003.
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Greg Edwards CISSP, CISA, CISM, IAM, GCIH, CWNA is an amateur historian of cryptography for over 30 years. He works full time in computer security. He has a BS degree in Physics from UCD and teaches computer/network/wireless security part time at UC Santa Cruz extension. Greg has been involved with Information Security for over 15 years, mostly working on analysis of virus attacks and vulnerability assessments for various operating systems. He has also worked on wireless security, security awareness training, penetration testing, etc.
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The Past President has been removed from the Board.
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