Conference: Governance, Risk and Compliance Track

Joshua Corman is the Research Director of Security for The 451 Group - a leading analyst firm focussed on the business of IT innovation. Corman is a candid, strategic thinker and a highly coveted speaker who has spoken at leading industry events such as RSA, Interop, ISACA, and SANS. His efforts to educate and challenge the industry recently led NetworkWorld magazine to recognize Corman as a top 10 Influencer of IT for 2009. (Link to article: http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2009/outlook/010509-tech-people-to-know.html)

Nolan M. Goldberg is an IP & Technology Counsel in Proskauer's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department and a member of the Patent Law Group, resident in the New York office. As an intellectual property litigator, his practice focuses on patent and trade secret litigation and counseling. As a founding member of the Litigation Department's Electronic Discovery Task Force, Mr. Goldberg is often called upon to develop e-discovery strategies to be used in all types of litigations, with a particular focus on managing the overall burden and cost of the electronic discovery process and obtaining often overlooked electronic evidence, including computer forensics. Mr. Goldberg's complete professional bio can be found at http://www.proskauer.com/professionals/nolan-goldberg/

In 1992, Gene co-authored Tripwire while at Purdue University with Dr. Gene Spafford. Since 1999, he has been studying high performing IT operations and security organizations, which led Gene to co-found the IT Process Institute (ITPI) in 2004. In conjunction with the ITPI, Gene co-authored the "Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in Four Practical And Auditable Steps" which has since sold over 75,000 copies. He was a principal investigator on the IT Controls Performance Study project, and in 2008, he co-authored the "Security Visible Ops", a handbook describing how to link IT security and operational objectives in four practical steps by integrating security controls into IT operational, software development and project management processes. Gene currently serves on the Advanced Technology Committee for the Institute of Internal Auditors where he is part of the GAIT task force, which has created guidance on how to scope IT general controls for SOX-404. In 2007, he was given the Outstanding Alumnus Award by the Department of Computer Sciences at Purdue University for achievement and leadership in the profession.