David Ramirez
Senior Manager ,  Alcatel-Lucent
David Ramirez has been involved with information security for the past eleven years. He began his career as a networking specialist and then joined a consulting company managing information risk management practice implementation where he was involved in risk assessments for more than 80 companies. His next move was to a risk management company in the U.K., as part of their new information security division. In that role, Ramirez was responsible for developing the methodologies for the practice, including penetration testing, ISO 17799 compliance, and disaster recovery. He was involved in security projects for banks and other financial institutions around the world. The projects focused on security awareness, disaster recovery and business continuity, security policies, security architecture, managed security services, and compliance with international standards. During his career he has published numerous articles, white papers and book chapters related to Information Security with a recent focus on IPTV Security issues.