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Roger Halbheer

Job title:
Chief security advisor, Microsoft

Areas of expertise:
Policy, architecture, law enforcement, cybersecurity, processes

Biography:
Roger Halbheer joined Microsoft as Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft Switzerland in 2001 and was promoted to the role of Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in February 2007. Roger leads a team of national Chief Security Advisors across EMEA who work with organizations in the commercial and public sectors - including national governments, law enforcement and intelligence agencies - on information technology issues and strategies. He is a trusted advisor to C-level executives, governments and law enforcement agencies and has established relationships with security communities and government agencies across the region. Roger is a regular speaker at industry events and has worked with national and international print and broadcast media both to represent Microsoft and to provide expert comment on broader security issues. A Swiss national, Roger holds a Master of Computer Science degree from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). Before joining Microsoft, he was responsible for e-Business Risk Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Switzerland. He lives in Zurich and is married with two sons.

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The Importance of International Collaboration –Even in Exercises

One of the biggest challenges in Critical Infrastructure Protection or Incident Response is collaboration. Collaboration between the public and the private sector as the private sector is most often running the critical infrastructure; collaboration between different governments as well, as incidents do not tend to stop at a country's border.

Now, planning for such a collaboration is one thing but really trying out whether the collaboration really works is another one. Just testing whether all the communication channels come up and can get established is hard by itself.

The US was already running exercises called “Cyberstorm” within the US to test the collaboration and the plans within the US. Now it seems that they are planning to extend that: Next Cyberstorm exercise to stress international cooperation on security. This is a great development and it will be interesting to see what the results will be.

Roger

Posted 16/06/2010 by Roger Halbheer

Tagged under:Critical Infrastructure Protection

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