--- begin forwarded text Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:45:13 -0400 From: "Robert A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kroll hires Sameer, Jon Callas http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990426/kroll_adds_1.html Yahoo - Kroll-O'Gara's Information Security Group Adds More Professionals >From Who's Who List in Network Security and Business Management <snippage> Monday April 26, 8:31 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Kroll-O'Gara Company Kroll-O'Gara's Information Security Group Adds More Professionals From Who's Who List in Network Security and Business Management Kroll-O'Gara's Newest Division Attracts the Industry's Best Talent to Help Companies Mitigate Risk as They Implement E-Commerce Strategies PALO ALTO, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the growing demand for its network assessment and security services, the newest division of The Kroll-O'Gara Company (Nasdaq: <http://quote.yahoo.com/q?s=krog&d=t>KROG - <http://biz.yahoo.com/n/k/krog.html>news), the Information Security Group (ISG), today announced the additional hiring of four established network security professionals and a chief operating officer. Sameer Parekh, Jon Callas, Jamie C. Pole, and R.J. Schlecht all join the Information Security Group as senior security consultants where they will be responsible for providing comprehensive security services that assist companies to mitigate risk as they move to implement e-commerce and other network-dependent strategies. Mary Dobbs Corroon joins the ISG as chief operating officer. Featured on the cover of both Microtimes and Forbes, Sameer Parekh has been active in Internet-related privacy, security, and cryptography issues since 1990. Parekh joins ISG after founding C2Net Software where as CEO he pioneered a program to develop encryption software internationally in order to expand worldwide sales. C2Net's flagship product, Stronghold, is the most popular full-strength encrypting Web server. Parekh continues to be active at C2Net as its chairman and is a member of the board of directors for the Apache Software Foundation. Mary D. Corroon comes from First Data Corporation where she held several positions and most recently was responsible for providing strategic e-business consulting services for clients. Other responsibilities at First Data included the creation and management of a targeted consumer marketing partnership with client financial institutions. Previously, Corroon held the position of associate partner at Andersen Consulting. As co-author of the OpenPGP specification and chief technology officer of the Total Network Security division of Network Associates, Jon Callas has a diverse, ten-year background in the information security industry. During his tenure at Network Associates, Callas was instrumental in the complex integration of X.509 digital certificates with the latest version of PGP, as well as co-author of the IETF RFC 2440 on OpenPGP. As founder and CEO of J.C. Pole & Associates, Jamie C. Pole established an international consulting firm specializing in information security, electronic warfare, and industrial espionage countermeasures for Fortune 100 class corporations. Previously, he held the position of vice president, regional head, of data security at Deutsche Bank, A.G. Robert J. Schlecht joins ISG from Interlink Computer Sciences where, as director of security development, he successfully delivered an IETF IPsec-compliant virtual private network (VPN) product to provide scalable, end-station to end-station encryption for Fortune 1000 companies. ``For a company to successfully leverage its e-business strategies, it will require expertise from network and security professionals to reduce the level of associated risk,'' stated Dr. Taher Elgamal, president, Information Security Group of Kroll-O'Gara. ``The planning of a secure network demands specialists not always found in-house. The addition of these proven professionals to our existing staff allows us to further build our management team and meet the growing security needs of our clients.'' New Address for Kroll-O'Gara's Information Security Group In anticipation of continuing growth and the need for a larger product testing laboratory, the Information Security Group of Kroll-O'Gara has just completed their move to new offices at 3600 West Bayshore Boulevard, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303; Telephone: 650-812-9400; Fax: 650-812-9401. The ISG can also be reached via the Internet at <http://www.kroll-ogara.com>www.kroll-ogara.com. About the Information Security Group The Information Security Group (ISG) of Kroll-O'Gara is composed of highly regarded industry experts that provide objective information security services to businesses and government agencies. These services include network and system security review and repair, product assessment, the creation and implementation of security policies, architecture and design, and training. They also employ internally developed proprietary software that combines best-of-breed security tools and client information to analyze and assess network security issues as a scientific discipline. Their approach employs standard, well-tested methodology, and treats security as both a business and a technical issue. The Information Security Group is unique in the security field in that it not only provides the assessment and recommendations, but also actual implementation and deployment. For more information, please access their Web site at <http://www.kroll-ogara.com>www.kroll-ogara.com, or contact the company at 650-812-9400. About The Kroll-O'Gara Company The Kroll-O'Gara Company is a leading global provider of a broad range of specialized products and services designed to supply solutions to a variety of security needs. Kroll-O'Gara provides governments, businesses, and individuals with information, analysis, training, and products to mitigate the growing risks associated with white-collar crimes, fraud, physical attacks, threats, violence, and uninformed decisions based upon incomplete or inaccurate information. The company is organized into four primary business groups: Investigations & Intelligence Group, Security Products & Services Group, Information Security Group, and Voice & Data Communications Group. The Investigations & Intelligence Group provides financial services, including forensic accounting, asset tracing and pre-acquisition due diligence. It provides business investigations and intelligence, including litigation support, monitoring and intellectual property infringement investigations. Its corporate services include pre-employment background checking, drug testing, surveillance, and vendor integrity programs. This Group also provides clients with corporate security, including security architecture and planning, as well as computer forensics. The Security Products & Services Group provides commercial and military armored vehicles, other armoring systems, advanced security and driver training, crisis management, and engineering services. The Information Security Group provides network and system security services and all aspects of data security, including product evaluation assessment, security policy development, security architecture, and design as well as security training. The Voice & Data Communications Group resells satellite communication systems and navigation equipment as well as airtime for satellite communication systems in vehicles. Based in New York City, New York, and Fairfield, Ohio, Kroll-O'Gara employs more than 2,000 people in 60 offices and plants around the world. For more information, please access the company's web site at <http://www.kroll-ogara.com>www.kroll-ogara.com, or contact Mr. Bill T. O'Gara, president and COO of The Kroll-O'Gara Company at 513-874-2112. SOURCE: Kroll-O'Gara Company <snippage> --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
