Amol heads Qualys' team of security researchers and engineers who manage vulnerability research. His team tracks emerging threats and develop new vulnerability signatures for vulnerability management service. Amol is a veteran of the security industry and has devoted his career to protecting, securing and educating the co munity from security threats. At Network Associates he contributed in the development of security products like CyberCop Scanner and Gauntlet Firewall. At Hitachi Semiconductor he managed a team that developed decvice drivers for RISC rocessor based boards. Amol has presented his research at numerous security conferences, including RSA 2007, InfoSec Europe 2007 Press Conference, Homeland security Network HSNI 2006 and FS/ISAC 2006. He regularly contributes to the SANS Top 20 expert consensus identifying the most critical security vulnerabilities. Amol has a Masters and Bachelors degree in Computer Science from University of Pune, India


Presentation Abstract

In the last 10 years vulnerabilities have increased exponentially. Why? To answer you must understand the vulnerability axioms— classification, sophistication, numbers and consequence. This presentation will explain where different vulnerabilities fall in the context of the axioms, why their numbers have risen, what the current trends are, and how understanding them will help keep you protected.