Session Abstract:
A key factor for success in scaled evolution of IoT and Edge solutions is digital trust. Digital interactions with individuals, devices, datasets, and or disparate sources must be considered verified as originating from authorized sources to drive adoption and durable functionality. In this emerging model, TRUST = VALUE. Cyberattacks are increasingly threatening small & large businesses, hospitals, schools, and critical public infrastructure. In today’s world, reports of identity theft / information fraud & ransom attacks are commonplace. Smart video technology is causing deepfakes which makes us question what is real. Generative AI is nearly passing the Turing Test requiring novel schemes to prove authenticity of transactions. The architectural absence of authenticated digital identity in the Internet Protocol has finally caught up with us. We need a new a new architectural view of the Internet that adds a unique identity to every human, machine, and object of value so we can digitally operate in a decentralized metaverse. We are fortunate to have, as a guest speaker, Scott Perry, PrincipaI, Crypto, and Digital Trust Services at Schellman. Scott will explore the emerging Internet architecture adding digital identity and verifiable claims made by all actors on the Internet. He will explain how this technology is emerging globally but requires strong governance among jurisdictions and industry leaders to realize its visions of a trustable Internet. That governance requires accountability from traditional certification schemes such as SOC2, ISO, NIST, GDPR, HIPAA but will need broader global acceptance and trust to maximizes its vision. Scott will deliver prepared remarks for context of the subject matter. Then our distinguished COE members (from: CBT, Red Hat, CDW, and Symbotix) will conduct a Q&A with Scott at the conclusion of his presentation.
Speakers:
Ted DellaVecchia is Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Symbotix, a strategy management and technology consulting group that inspires and leads digitally-enabled business change. He is also General Manager of Global Business Operations for Devvio – a blockchain software enterprise serving global entities with sustainability and Environment-Social-Governance (ESG) solutions that have positive impact on climate change and a healthy planet. Ted is a proven leader who has delivered durable, step level EBITA CAGR in all executive assignments. Examples include delivering global elements of a corporate turnaround at IBM Corporation; implementing world-wide supply-chains and accelerating market/earnings growth for Starbucks Coffee Company; and restructuring IT divisions and enterprise business capabilities for three multi-billion-dollar BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance Companies. Since 2007, Symbotix has designed and executed comprehensive reinventions of operational capacities at several academic medical centers and large commercial payors in the domestic USA. While CEO of Symbotix, Ted was recruited to be the Chief Healthcare Strategist at Red Hat Software where he designed and co-founded “LinuxForHealth”; a sub-licensed Linux Foundation Community open-source movement. LinuxForHealth is the kernel of a comprehensive health operating system for manifesting a healthier society through deployment of decentralized and autonomous AI agents that advance a modern-day virtual-health experience for all. Ted collaborates with entities dedicated to instigating a healthier society and saving our planet; performs advisory services for early and growth stage companies; and serves as advisory board member of the IoT Community, Ted recently chaired the IEEE Group Track on Blockchain and AI in Healthcare; is an active investor with early stage digital transformation companies; frequently speaks at industry events promoting symbiotic, ethical collaborations to improve environmental, social, and governance for all; and is an evangelist for promotion of decentralized identity to enable trust in the information sharing domain.
Scott Perry is a Principal at Schellman where he heads up its Crypto and Digital Trust services practice. Prior to joining Schellman in 2022, Scott owned and operated his own firm specializing in cybersecurity consulting audits and governance, GRC implementation, digital identity and verifiable credentials, and WebTrust. Scott is also a Steering Committee member and co-Chairs the Governance Stack Working Group for the Trust Over IP Foundation (a Linux Foundation project). Scott has worked with the world’s most respected SSL-certificate issuers, aerospace and defense companies, and government agencies. He has authored and contributed to a comprehensive governance and trust assurance methodology suite for Trust Over IP, has written a key chapter on Trust Assurance in a published book on Self Sovereign Identity and the FinClusive Rulebook. As a hands-on crypto and cybersecurity consultant and auditor, Scott provides deep and impactful advice that you would expect from a leader in the field.
Cory Latschkowski, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, OpenShift, Red Hat; Over the previous decade Cory has made major stops in High Performance Computing (HPC), Cyber Security, Data Science, and container platforms (k8s, OpenShift). His last name is pronounced: Latch – cow – ski. Every week is another project. Asking his favorite <anything> will likely lead to a philosophical conversation. His passions are pretty moderate, but he will admit a love for automation, RTFM, and bacon. To learn more of his personal bank security questions, ping him on github.
Sean McCoy joined CBT as a Solutions Manager – Worker Safety & Security in 2021. CBT applies their expertise in integration at the point where IT and OT converge leading to sustainable and real business transformation. After graduating high school Sean spent 6 years in the United States Navy as an Electronics Technician with 4 of those years on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47). Since his honorable discharge in 1998 he spent over 18 years in oil and gas serving in various roles and companies in manufacturing, sales, business development and marketing with 9 of those years at Schlumberger. In 2017 he had the chance to pursue the entrepreneurial dream creating and running his own business, a for profit social enterprise, that designed a custom-made mobile application with Artificial Intelligence as the basis for its operations that linked consumers, businesses and non-profit organizations for the economic and social benefit of all three. Sean is also a professional podcaster with the Oil & Gas Global Network where he currently is the co-host of Oil & Gas Elevate which is a weekly show focused on ESG and the Energy Evolution. He’s a dedicated husband, father and friend. His favorite hobbies are mountain biking, sporting clays and snorkeling. He received his BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in History from the University of Houston-Downton graduating with honors in 2004. Sean is available to talk to you about making the impossible, possible for your business through technology adoption and implementation. You can reach him at sean.mccoy@cbtechinc.com
Oscar De Leon, Principle FSA- Pre-sales OCTO, CDW, has 25+ years experience in Data Networks, OT, Sensor technology, Cloud and AI. He has helped to transition BAS/OSS service organization from install to integration consulting services. He has partnerships with agricultural equipment manufacturer deployed IR system to improve crop germination. He is involved in managing and developing Strategic Partnerships for Dell IoT Business. He has created cold chain monitoring/managing/tracking solution for the two largest grocery retailers in the world. He has digitized the process of JIT (Just-In-Time) warehousing/delivery for automotive manufacturing site. He has developed a carrier grade sensor solution to monitor fracking operations via cellular Successful deployment of CO (Central Office) environmental monitoring and control system. At Honeywell he develop a building simulator on Niagara Frameworks to train the Forge Smart Building SaaS Platform rules engine.
Karla McKenna is an international standards specialist in the area of financial services. Ms. McKenna is Managing Director, GLEIF Americas, as well as Head of Standards for the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation. Ms McKenna is responsible for the digital strategy for the LEI, concentrating on the implementation of the verifiable LEI (vLEI), facilitating the development and implementation of GLEIF standards and leveraging international standards to maximize data quality and the operational integrity of the Global LEI System. Ms. McKenna chaired the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 68 (ISO/TC 68), Financial services, from 2006 to 2018 and continues ISO work in the areas of standards interoperability and regulatory use of international standards as convenor of the TC 68 Standards Advisory Group. Ms. McKenna currently serves on the Board of XBRL International, is a member of the inaugural Board of the Eurofiling Foundation, Immediate Past Chair of the Securities Market Practice Group (SMPG) and also has served on the Boards of the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC) and the Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9).
Key Takeaways
There was no common international level identifier for an organization. In 2010 regulators asked the world to help create a standard Legal Entity Identifier. Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) @GLEIF was formed, Karla Mckenna
We believe that the key to bringing value to your organization’s hand is digital identity. It is a fundamental aspect. Protecting unique devices as an identified actor in your architecture and/or solution. @DellaVecchiaTed Symbotix
As we are starting to use more and more transitions that are highly dependent on our survival and critical infrastructure we want validation that these transactions actually came from the source of them. @Schellman @ScottPerryCPA
There is a huge element that is human, we may figure out the technology to do identity but it might still take us four years to convince everyone to do it. We need to collaborate because technology is easy but humans are hard, @RedHat Cory Latschkowski.
If I have an IoT device and another device as a backup. If that device is using a certificate and that certificate is over three years old then it is not plug and play anymore. It won’t work and now someone has to go and touch it, @CDWCorp Oscar De Leon.
