OSSI is proud to host a one day Hadoop Conference.

Registration is CLOSED.  No seats available.

Please no walk-ins. Pre-registration is required.

This one day event will focus on the technical aspects and deployment of HADOOP in government and industry enterprises.

Robert (Bob) Bigman, CISO, CIA (retired) will deliver the Keynote address

Robert Bigman recently retired from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), after serving a thirty year distinguished career. Recognized as a pioneer in the field of classified information protection, Mr. Bigman developed technical measures and procedures to manage the nation's most sensitive secrets. As an information security trailblazer, Mr. Bigman participated in developing security measures for Government computers well before commercial industry found the Internet. He then developed creative solutions to allow the CIA to use the Internet to further its mission without exposure. With twenty-five years of experience, Mr. Bigman worked in every area of information and data security, the last fifteen years as the Agency's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). As the Agency CISO, Mr. Bigman managed a large organization of technical and program officers responsible for the protection of all Agency information. As the CISO, his responsibilities included cryptography, information security policy/processes, standards and requirements, testing and network defense/response. Mr. Bigman also served as the Agency's designated officer for all discussions with the information security industry and its commercial partners. Mr. Bigman has contributed to almost every Intelligence Community information security policy/technical standard and has provided numerous briefings to the National Security Council, Congress and presidential commissions. Mr. Bigman's earlier assignments at the CIA included participation in the technical design of the Intelligence Community's first counterterrorism database and delivery of the Agency's first secure TCP/IP local and wide area network for the Counterintelligence Center. In recognition of his expertise and contributions, Mr. Bigman has received numerous CIA and Director of National Intelligence awards.

This is an unclassified event however due to the subject matter and use cases,  registration and US Citizenship is required. 

Breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:30AM    Breakfast and networking

9:30 - 11:45       Morning panel discussion - Hadoop Best Practices - Example discussion: Best tips and tricks for successfully implementing a Hadoop infrastructure. Use cases, patterns and anti-patterns will be discussed. This is a highly technical discussion.

11:45 - 1:00PM  Lunch and Keynote Speaker Bob Bigman

1:00 - 3:00         Afternoon panel discussion - Part 1: Hadoop: Emerging and Growth areas - Example discussion: The Hadoop ecosystem. Challenges in Security, HA and DR will be presented with the latest on where the community stands on these issues.  Part 2: Hadoop Way Forward - Example discussion: explore the possible next steps for the Hadoop community. Will there be a convergence or divergence from companies that support various implementations? What technological innovations may be disruptive to Hadoop? How will Moore's Law be factored into Hadoop?

Panel Member and Moderator Bios:

David Knox, Vice President, National Security Group, Oracle

Russel Gilbertson, Chief Engineer, National Intelligence Sector, General Dynamics Information Technology

Toan Do, Senior Director of Federal Programs, MapR Technologies

Patrick Sack, Technical Vice President, National Security Group,  Oracle

Keys Botzum, Senior Principal Technologist, MapR Technologies

Ian Andrews, Director of Emerging Technology, Greenplum

Dr. Billie Rinaldi, Senior Technical Staff, Hortonworks

Will LaForest, Federal Practice, 10gen 

Already registered:

Industry Leaders

MapR                           Oracle                              HP Fortify

MarkLogic                    CSC                                 SugarCRM

Jeskell                          PFL                                  AT&T

Cloudera                      Horton Works

Government Agencies:

DHS                             NGA                                 Intelligence Agencies