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VP, Chief Security Officer

Mr. Stewart provides leadership and direction to multiple corporate security and government teams throughout Cisco, strategically aligning with business units and the IT organization to generate leading corporate security practices, policies, and processes. His organization focuses on global information security consulting and services, security evaluation, critical infrastructure assurance, eDiscovery, source code security, identification management, as well as special programs that promote Cisco, Internet, and national security. Additionally, he is responsible for overseeing the security for Cisco.com—the infrastructure supporting Cisco’s more than $35 billion business.

Mr. Stewart’s longstanding career in information security encompasses numerous roles. He was the Chief Security Officer responsible for operational and strategic direction for corporate and customer security at Digital Island. Mr. Stewart has served as a research scientist responsible for investigating emerging technologies in the Office of the CTO at Cable & Wireless America. He has professional experience in software development, systems and network administration, and is a software specialist, author, and instructor.

Mr. Stewart is one of 30 members of a commission chartered by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that authored a report of 25 recommendations for President Barack Obama and his administration on how to improve the United States’ cybersecurity. This report and his participation were integral in guiding much of the effort involving the 60-day review of the country’s security that the President commissioned in early 2009.

Throughout his career, Mr. Stewart has been an active member of the security industry community. He served on advisory boards for Akonix, Cloudshield, Finjan, Ingrian Networks, Riverhead, and TripWire, Inc. Currently, Mr. Stewart sits on technical advisory boards for Panorama Venture Capital (formerly JPMorganPartners Venture), RedSeal Networks, and Signacert, Inc., and is on the Board of Directors for KoolSpan, Inc.

Mr. Stewart’s publications and recent speaking engagements include:

- Author, Securing Cisco Routers Step by Step
- Co-Author, Internet WWW Security FAQ, found online at the W3C
- Federal Aviation Administration’s IT/ISS Partnership/Training Conference, 2008, Atlanta, GA
- Canadian Privacy & Security Conference, 2007, Victoria, British Columbia
- NATO Information Assurance Symposium, NATO SHAPE, 2007, Brussels, Belgium
- E-Government Security Conference, 2007, Washington D.C.
- CSO Perspectives, 2007, Colorado Springs, CO
- US-Japan Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum, 2006, Washington D.C.
- Deloitte TMT Summit, 2006, Dallas, TX
- Cisco and Microsoft Security Summit, 2006, Sydney, Australia

Mr. Stewart holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer and Information Science from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.