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Omar Santos

Distinguished Engineer

AI Security Engineering, S&TO

Omar Santos is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) security, cybersecurity research, incident response, and vulnerability disclosure. He is the co-chair of the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI) and a board member of the OASIS Open standards organization. Omar is also the chair of the OpenEoX and the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) technical committee. His work led the creation of the CSAF ISO standard.   Omar's collaborative efforts extend to numerous organizations, including the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) and the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI). Omar is the co-chair of the FIRST PSIRT Special Interest Group (SIG) and was the lead of the DEF CON Red Team Village for several years.   Omar is the author of over 25 books, 21 video courses, and over 50 academic research papers. Omar is a renowned expert in ethical hacking, vulnerability research, incident response, and AI security. Omar's work in cybersecurity is also recognized through multiple granted patents. Prior to Cisco, Omar served in the United States Marines focusing on the deployment, testing, and maintenance of Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) systems.

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November 15, 2012

SECURITY

BYOD Presentations at Cisco Live Cancun 2012

4 min read

I just returned from Cancun after delivering a BYOD seminar, as part of Cisco Live Mexico 2012. Bring your own device (BYOD) was a hot topic at Cisco Live in Cancun. There were several in-depth presentations regarding the architecture, design, implementation, and troubleshooting of all the technologies related to BYOD. I had the pleasure and opportunity […]