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Jeb Linton – CTO, Partner Ecosystem and Cognitive Security Cloud Native Center of Competency IBM Cloud Division
February 18, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Blockchain is Driving a Security and Privacy Revolution
Almost 30 years ago, a few revolutionary thinkers calling themselves Cypherpunks described a vision of a world of pervasive encryption and privacy for all. This supposed revolution came off in fits and starts at best, until Blockchain was born. Now suddenly we are seeing dozens of new startup companies blowing the dust off of twenty-year-old encryption technologies and academic theories that were never implemented; and new techniques are being invented at a faster pace than the cryptographic community has ever seen. Why is Blockchain driving this long-dormant cryptographic revolution? We’ll explore this topic and the short- and long-term implications for our world.
Short Bio: Jeb Linton is the CTO for Partner Ecosystem and Cognitive Security within IBM Cloud, Program Director for the National Capital Area Center for Advanced Studies, and founder of the IBM Cognitive Security initiative. Mr. Linton is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor, and has worked for IBM since 2008 as technical strategist and architect on numerous Cloud Computing, Storage, Security and Cognitive Computing projects. He has also formerly acted as CTO of Security for Systems and Technology Group, co-
lead of the IBM Watson Architecture Board, and as leader of the IBM Trusted Cloud Initiative.
Prior to his work at IBM, Mr. Linton worked in the Intelligence, Defense, and Internet Service Provider Industries. His major areas of work included high security, high availability systems and network architecture, Internet peering strategy, smart utility architecture, and wireless networking. He holds a BSEE from Virginia Tech.