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Prior to joining Cisco Systems, Patrick Gray was the Director of X-Force Operations, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS). With twenty years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gray was responsible for teams responding to network-related emergencies be they external or internal. Upon his retirement from the FBI in November 2001, he joined Internet Security Systems and created the X-Force Internet Threat Intelligence Center and thereafter was Director of the Penetration Testing and Emergency Response Teams until his promotion to Director. As a result, he has first-hand knowledge of the hacking community, its aims and methodologies as they attack government, ecommerce, energy and financial entities relentlessly. With respect to Emergency Response Teams he is aware of current vulnerabilities that are exploited by hackers and insiders and why the targeted systems are susceptible to attacks.

Gray is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners International and maintains a CHS Level III certification; is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the Information Systems Audit and Control Association; InfraGard Atlanta; the Atlanta Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, and the International Information Systems Forensic Association. He has lectured at Colleges and Universities around the country. He has spoken at numerous technology events around the world to include Gartner Sector 5, Networld Interop, the IT World Congress, CIO Summit, GE Access, Forbes and others. He has been quoted in numerous newspapers, magazine articles and periodicals and makes regular cable television appearances.