David Merrill is currently Senior Director of Data Security at Travelers, recently establishing Traveler's CyberSecurity Management Center. David was formerly the strategist for endpoint security and malware protection in the IBM’s Chief Information Security Office while also advising dozens of IBM’s Fortune 500 clients. David also served as IBM’s Global Security Operations Manager where he directed the daily operation of IBM’s worldwide internal IT security. David is a popular keynote speaker and industry-recognized expert in the areas of endpoint, mobile, and cyber security. David shares his perspective on the challenges of endpoint security and mobile security with his popular messages “Swimming with Sharks” and "Servers to Smartphones". Bloomberg News, eWeek, Network World, Baseline, CIO Insight, SiliconAngle, Forbes and Institute of Advanced Security have all recently interviewed David. He was a keynote speaker at the Juniper Networks Mobile Security press launch and is a frequent presenter at Tivoli Pulse and SANS. The 2012 X-Force Annual Trend and Risk Report features his mobile security insights. A multiple patent holder, David is also the inventor and architect of the IBM Threat Mitigation Service (ITMS), the automated malware response system in use within IBM today.