Richard Zhao

Dr.Richard ZHAO obtained the B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees from Peking University at 1991, 1994, 1997 respectively, majored physics and fiber-optic communications. He has over 13 years of professional experience on telecom and network security areas. He owns certifications of CISSP, ITIL, BS7799. Currently, he works for NSFOCUS as Chief Strategy Officer. Before his current position, he was the Director of Architect and Security Operations at Lenovo, responsible for the infrastructure architect and information security operations from 2006 to Aug. 2009. Before Lenovo, he worked for Computer Associates as the Principal Consultant at China from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, he worked for iS-One as Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for R&D;, security consulting service and etc. From 1997 to 2000, he worked for China Telecom, as the chief of network security affairs. Dr. Zhao is an active contributor to Cloud Security Alliance and initiator of Greater China Chapter of CSA. His research interests include information security metrics, cloud computing and security, security compliance, etc. More details about his career and thoughts could be found at LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/zhaol) and his blog at http://sbin.cn/blog