Bios of the Cooper-Cain Group, Inc., staff

The Cooper-Cain Group, Inc was founded by two well-respected members of the Internet security community:

Patrick Cain, CISA, CISM

Mr. Patrick Cain has worked in information security for close to twenty years, first as a defense contractor developing an end-to-end cryptographic device, then as the principal designer of the first FIPS 140-1 Level 3 certified security device, and subsequently as the security advocate (and later chief engineer) for a large DOD/MISSI Public Key Infrastructure.

Most recently, Mr. Cain was the Security Advocate in the Chief Technology Officer's Office at Genuity Inc. (formerly GTE Internetworking) before their purchase by Level3 in early 2003. Genuity offered a full spectrum of data and voice/data communication services, and was one of the largest Internet backbones and web hosting providers in the world.

Mr. Cain has spent the last few years guiding and coordinating the risk identification and security technology implementation of Genuity's network infrastructure. In this capacity, he has set policy, responded to incidents, and interacted with both regulators and the press.

Currently, Mr. Cain participates in a number of information security standards bodies. He is currently co-chair of the IETF secure network time working group. He participates in the U.S. Secret Service’s Boston area Electronic Crimes Task Force. He has also participated in the FCC’s Network Reliability and Interoperability Working group. And he represented Genuity on a White House working group identifying and addressing the vulnerabilities of the Internet. He is a frequent participant in cybercrime discussions in the Washington, D.C. area.

Mr. Cain is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information System Manager (CISM).

Kelly J. Cooper, CISSP

Kelly J. Cooper worked for Genuity (recently purchased by Level3, formerly GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN) for over eight years.

In her career with Genuity, Ms. Cooper worked as a Network Operator, a Network Analyst, the Internet Security Officer, and a Security Engineer. Her duties included performing network security incident response for Genuity and Genuity's customer base; the creation and enforcement of security policies; the tracing and countering of network attacks; the implementation of security in the architecture and design of Genuity's network infrastructure. She worked closely with other Internet Service Providers (ISPs), various law enforcement agencies, and government organizations on issues of security, infrastructure protection, and network abuse.

Ms. Cooper takes an active role in industry-wide security initiatives and most recently chaired the Internet Service Provider Coordination Working Group convened by the White House (Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security) from January to May 2002. There, she presented the working group's input to the Information Infrastructure Security Internet Service Provider Working Groups Report and Recommendations for Securing the Internet (which was fed into the National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets).

In the past, Ms. Cooper served as Chairperson for the Network Security Incident Working Group of the Internet Operators consortium (IOPS.org) for several years and later chaired the IOPS effort to help create an Internet Service Provider Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISP-ISAC). She was also the Chairperson of the Security Best Practices working team of the Internet Service Provider Security Consortium (ISPSEC), sponsored by the ICSA.

Ms. Cooper has given presentations to the New England High Technology Crime Investigation Association, to staff members of the National Security Council and the White House, to the North American Network Operating Group (NANOG), and to the National Coordination Center (now known as the Telecommunications ISAC). She has taken courses on and earned certificates in various subjects such as Cisco router configuration, network security, firewalls, various routing protocols, project management, and negotiation tactics.

Ms. Cooper got her start in network security while earning a BA from Rutgers College, working in the Rutgers University operations center as an operator and a security advocate. There she supported Rutgers as a backbone node on the NSFNET. Throughout her career, Ms. Cooper has devoted much of her personal and professional time to sharing resources and educating all parties involved in network security incident response.