Date and Time
TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2023 // 11:00 - 12:30 // EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST)
MODERATORS
- Ashutosh Dutta, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs (JHU/APL), USA
- Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University, USA
Panelists and Invited Speakers
- Nikhil Pruthi, NIKSUN
- Samir Chatterjee, Rebaca
- Scott Pretsky, Ericsson
- Paul Sutton, Software Radio Systems
Accepted papers
- Towards Zero-Trust VoIP Architecture: A Testbed Implementation, Approach and Lessons Learned, Eman Hammad (University of Toronto, Canada & Texas A&M University, USA); Michael Fox and Walter Magnussen (Texas A&M University, USA); Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University, USA) (accepted in Technical Track 4: 5G and Future Network Special Verticals)
- IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Security: A Review and Testbed Implementation, Eman Hammad (University of Toronto, Canada & Texas A&M University, USA); Michael Fox and Walter Magnussen (Texas A&M University, USA) (accepted in S12: Symposium on Security in Future Networks)
Short Bio of Moderators and Panelists
Samir K Chatterjee is a 30+ years veteran in the field of Software and Telecommunication. He started his career in the NYNEX R&D Labs, an extension of Bellcore. At Nynex he worked on developing ATM switches, FDDI routers, OSS/BSS and Interactive Video solution. Some of these were world’s first. After working for 10 years, he left Nynex in 1996 and returned to India to start Macmet Interactive Technologies along with Macmet and Ambuja. In 2003 he founded Rebaca technologies, a niche software development company.
Rebaca (www.rebaca.com) is focused on developing niche technology solutions and products with specific focus on Mobile Network technology (4G & 5G), Video Delivery Solution for DTV & OTT, Analytics and Test Automation Framework. In the 5G and ORAN domain Rebaca offers test automation solution, ABot and a comprehensive educational platform, ABotEdu.
Scott Poretsky is Ericsson North America’s Director for Security, Network Product Solutions focusing on securing 5G, Open RAN, and cloud deployments of critical infrastructure built upon a zero trust architecture. He has over 25 years of industry experience in a variety of networking and security technologies. Scott is Ericsson’s voting member at the O-RAN Alliance’s WG11 - Security, where he is a rapporteur and leading contributor for multiple security work items.
Scott currently serves as Co-Chair for the ATIS TOPS Council’s 5G Zero Trust Study Group. Scott served as Ericsson’s delegate to FCC CSRIC VIII WG2 on Open RAN and WG3 on 5G Virtualization and has represented Ericsson in other industry-government collaborative working groups including NSA ESF, NSTAC Subcommittee for Communications Resilience, DHS CISA ICT SCRM, and FCC CSRIC VII. Scott is Ericsson’s security delegate to 5G Americas where he was co-lead author of two industry papers. He is a member of the CTIA 5G Security Test Bed TAC, CTIA Cybersecurity Working Group (CSWG), and Comm Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC) 5G Committee. He is an IEEE Senior Member and member of the Advisory Board for IEEE ComSoc's technical committee for Communications Quality and Reliability (CQR). Scott is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) and holds an MSEE from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and BSEE from the University of Vermont.
Nik Pruthi is the current President & CFO of NIKSUN, Inc. NIKSUN is the world leader in end-to-end Cybersecurity, Network Performance Management (NPM), and Application Performance Management (APM) solutions. Founded in 1997, the company secures the infrastructure of thousands of customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and military agencies, U.S. Department of State (DoS), Fortune 500 enterprises across every industry, service providers, and more.
Indeed, NIKSUN is the primary provider of full packet capture-based cybersecurity for the U.S. Government's new network protection program. NIKSUN solutions have been placed on the Department of Defense (DoD) Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL) list and have received the stringent Common Criteria Certification.
NIKSUN was also instrumental in assisting the U.S. Secret Service in capturing 28 different entities in 6 different countries in Operation Firewall, which Commissioner Ralph Basham, Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Director of the United States Secret Service (USSS), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Senior Executive Presidential appointee called the "largest investigation" in global history, saving "billions of dollars in losses around the world" (this 3-minute speech can be viewed directly at https://www.niksun.com/basham.php).
Ashutosh Dutta is currently Chief 5G Strategist and JHU/APL Sabbatical Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs (JHU/APL), USA. He also serves as Chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering for Engineering Professional Program at JHU. His career, spanning more than 30 years, includes Director of Technology Security and Lead Member of Technical Staff at AT&T, CTO of Wireless at a Cybersecurity company NIKSUN, Inc., Senior Scientist in Telcordia Research, Director of Central Research Facility at Columbia University, adjunct faculty at NJIT, and Computer Engineer with TATA Motors. Ashutosh is author of more than 100 technical papers and 31 issued patents. Ashutosh is co-author of the book, titled, “Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization: Design, Evaluation and Application” published by IEEE and John & Wiley. As a Technical Leader in 5G and security, Ashutosh has been serving as the founding Co-Chair for the IEEE Future Networks Initiative that focuses on 5G standardization, education, publications, testbed, and roadmap activities. Ashutosh is IEEE Communications Society's Distinguished Lecturer for 2017-2020 and as an ACM Distinguished Speaker (2020-2022). Ashutosh currently serves as the founding co-chair for IEEE Future Networks Initiative and Member-At-Large for IEEE Communications Society. He co-founded the IEEE STEM conference (ISEC) and helped to implement EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) projects in several high schools. Ashutosh has served as the general Co-Chair for the IEEE STEM conference for the last 10 years. Ashutosh served as the Director of Industry Outreach for IEEE Communications Society from 2014-2019. He was recipient of 2009 IEEE MGA Leadership award. Ashutosh is recipient of IEEE-USA’s 2010 Professional Leadership Award, 2022 IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor. He also received 2022 IEEE North American Region Exceptional Service Award. Ashutosh served as Member-At-Large for IEEE Communications Society for 2020-2022. Ashutosh has served as the founding Co-Chair for the premier IEEE 5G World Forums and has organized 85 5G World Summits around the world. Ashutosh currently serves as the Chair for IEEE Industry Connection’s O-RAN activities and IPv6. Ashutosh is a Distinguished Alumnus of NIT Rourkela with BS in Electrical Engineering, MS in Computer Science from NJIT, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University under the supervision of Prof. Henning Schulzrinne. Ashutosh is a Fellow of IEEE and Distinguished member ACM.
Scott Poretsky is Ericsson North America’s Director for Security, Network Product Solutions. He has over 25 years of industry experience in a variety of networking and security technologies. Scott is currently working in the areas of 5G security, Open RAN security, cloud security, and zero trust architectures. Scott currently serves as Co-Chair of the O-RAN Alliance’s Security Working Group (WG11), Co-Chair of the ATIS 5G Zero Trust Study Group, and Advisory Board Member for the IEEE ComSoc technical committee for Communications Quality and Reliability (CQR). He has represented Ericsson in government-industry collaboratives including the FCC CSRIC and NSA/CISA sponsored Enduring Security Framework (ESF). Scott has one patent, numerous published papers, and numerous invited talks. Scott is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cloud Security Professions (CCSP). He earned an MSEE from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and BSEE from the University of Vermont.
Paul D. Sutton is the founder of Software Radio Systems Ltd., based in Cork and Dublin, Ireland. He is a research fellow at CTVR, the Telecommunications Research Centre, based at Trinity College Dublin, and has been actively involved in the research and development of emerging wireless technologies since 2004. In this time his work has addressed key challenges in the areas of dynamic spectrum access and cognitive radio through the use of technologies including cyclostationary signal analysis, adaptive multicarrier waveforms, and software radio. He received his Ph.D. in electronic engineering from TCD in 2008. He served on the board of the Wireless Innovation Forum from 2009 to 2013
