Bret Hartman

As CTO at RSA, the Security Division of EMC, Bret Hartman is responsible for defining the corporate security technology strategy for EMC, as implemented by the RSA division.  Prior to RSA, Mr. Hartman was CTO, Information Security, at EMC Corporation.  Prior to EMC, Mr. Hartman was Director of Technical Services for SOA Appliances at IBM Corporation, and was also VP of Technology Solutions at DataPower Technology Inc. (acquired by IBM).  Mr. Hartman’s previous roles include CTO at Quadrasis Security (Hitachi Computer Products); VP, e-Security Services and Chief Security Architect at Concept Five Technology; President and Co-founder of BlackWatch Technology Inc; and Director of Information Security at Odyssey Research Associates.  Mr. Hartman began his distinguished career as a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the U.S. National Security Agency, where he helped to create the “DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria” (Orange Book).  He is a co-author of Object Management Group’s CORBA Security specification, and co-edited the Security Scenarios document produced by the WS-I basic Security Profile Working Group.