CHERRY Smart Card Readers Take Platinum in ‘ ASTORS ’ Awards
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Symantec Encryption Everywhere changes the game . Courtesy of Symantec and YouTube )
About the Author :
Aubrey Merchant-Dest leads the cybersecurity strategies unit at Symantec ( formerly Blue Coat Systems ) as federal chief technology officer , with focus on researching next-generation security technologies and fostering partnerships using big data and analytics to determine the latest threat indicators .
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CHERRY Smart Card Readers Take Platinum in ‘ ASTORS ’ Awards
He joined the Sunnyvale , California-based security company from Solera Networks in 2014 , bringing with him more than two decades of experience in network and systems engineering and directly reporting to Hugh Thompson , senior vice president and CTO at Blue Coat .
Merchant-Dest spent two years as federal systems engineering manager at Solera , and previously was consulting engineer for Qosmos , which specialized in platforms for systems integrators , network equipment providers and software vendors .
He also held prior SE roles at Ellacoya Networks , Cloud- Shield and iPolicy Networks , his work centering on traffic engineering and management , security and network analytics .
Merchant-Dest studied computer technology at the Control Data Institute .
Pictured left to right : Debbie Spurgeon , Security Product Manager , Phillip Kirsch , General Manager , Tim Hansen , Regional Sales Manager
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CHERRY recently added two new FIPS 201 certified units to their Integrated Security portfolio . One a modern day design keyboard with a smart card reader and the other a next generation cost effective smart card reader .
CHERRY is offering new security solutions for everyday security problems . 57