Jamey Heary

Aaron Woland, CCIE No. 20113, is a Principal Engineer in Cisco’s Security Group and works with Cisco’s largest customers all over the world. His primary job responsibilities include Secure Access and Identity deployments with ISE, solution enhancements, standards development, Advanced Threat Security and solution futures. Aaron joined Cisco in 2005 and is currently a member of numerous security advisory boards and standards body working groups. Prior to joining Cisco, Aaron spent 12 years as a consultant and technical trainer. His areas of expertise include network and host security architecture and implementation, regulatory compliance, and route-switch and wireless.


Aaron is the author of many Cisco white papers and design guides and is co-author of CCNP Security SISAS 300-208 Official Cert Guide; Cisco Next-Generation Security Solutions: All-in-one Cisco ASA Firepower Services, NGIPS, and AMP; and CCNA Security 210-260 Complete Video Course.


Aaron is one of only five inaugural members of the Hall of Fame Elite for Distinguished Speakers at Cisco Live, and is a security columnist for Network World, where he blogs on all things related to secure network access. His other certifications include GHIC, GSEC, Certified Ethical Hacker, MCSE, VCP, CCSP, CCNP, CCDP, and many other industry certifications. You can follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronwoland.


Jamey Heary, CCIE No. 7680, is a Distinguished Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems, where he leads the Global Security Architecture Team, GSAT. Jamey and his GSAT team work as trusted security advisors and architects to Cisco’s largest customers worldwide. Jamey sits on the PCI Security Standards Council’s Board of Advisors, where he provides strategic and technical guidance for future PCI standards. Jamey is the author of Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access. He also has a patent on a new DDoS mitigation and firewall IP reputation technique. Jamey blogged for many years on Network Worldon security topics and is a Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker. Jamey sits on numerous security advisory boards for Cisco Systems and was a founding member of several Cisco security customer user groups across the United States. His other certifications include CISSP, and he is a Certified HIPAA Security Professional. He has been working in the IT field for 24 years and in IT security for 20 years. You can contact Jamey at jheary@appledreams.com.