John Bordwine

With over a decade of experience in the security industry, John Bordwine is widely recognized as an expert in his field. John is currently the Public Sector Chief Technology Officer at Symantec where he is focusing on the specific requirements and certifications to ensure security solution compliance to the US federal and state/ local agencies.

As the Symantec Public Sector CTO, John currently serves as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on the development of products and solutions that meet government requirements and certifications specifically focused on the Public Sector markets. John’s responsibilities also include all technical activities related to Public Sector customers, which includes federal, state, and local government agencies, and education industries. In addition to these responsibilities, John also provides guidance to other Symantec business units around specific requirements to the Public Sector industry.

Previously, John spent over five years with McAfee as the Public Sector CTO and Senior Director of Security Engineering.

John served as McAfee’s Senior Director of Security Engineering and was responsible for developing and managing a team of security engineers across North America. This team was created for the purpose of transforming McAfee’s then-current business model based solely upon security solutions.

Prior to joining McAfee, John was the Director of Federal Systems Engineering at Enterasys Networks where he provided guidance for U.S. Government product certification and compliance.

John has spoken at numerous highly-acclaimed security events, including SANS Institute events, FOSE, AFITC, and US Government agency-specific functions. John holds a Top Secret clearance.