Leonid Vayner, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase

Leonid Vayner, CISSP, works in IT Risk Management at JPMorgan Chase and leads an initiative to develop key management solution for the encryption keys protecting firm’s assets (tape backup, removable media, secure file transfer, etc). Previously, he was responsible for the firm’s PKI supporting $1.2 trillion in daily transactions, thousands of SSL/OFX certificates, cryptographic libraries, hardware security modules, and the assessment of the multi-factor solution as part of the firm’s compliance with the FFIEC Authentication Guidance. Prior to joining IT Risk Management, Mr.Vayner held several leadership roles in developing the firm’s enterprise employee portal, external SSO, and Chase.com infrastructure. Mr.Vayner holds 2 patents, advises several hi-tech companies, and is a frequent judge at the local university’s computer security competitions. Mr. Vayner holds an MBA from Pace University and a BS from Polytechnic University.