Vincent Weafer

Vice President, Symantec Security Response

Vincent Weafer is vice president, Symantec Security Response, Security Technology and Response, where his mission is to advance research into new Internet security threats and provide security content solutions including antivirus, anti-spam, intrusion and vulnerability response, real-time alerting, content solutions, research and analysis. Weafer has an extensive range of experience, gained from more than 25 years in the information technology industry, ranging from software development, systems engineering, development management and security research positions.

For the past 10 years, he has been the operational leader of the global Symantec Security Response team. Weafer has been one of Symantec’s main spokespeople on internet security threats and trends, with national and international press and broadcast media. He has also testified before the U.S. Congress on the state of Internet security. In addition, he has presented at many international conferences on security threats and trends, presenting papers and participating on panels at multiple security conferences around the world. Weafer has also coauthored a book on Internet security.

Weafer holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from Dublin City University, Ireland.

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