James Connor is a Principal of N2N Secure, a security consulting firm specializing in converged Physical and Logical security solutions. Mr. Connor is the former Senior Manager – Global Security Systems, Symantec Corporation. Connor’s active involvement in security industry convergence initiatives
and security profession thought leadership, and his
determination to lead by example, have brought him
recognition as a security visionary.

His more than 17-year history in security includes stints at Simplex (now SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco company) and PeopleSoft (a division of Oracle). Mr. Connor has always promoted a converged physical and IT security management approach to provide a comprehensive view of
global operations.

At Symantec, Mr. Connor was responsible for the design and implementation of global strategies for technical security systems at Symantec.

Realizing that all facility-based physical security systems, devices and services operated in silos, he initiated a program at Symantec to coordinate information maintained across the company’s many departments and projects, including human resources, IT directories, building access, disaster recovery, smart cards, background checks and visitor management, under a single policy framework. This program not only increased security and information management, it saved in total cost.

Mr. Connor does not keep his ideas or experiences bottled up; he uses them to help advance the security industry and the security profession at large. This year he has spoken on convergence and global security strategies at several industry meetings, presenting before such organizations as the ISACA Silicon Valley Chapter and the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of ASIS. Connor is also on the Convergence Council of the Open Security Exchange and has been assisting in the development of an OSE convergence roadmap.

As an active member of the Open Security Exchange Convergence Council,
Connor plays a vital role as the organization works to define the ways to
improve security operations through convergence initiatives. Mr. Connor is a
visionary grounded by sound business practice and backed by his willingness to execute on innovative approaches to security risk management through technology deployment and security process improvement.