Mark O'Neill

As Chief Technical Officer at Vordel, Mark oversees the development of Vordel’s technical strategy and product development in the areas of XML and security. Mark is also a member of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee and an advisor to the XML.org industry newsletter.

He regularly presents at industry seminars on the security issues effecting Web Services and has been published in several leading industry publications including, Web Services Journal, XML Journal, ComputerWeekly (UK) and the Identrus eTrend quarterly. Mark is also the author of the book, “Web Services Security”, published by Osborne-McGrawHill in January 2003, and a contributing author to “Hardening Network Security”, also published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill.

Prior to Vordel, Mark designed and implemented EDI-over-Internet solutions for Ireland’s largest EDI Value-Added Network. He then formed a software development company, developing security solutions for blue-chip clients including Sony Europe, Intel, Royal & SunAlliance, AXA Group, the Irish Government, and Critical Path. Mark holds a double-honors degree in Mathematics and Psychology from Trinity College Dublin and studied neural network modelling at Oxford University.

Some Recent Speaking Engagements Include:

Location: RSA 2006, San Jose Topic: Security for REST Web Services Topic: Ten Web Services Security Case Studies

Location: XML 2005, Atlanta

Location: RSA 2005, San Francisco Topic: Mapping Security to a Service Oriented Architecture

Location: Integration 2004, Paris Topic: Mapping Security to a Service Oriented Architecture

Location: XML 2004, Washington Topic 1: Securing XML – Case Studies from the Financial Services Industry

Topic 2:XML and Web Services Security

Location:CISO Summit 2004, Geneva

Location: Netsec 2004, San Francisco Topic: Creating Watertight Applications Using Web Services

Location: ISS World 2004, Washington Topic: Web Services Securit

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