William ( Bill ) Giard
to develop an awareness of security than by working with a security company . “ In the federal arena , security is the first conversation you have instead of the third or fifth . When Lockheed Martin asked us to assist them in that effort , it helped us not just develop our Xeon processors , but also to develop our understanding that integrated security has got to work from the moment the system turns on .” Intel ’ s collaboration with Lockheed made it clear that building security from the most nascent level up meant a vastly improved level of protection , which , nonetheless , didn ’ t compromise performance in any way .
Intel Select Solutions for Hardened Security with Lockheed Martin resulted from this partnership . The company recognised that the problem lay in security occurring at different layers of the computing process : the operating system , the application layer , virtual machines , etc . The traditional approaches to protection can leave customers open to threats in multiple areas and a more rigorously
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William ( Bill ) Giard
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Bill has over 20 years of experience in designing enterprise architectures and developing software solutions to support mission-critical systems across supply-chain , product development , and enterprise infrastructure segments . Prior to joining DPG , he led the software development efforts within Intel IT to modernize the application and computing environment , delivering secure and usable solutions across multiple client computing platforms utilizing cloud technologies to enable new business models . www . gigabitmagazine . com