Bruce Hembree

Bruce Hembreeis the Palo Alto Networks Cortex Security Architect for North and South America. Prior to Palo Alto Networks Bruce has worked extensively with the Department of Defense and served as Security Operations Manager at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). The DCU works with law enforcement agencies like the FBI, Scotland Yard, Interpol, and foreign and domestic government agencies doing offensive take-downs of global Internet threats, online organized crime, botnets such as Citadel, Conficker, Rustock amongothers, and disruption of child pornography distribution. Bruce is a veteran of the United States Air Force and spent two years deployed to active conflict areas in support of global anti-terrorism efforts.