Steve Katz is widely regarded as one of the disciplines thought leaders. Katz has been a senior security executive for J.P. Morgan, Citibank/Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Merrill Lynch. He has testified to Congress on information security issues and was appointed as the financial services sector coordinator for critical infrastructure protection by the Secretary of the Treasury. Katz: The successful information security officer of today has to see himself as a representative of a business, and providing tools that will facilitate the offering of new business products and services.”]