Merike Kaeo is the CTO of Farsight Security, where she is responsible for developing the company’s technical strategy and executing its vision. Previously, Merike was CISO for Internet Identity (IID), where she created the strategic direction for improving and evolving the corporate security posture, and founder of Doubleshot Security, where she worked with numerous companies creating strategic operational security and resilient networking architectures. She led the first security initiative for Cisco Systems in the mid 1990s and authored the first Cisco book on security—translated into more than eight languages and leveraged for prominent security accreditation programs such as CISSP. She is on ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Council (SSAC) and the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). Merike earned a MSEE from George Washington University and a BSEE from Rutgers University. Yiming Gong has been in the security industry for over 19 years, and currently is the Director of the Network Security Research Lab at Qihoo 360, where his team focuses on security data related research, and runs a few big platforms such as PassiveDNS, botnet C2 tracking system, scanmon and ddosmon as well. Check out http://netlab.360.com for more details. Chris Baker is an Internet cartographer, data analyst, and wanderlust researcher at Dyn / Oracle, where he is responsible for an array of data analysis and research projects ranging from trends in the DNS to Internet measurement and infrastructure profiling. Previously, Chris worked at Fidelity Investments as a senior data analyst. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a master’s degree in system dynamics and a bachelor’s degree in management of information systems and philosophy. Martin McKeay is a Senior Security Advocate at Akamai, joining the company in 2011. Martin is a senior editor of Akamai’s State of the Internet Security Report, Akamai’s quarterly report on DDoS and other threats. Three years ago Martin moved his family to the UK in order to help Akamai reach the European audience. With over fifteen years of experience in the security space and five years of direct Payment Card Industry work, Martin has provided expertise to hundreds of companies. He has spoken at events in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, including RSA, Black Hat, Defcon and FIRST. He is a member of Europol’s European Cybercrime Center Internet Advisory Committee. The Mirai botnet created global awareness of the increasing impact of IoT device insecurity and the ability to weaponize such devices for DDoS attacks of unprecedented size and impact. This panel will discuss Mirai’s effects and the global CSIRT response to them: Who was affected? What information was available before the more significant attacks happened? Which CSIRTs were able to effectively disseminate remediation information? What could the community have done better?