Richard Devera is the Security Architect at Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.. His background includes 20+ years of industry security experience. Richard is involved in providing best practices security strategies for all areas in networking. He is considered on of the thought leaders within the company providing strategic and technology direction. Richard has held several successful positions at Check Point from a Security Engineer, Area SE Manager, to Regional SE Director. Prior to Check Point he held the position as a network engineer providing support for the Mission Control Center and other Space Operations Centers in across the world.