
Distinguished Engineer, Director and Chief Security Architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Greater Philadelphia Area

Distinguished Engineer, Director and Chief Security Architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Greater Philadelphia Area
Glenn Brunette is a Global Systems Engineering Director and Chief Security Architect at Sun Microsystems where he leads a global team focused on information security and assurance. For his achievements and contributions to information security, Glenn was named a Sun Distinguished Engineer, an honor granted to less than 100 people in the company and his team was awarded a 2008 Sun Innovation Award for their project, Sun Systemic Security.
For over 15 years, Glenn has architected, developed and delivered security solutions for a wide range of customers and industries. Currently, Glenn works in the Chief Architect's Office where he defines Sun's global security strategy and architecture and works to improve the security of products and services delivered to Sun's customers.
Glenn is the founder of Sun's Systemic Security approach, an OpenSolaris Security Community Leader, the co-founder of the Solaris Security Toolkit software, and a frequent author, contributor and speaker at both Sun and industry events. Externally, Glenn has served in leadership positions at the National Cyber Security Partnership, the Enterprise Grid Alliance, as well as at the Center for Internet Security.
Glenn is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from St. Joseph's University.
information technology, IT, architecture, strategy, vision, policy, secure architecture design and implementation, architectural security patterns, platform and operating system security, Solaris security, etc.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2003 — Present (5 years 6 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
July 1999 — Present (9 years 1 month)
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 1 month)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)
M.S., Computer Science, 1996 — 1999
Computer Science Gold Medalist
B.S., Computer Science, 1989 — 1993
Departmental Honors, Minor in Mathematics
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
USENIX,
Sigma Xi,
CISSP,
Information Security Forum (ISF),
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)