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Tech-Security Conference 2009


Chicago Tech-Security Conference

Date: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
Location:

Intercontinental Chicago
505 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60611

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Overview

The Chicago Tech-Security Conference features 25-30 vendor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current tech-security issues such as email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more. There will be lots of give a ways and prizes such as iPods, $25, $50 and $100 gift cards, as well as cash prizes and lots more! This unique conference format will provide educational speaker sessions as well as tremendous networking opportunities. You'll come away with advice and knowledge you can start applying to your environment immediately. To register for this conference, click on the link in the left column. Your registration will include your breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the conference sessions and exhibit area. Scroll down to view the full conference agenda.

For information on participating as a vendor: sales@dataconnectors.com


Agenda:  
8:15am-8:45am Check-In and Opening Introductions
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8:45am-9:30am Session One

Top Layer

Steve Gates

 

How to Proactively Protect Against Next Generation Network Threats - Meet Security and Compliancy Requirements and Keep Your Network Safe in a Down Economy

Targeted threats are on the rise as new vulnerabilities continue to propagate. Evolving threats are less broad then the mass-mailing worms of the past. Newer threats focus on individuals or a specific company combining malware and social engineering to trick the individual through subtle manipulation.

This session will discuss the next generation of threats that networks will battle and how they can be protected from these threats and increased risk in a depressed economy.

9:30am-9:45am Break/Vendor Booth Time
9:45am-10:30am Session Two

SanDisk Corporation

Bill Cardinal
Senior Sales Manager/Eastern Region US

Seven Steps to Delivering a Secure USB Drives Strategy and Policy!

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10:30am-11:15am Session Three

JCS

Jim Shaeffer
President

Developing, Implementing and Enforcing an Internet Acceptable Use Policy (IAUP)

The Internet can be a wonderful source of information that can enhance employee productivity and increase the bottom line of your organization.

It can also provide access to a vast amount of purely entertainment-related materials that can threaten your organization.

Find out how you can easily develop an Internet Acceptable Use Policy, communicate that policy to your employees and monitor their use of the internet.

A baseline Network Quality Assurance Assessment is the first step to providing clear, empirical metrics that will allow you to develop a policy for your organization.

Productivity will increase with an IAUP in place, coupled with enforcement using PC and Internet activity Employee Monitoring Software.

With an IAUP backed by effective PC and Internet activity monitoring software, employees will be more focused and on task, arrive to work earlier and stay later, take fewer breaks during the day, and rarely - if ever - use PCs for frivolous or inappropriate nonwork-related activity.

As a special thank you for attending this presentation, JCS & Associates, Inc. will be giving away a 1 year license to one organization for up to 5,000 endpoints worth up to $9,995 of Congruity Inspector, the premier Network Quality Assurance solution.

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11:15am-11:45pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
11:45am-12:30pm Session Four (includes lunch)

RedSeal Systems

Dr. Mike Lloyd
Chief Scientist

 

Welcoming Compliance - Why PCI requirements are good for security teams

 

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12:30pm-12:45pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
12:45pm-1:30pm Session Five

Tumbleweed

Axway

David Butcher, PMP CSDP
Sr. Systems Engineer

Understanding Managed File Transfer - Insights & Best Practices

As IT departments continually adopt new technologies to improve the performance of their systems, productivity of their end users and relationships with trading partners, they are faced with numerous challenges. One such challenge companies face today is securing and automating large file transfers. Traditional file transfer systems and mediums no longer meet the needs of most organizations or their trading partners, especially when data exposure is a concern. Many organizations have developed in-house solutions that are difficult to manage, lack the ability to track and audit file transfers, and expose the organization to security breaches. A Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution should be secure, easy to manage, and have the flexibility to integrate with existing technologies.

In this presentation, you will:

  • Gain a better understanding of the business challenges and drivers of file transfers.
  • Identify the security concerns around traditional file transfer systems and mediums.
  • Learn best practices to develop security architectures for file transfers.
  • Understand how a MFT solution can meet the needs of your stakeholders

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1:30pm-2:15pm Session Six

NetWitness

Chris Lawrence
Senior Systems Engineer

 

How to Stop Serious Threats from Evading Detection

 

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2:15pm-2:30pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
2:30pm-3:15pm Session Seven

Fiberlink

Skip Taylor
Vice President, Product Marketing

The New "Insider" Threat - Extending Device and Data Protection to the Mobile Workforce

 

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3:15pm-4:00pm Session Eight

BitArmor

Manu Namboodiri
VP of Marketing

Slashing security costs and complexity : An information-centric approach to data protection

Organizations are investing heavily in multiple products to protect sensitive and personal data. These include device-based defenses (such as disk encryption), network-based defenses (such as VPNs and Firewalls) and application-specific defenses. What do they all have in common? They are, in fact, all trying to protect the data - not the device, not the network, and not the port. Taking a piecemeal, device-centric approach to data protection only increases costs and complexity. Trends point to an information or data-centric approach - that is, one that truly focuses on protecting the data itself. This logical approach reduces costs and complexity and will serve as the security & privacy paradigm of tomorrow.

This session will investigate the evolving nature of data and why current approaches to protection are swiftly becoming obsolete. We will further delve into the promise of an information-centric approach, the essential capabilities of a solution, and the roadmap of how this can be achieved.

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4:00pm-4:45pm Session Nine

BigFix

Mark Phinick
Sr. Account Manager

 

Enterprise-wide Computer Power Management

BigFix®, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise systems and security management solutions that revolutionizes the way IT organizations manage and secure their computing infrastructures. Based on a revolutionary architecture that distributes management intelligence directly to the computing devices themselves, BigFix is radically faster, scalable, more accurate and adaptive than legacy management software. Today, BigFix provides real-time visibility and control for over 8 million computing devices for 900 customers worldwide. The BigFix customer list counts many of the world's largest and most prestigious organizations in every industry including financial services, retail, education, manufacturing, and public sector agencies.

During this timely session, Mr. Mark Phinick will highlight BigFix Power Management, which leverages the BigFix platform to centrally manage the power profiles of PC and Macs across the enterprise for significantly reduced electricity costs and carbon emissions. Mr. Phinick is a 25-year industry veteran who has helped companies of all sizes identify cost-effective technology solutions to increase efficiencies and reduce operating expenses costs.

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Event Sponsors/Exhibitors

JCS
SanDisk Corporation
Mirage Networks
RedSeal Systems
Tumbleweed
NCC Networks, Inc.
LuciData
Security On-Demand
Marshal 8e6
Utimaco Safeware
NetWitness
BitArmor
KACE
Proofpoint
Cimcor
BigFix
Top Layer
Axway
Sendio
Fiberlink
Exinda
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Arcot Systems Inc.
Quest Software
RAPID7
Akibia
SafeNet Inc.
ChosenSecurity
Phone Factor
ESET
A10 Networks
OpenService
Shavlik Technologies
TippingPoint
e-DMZ Security
IBM
LogLogic
NetVision
Splunk
Nexum, Inc.
Palo Alto Networks
IronKey
MailFoundry
Double-Take Software
ANUE Systems
JCS Computer
Entrust
Safend
CrossTec Corporation
Infinity Security
ArcSight Inc.

 

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