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Chicago Tech-Security
Conference
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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: |
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| 8:15am-8:45am |
Check-In
and Opening Introductions |
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Data
Connectors is proud to host the Tech-Security Strategies
Conference. |
| 8:45am-9:30am |
Session
One |
Steve Maks, Sales Engineer |
Beyond UTM: get control of your network, by controlling the applications that run on it.
>>click here for presentation |
| 9:30am-10:00am |
Break/Vendor
Booth Time |
| 10:00am-10:45am |
Session
Two |
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Dave Butcher |
Managed File Transfer: Insights and Best Practices
In this session you will learn about the many aspects of securing file transfers both internally and with partners and customers.
Learn what organizations have done in the past to transfer files
- What is FTP, and why it is ubiquitous and a problem
- Understanding Managed File Transfer
- A look at things we do today to move files for differing reasons
Understand the reasons organizations transfer files through patterns of file transfer
- Application integration
- Multi-site integration
- Business to business communication
- Portal based file transfers
- Human to human ad-hoc transfers
Discover best practices for creating solutions that securely satisfy your organizations file transfer needs
- Creating architectures that provide confidentiality, integrity and availability for transfers
- Building a flexible platform that satisfies multiple file transfer patterns
- Providing governance of file transfers through visibility and control of transfers
- Creating a solution that is operationally efficient
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| 10:45am-11:30am |
Session
Three |
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Tim Rettig, President |
Leveraging the Cloud in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
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| 11:30am-12:00pm |
Break/Vendor
Booth Time |
| 12:00pm-12:45pm |
Session
Four (includes lunch) |
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Mike Paquette, Chief Strategy Officer |
Is your Network Really Protected? How to Proactively Protect Against Network Threats in 2011 and Beyond
Learn How to Protect Your Enterprise Network and Meet Compliancy Requirements
- This presentation will discuss real-world network threats facing organizations in 2011 and beyond.
- You'll learn critical steps to protect against the new generation of threats and help meet compliancy requirements.
Discover How Intrusion Prevention System Technology Can Fill the Gaps
- Discover how traditional "Perimeter Defense" strategies can leave your network vulnerable to the next generation of threats.
- Understand how Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) technology has evolved to protect against the newest threats.
See "Cyber Attack and Defense Demo" Showing the Power of IPS
- Visual demonstration of how a system can be completely compromised while being "protected" by a Firewall.
- How Top Layer's IPS 5500 can block the attack and subsequent compromise
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| 12:45pm-1:00pm |
Break/Vendor
Booth Time |
| 1:00pm-1:45pm |
Session
Five |
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Jonathan Gohstand |
Operationally Efficient Real World Audit Controls – Implications for the Virtual Data Center
Almost all organizations are under pressure to improve their internal controls on sensitive data. Designing, implementing, and maintaining these audit controls is a difficult task, and becomes much harder when there's significant pressure to control costs. This presentation will review the basics of auditing and securing access to data, with a focus on protecting platforms and securing unstructured data in an operationally efficient manner. Specific issues with respect to the virtual data center will be discussed, as will a simple stepwise approach to creating a secure environment.
>>click here for presentation |
| 1:45pm-2:30pm |
Session
Six |
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Kirk Appelman - VP, Eastern US
Brian Taylor – Director, Systems Engineering |
Advanced Cyber Thrreats: Defending Against Botnets, Advanced Malware and Persistent Attacks
Today’s Cyber Threats
- Botnets, advanced malware, persistent attacks
- What’s different?
- The business of cyber threats: DIY malware kits, criminal networks, organizations
- The lifecycle of advanced malware and why they are hard to detect
- Command-and-control aspects of malware
Taking Back Command-and-Control
- How to Defend and Protect
- CnC Communications
>>click here for the presentation |
| 2:30pm-2:45pm |
Break/Vendor
Booth Time |
| 2:45pm-3:30pm |
Session
Seven |
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Louise Popyk, Senior Systems Engineer at Centrify
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Centralizing Data Center Security to Simplify Compliance
>>click here for the presentation |
| 3:30pm-3:45pm |
Break/Vendor Booth Time |
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Prize Drawings For All In Attendance |
| 3:45pm-4:30pm |
Session Eight |
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Bill Larsen, Sales Engineer |
How WatchGuard Can Address Current Security Threats
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Prize Drawings For All In Attendance |
| 4:30pm-5:15pm |
Session Nine |
Terry Stuart, Senior Security Engineer |
The Trusted Insider Threat - Lessons learned from WikiLeaks
Protecting against and detecting potential data leakage is at the heart of the WikiLeaks controversy. However there is no "one size fits all" solution. It must be addressed at multiple levels with collaborating technologies, including SIEM, database monitoring and application monitoring, to provide the most complete prevention and detection strategy possible
Join Terry Stuart, Senior Security Engineer, NitroSecurity to understand the lessons learned from WikiLeaks and the strategies and technologies available today that can best address this multi-layered threat.
>>click here for the presentation |
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Prize Drawings For All In Attendance |
Event Sponsors/Exhibitors
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