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Tech-Security Conference 2011


San Jose Tech-Security Conference

Date: Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
Location:

Network Meeting Center
5201 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara CA. 95054
p:408-562-6111

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Overview

The San Jose 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.

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

Sum Group - CS-Net, LLC

Trend Micro Incorporated

Michael Lawson, Deep Security Expert, Trend Micro

Security for Virtualized Server, Desktop and Cloud Environments

Businesses of all sizes are taking advantage of Virtualization at the Server and Desktop (VDI). This is only being accelerated by new Private and Public Cloud initiatives. Learn about the challenges this creates for security and what features you need to look for to assure performance, regulatory compliance and ease of management across all environments. Trend Micro's endpoint and datacenter security products are designed are to work in virtualized environments. Bring your virtual security questions for our subject matter expert, Michael Lawson.

 

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9:30am-10:00am Break/Vendor Booth Time
10:00am-10:45am Session Two

Cyber-Ark Software, Ltd.

Berenice Jacobs, CISSP

Securing Administrative Passwords

Identity Management Tools, such as Single Sign-On and Directories are examples of important building blocks in any organization's Identity Management infrastructure. However, these tools are only geared towards individual users. An additional solution for privileged users should be deployed to complement the Identity Management Infrastructure.

Cyber-Ark’s Suite of products can manage Identity Management for Privileged Accounts by providing:

  • Frequent and automatic password changes of shared privileged accounts
  • Strong auditing of privileged passwords usage to ensure accountability
  • Secured long term storage and automatic failover to eliminate risks of loss and to ensure availability during disaster recovery
  • Removing clear text passwords embedded in scripts, and automatically changing them according to corporate policy
10:45am-11:30am Session Three

Axway

Paul Lavery

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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11:30am-12:00pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
12:00pm-12:45pm Session Four (includes lunch)

Top Layer Networks

Boni Bruno

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
12:45pm-1:00pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
1:00pm-1:45pm Session Five

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Coy Thorp

Securing the Now

Join Coy Thorp as he talks about the security threat landscape in today’s world, with the inclusion of a live demonstration of how computers are compromised utilizing a popular, well-known and useful attack, the drive-by download. Coy will show exactly how these attacks are implemented, their current use patterns implemented by hackers and criminal organizations, and talk about the best way to prepare your network for these types of attacks.

1:45pm-2:30pm Session Six

PacketMotion, Inc.

Mitch Christensen

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.

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2:30pm-2:45pm Break/Vendor Booth Time
2:45pm-3:30pm Session Seven

Centrify Corporation

Corey Williams, Director of Product Management

Centralizing Data Center Security to Simplify Compliance

 

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3:30pm-3:45 Break/Vendor Booth Time
 

Prize Drawings For All In Attendance

 

3:45pm-4:30pm Session Eight

Damballa, Inc.

Bruce Van Dyke

Advanced Cyber Threats: 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

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Prize Drawing For All In Attendance

4:30pm-5:15pm Session Nine

Aurora Systems Consulting, Inc.

McAfee, Inc.

Andrew Hoerner

Applying Next Generation Security Principles to Today’s Changing Networks

This is a dynamic time for IT organizations. Many organizations are simultaneously speeding up adoption of new technologies while also aggressively pursuing efficiency gains. But this combination introduces new risks to the network, and also increases the workload on the network operations team. The concept of Next Generation Network Security can help reduce your risk while improving your efficiencies. This discussion takes the input garnered from talking with many of the world’s most trusted companies and discusses the strategy and pillars required to adopt both a next generation security mindset and technology strategy.

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Prize Drawing For All In Attendance

Event Sponsors/Exhibitors

Sum Group - CS-Net, LLC
Trend Micro Incorporated
Ping Identity Corporation
Top Layer Networks
Arcot Systems, Inc.
Cyber-Ark Software, Ltd.
PacketMotion, Inc.
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Websense, Inc.
Evolve Technology Group
Imperva
Thales
Axway
GFI Software
KEMP Technologies, Inc.
BeyondTrust Software, Inc.
Damballa, Inc.
LANDesk Software
CIRCADENCE
Aerohive Networks, Inc.
ESET, LLC
Centrify Corporation
Quest
Dicar Networks
Cymtec Systems, Inc.
VeriWave
Aurora Systems Consulting, Inc.
McAfee, Inc.
Wave Systems Corp.

Protegrity Corporation

LogLogic, Inc.
Silicon Valley ISSA Chapter
Bluesocket
Certes Networks, Inc.
Sims Metal Management Limited
Prime Factors, Inc.
Kaspersky Lab
Interface Masters, Inc.
Novell, Inc.
Beyond Security
ArcMail Technology
Prism Communications, Inc
NEVTEC
SmoothWall Ltd.

 

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