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Tech-Security Conference 2011


Washington DC Tech-Security Conference

Date: Thursday, Sep. 15, 2011
Location:

L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 LEnfant Plaza Southwest
Washington D.C., DC 20024-2253
p: 202.484.1000

>>click here for directions

Overview

The Washington DC 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

Aruba Networks, Inc.

Riad Muwakki

Get Your Wi-Fi Ready for the iPad

Apple has sold over 52 million iPhones and iPads in the first half of 2011. These employee-owned consumer devices are making their way to the workplace creating a new set of security and management challenges for IT departments. Aruba has developed a new solution to help customers scale their "existing" Wi-Fi network (including Cisco Wi-Fi) and IT helpdesk processes to support productivity enhancing bring-your-own-device initiatives. Aruba's clientless solution provides a mechanism to secure, provision and manage employee-owned devices while minimizing IT overhead.

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

Cyber-Ark Software, Ltd.

Aleck Brailsford

Privileged Identity management
Securing privileged accounts

10:45am-11:30am Session Three

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Steve Butera, Sales Engineer

Web is the Battlefield

Today, new Internet and social media applications are a common source of vulnerabilities. Join William Larsen for a discussion of the current threat landscape and how a defense-in-depth approach thoroughly protects networks from online attacks. With an emphasis on application control, see common Web 2.0 attacks and how to fight back.

>>click here for the presentation

11:30am-12:00pm Break/Vendor Booth Time/Lunch
12:00pm-12:45pm Session Four

Entrust

Ruben Garcia

Leveraging the platform: consolidating your authentication processes

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

Centrify Corporation

Tom Stanton, Senior Systems Engineer

 

Centralizing Data Center Security to Simplify Compliance

Join this session to learn how to prevent insider attacks and more easily pass audits in mixed system data centers comprised of UNIX, Linux and Mac systems. Learn how to protect systems and data, manage user access and privileges, and audit and report on rights and privileges using an IT asset you likely already own - Active Directory.

>>click here for the presentation

1:45pm-2:30pm Session Six

NETGEAR

Jason W. Turk, Senior Manager, Channel Development, North America

Networking Security Protection Against Today’s Threats

What is the right balance for your company between legitimate use of Social Media, the “Cloud” and Virtualized solutions? How can your organization maximize these tools while minimizing its risk to Malware, Spam and Viruses? We’ll show you how one company answered these questions while increasing network security.

>>click here for the presentation

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

Bit9

Jessica Couto, Director of Strategic Alliances

Protection Against Spear Phishing and the Modern Cyber Threats

Advanced threats target users through email, website, instant messenger, USB devices and social engineering. Traditional blacklist antivirus cannot keep pace with today's modern malware. Join Jessica Cuoto from Bit9 to better understand how hackers are outsmarting traditional security approaches with targeted attacks and spear phishing – the most common technique behind some of today’s most damaging cyber attacks. Learn how these threats work and the most impactful things you can do to prevent targeted attacks from breaching your organization.

>>click here for the presentation

3:30pm-3:45pm

Break/Vendor Booth Time

Prize Drawings for All In Attendance

3:45pm-4:30pm Session Eight

GRT Corporation

Vitaly Dubravin, Chief Technology Officer

Data Masking for Privacy Protection

 

http://www.grtcorp.com/content/data-masking-goes-washington-dc

  Prize Drawings for All In Attendance
4:30pm-5:15pm Session Nine

Axway

Ajda Berryman, Director, Federal Solutions

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

>>click here for the presentation

  Prize Drawings for All In Attendance

Event Sponsors/Exhibitors

eIQnetworks, Inc.
Network Critical Solutions Limited
Nexum, Inc.
Cyber-Ark Software, Ltd.
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Celestix Networks, Inc.
Aerohive Networks, Inc.
A10 Networks, Inc.
Centrify Corporation
GEOBRIDGE Corporation
Entrust
Endace Limited
Varonis Systems
Intel
Infoblox Inc.
NetClarity, Inc.
Imperva
NETGEAR
Tectia Corp.
Certes Networks, Inc.
IBM
Bit9
Bradford Networks
Sophos PLC
GRT Corporation
Aruba Networks, Inc.
St. Bernard Software Inc., dba EdgeWave
ArcMail Technology
Patriot Technologies, Inc.
Zscaler, Inc.
Anchor Technologies, Inc.
Axway
Silver Peak Systems, Inc.
Somansa
VMware, Inc.
BeyondTrust Software, Inc.
Assurance Data
Virtual Bridges, Inc.
Steelgate Global, LLC
Accuvant, Inc.
SonicWALL, Inc.
Event Tracker by Prism Microsystem
Gigamon
Riverbed Technology
ISACA
 

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