Presented by Christopher Fielder, Field CTO • Arctic Wolf

In a dynamic cybersecurity landscape and fast-paced market, organizations grapple with ever-changing threats. Uncertainty abounds as they seek to benchmark themselves against their peers and prioritize initiatives. Join Arctic Wolf Field CTO Christopher Fielder as he explores key areas organizations are focusing on, top threat concerns, and responses by established organizations to emerging threats. Leveraging Arctic Wolf research, Christopher further presents five critical security predictions for the next 12 months.

  Presented by Adam Smolka, Sr Director, Product and Solutions Sales Specialist • Dell Technologies

IT organizations everywhere face increasingly complex siloed multi-cloud ecosystems, with pressure to move more quickly and improve efficiency in the face of skills gaps and economic headwinds. The Dell APEX portfolio addresses these challenges through a multi-cloud by-design approach that optimizes public cloud operations and brings the agility of the cloud operating model to any IT environment, offering greater control over applications and data.

Dell APEX Cloud Platforms provide an on-premises private cloud environment with consistent full-stack integration for the most widely deployed cloud ecosystem software including Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, and VMware vSphere. They can be configured to connect to the corresponding public cloud implementation of their respective ecosystems. This provides easy access to multiple deployment options with the security, flexibility, efficiency, and control of an on-premises location, freeing IT to focus on their applications and data rather than infrastructure.

  Presented by Steve Troxel, Public Sector Field Solutions Engineer • SHI & Sophos

A lack of integration between vendors and platforms can make systems less reliable, less secure, and more expensive than they should be. This session will focus on changes in on-premise and cloud-based solutions in IT infrastructure that can allow administrators and systems engineers to reduce the burden of maintaining disparate solutions through effective consolidation and integration. Join Steve Troxel of SHI in discussing how these approaches can help address gaps in IT staffing and facilitate a more strategic focus on the use of technology to the business itself.

  Presented by Christopher Goodrich, CISSP-ISSEP • ISC2 New Mexico

This presentation will be broken out into three sections. First, I’ll provide a brief history lesson, including definitions from an international perspective, and cover the most prominent privacy "rights." This will be followed by an examination of legislature within the United States and the ramifications of this legal mandate applied to organizations. Finally, I'll offer a few tips and tricks that individuals should be aware of in their personal lives.

  Presented by Pine Cove Consulting & Ruckus

This presentation traces the evolution of Wi-Fi technologies, from the initial design for device scalability to the current demand for capacity, efficiency, and predictability. The progression from Wi-Fi 4 to 6E and the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 is analyzed, revealing trends and challenges. The fragmented global regulatory environment, slow 6GHz adoption, and deployment intricacies are discussed. The differences among Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and 7 are highlighted, along with their respective enhancements. Major Wi-Fi 7 advancements, such as punctured transmission and enhanced quality of service, are examined. The emergence of the Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem and the increasing demand for Power over Ethernet (PoE) are also explored, offering insights into the changing landscape of network technologies.

  Presented by Darktrace

In the face of skyrocketing cyber risk, detecting and responding to attacks is no longer enough. Organizations must take proactive steps to prevent threats before they happen and to recover if compromised. In this session, Darktrace unveil an ambitious new approach to security, with core engines powering AI technologies to prevent, detect, respond, and ultimately heal from attacks across all areas of their digital environment. Together, these engines combine to strengthen organizations’ security posture in a virtuous AI feedback ‘loop,’ which provides powerful end-to-end, bespoke, and self-learning solutions unique to each organization.