Presented by Aruba, a HPE Company

Over the past couple of decades, we’ve relied on a certain predictable and repeatable model of expectations from our infrastructure that has delivered. However, the demands of Digital Transformation, the pace of change, the capabilities within our teams -- and of course the pandemic -- have created business pressures that traditional ways of building and security infrastructure just can’t keep pace with.

The time is now to reflect, reset, and embrace a different way that will increase agility and flexibility as well as enhance performance and security. Lose the baggage of the past, travel light, and let’s chart a course for the journey ahead.

  Presented by Pine Cove Consulting & Verkada

Physical security is evolving. Security cameras can now store footage locally without NVRs or DVRs. Advanced filtering allows you to quickly find the footage you are looking for. Sharing access to live camera feeds can now be done simply via a link or SMS. Managing system health and providing using permissions is easier than ever. Access control can now integrate seamlessly into your security camera system to provide an added layer of security with real-time visibility.

Join Verkada and its preferred partner, Pine Cove Consulting, for a deep dive into the evolution of physical security systems and the transition to cloud-based physical security.

  Presented by Infoblox

In recent years, continuous integration and continuous deployment, aka CI/CD, have become de facto standards for DevOps-minded software development organizations. Adoption of CI/CD enables software architects and IT specialists to create more flexible, secure and agile infrastructure with new features and functionality that are continually improved and deployed. While compute and storage aspects of environments have benefited greatly from CI/CD, network infrastructure has lagged behind.

This presentation pulls back the covers on efforts taking place to bring CI/CD philosophies to the work of revamping legacy, monolithic network architectures using cloud-native principles, microservices and containerization. The end goal is to create networks that are inherently more adaptable, scalable, automated and simpler to manage.

Speaker Bio: Glenn Sullivan is a Principal Product Manager for Emerging Technologies at Infoblox and joined the Infoblox team when SnapRoute, a company he co-founded in 2015, was acquired by Infoblox. At SnapRoute, Sullivan was responsible for product direction by advocating for the end-user. Prior to founding SnapRoute, Sullivan was responsible for building out hyperscale data center environments at Apple. In addition to core network operational functions, Sullivan led efforts to automate the lifecycle management of various platforms in a multivendor environment. Before Apple, Sullivan was a specialist support engineer on the LAN Switching team in Cisco TAC. While there, his specialty was in turning around customer sentiment by focusing on escalated issues and transforming the customer experience into a positive one. Sullivan has a BS in Network and Systems Administration from RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology).

  Presented by Josh Stemp • Cybersecurity Advisor, CISA

What do I do? Is this beyond my scope of expertise? Where can I get guidance?

These are questions that Cybersecurity professionals ask themselves every day. You may spend your days thinking you are alone; you are not. Join Joshua Stemp to learn how public-private partnerships can strengthen an organization’s cybersecurity posture. He will outline what the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is doing to secure the nation from the never- ending barrage of cyber threats.

  Presented by Malwarebytes

Over the past year, the tools and tactics of cybercrime and cybersecurity adapted against a backdrop of enormous changes to our lives and businesses.

Join us to learn how cybercrime evolved in 2020 and identify ways to safeguard your organization against what’s out there.

We’ll explore:

• Top threats for businesses and consumers
• Emerging cybercrime trends and tactics
• Solutions you can employ to thwart future attacks

  Presented by Matanuska Telephone Association

Everything You Need to Know About CMMC:

In 2007, Chinese hackers successfully targeted a Department of Defense (DoD) subcontractor leading to the creation of a powerful fighter jet. During this cyberattack, the Chinese stole enough data to make their J-20 stealth fighter jet a real threat to the USA. The reality of this attack is that it wasn’t just a one-off event—over $600 billion is lost globally due to cyber theft every year. With that in mind, the DoD knew something needed to change.

Changes to cybersecurity compliance are coming. Before the introduction of the cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC), any self-attesting defense contractors could say that they were compliant with specific cybersecurity guidelines—without having to prove it. This not only left room for contractors to become complacent but diminished all compliant defense contractors’ credibility. In short, contractors who were reckless with sensitive information weren’t held accountable—until now.

With the rollout of the CMMC, contracting with the DoD is more specialized than ever—especially if you’re dealing with controlled unclassified information (CUI). But these new guidelines also mean the space will become more lucrative. It’s estimated that 129,810 businesses will likely pursue CMMC certification in the first 5 years.

CMMC boils down to 3 major points:

1. It’s mandatory. All CMMC requirements will explicitly address what level your company needs to be at to send or receive any future federal agency RFIs and RFPs.
2. It’s verifiable. Proof of certification will be accessible electronically.
3. It’s a long-term investment. Many organizations see between 12-18 months of continual effort to complete their compliance projects fully.

Presented by Rob Thurston, Chief Technology Officer at Ampersand, Alaska’s leading technology services provider, attendees will learn about compliance requirements, sustainability, and risks for DoD contractors.

  Presented by ExtraHop Networks

The SolarWinds SUNBURST attack was a rude awakening for many security teams, and it won't be the last time Security leaders face tough questions about how an adversary evaded defenses and stayed hidden. With threats persisting inside the network for months, security teams need a new plan. In this session, CISO Jeff Costlow discusses strategies, including revising existing mental models and incident response processes, to build resilience in the fight against advanced threats.

  Presented by Druva

Phil Goodwin, Research Director at IDC, joins W. Curtis Preston, Druva's Chief Technical Evangelist, for a discussion on key trends and developments expected from the world of cloud data backup and prediction in 2021.

Curtis Preston is an expert in backup & recovery systems; a space he has been working in since 1993. He has written four books on the subject, the fourth of which is Modern Data Protection from O'Reilly. It was published in May 2021. He is the host of the Restore It All podcast, and the founder and webmaster of backupcentral.com, a website dedicated to backup and recovery.

  Presented by Optiv Security & iboss

Come learn what SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is and understand the decisions you’ll need to make as you map out your own SASE journey.

In this session you’ll learn:

• What is driving almost every company to consider SASE?
• What decisions are being considered by Networking and Security teams?
• What services can you replace with SASE?
• Architecture matters! What are my options?
• How do I migrate to SASE with zero downtime?

  Presented by Airgap Networks

Typical enterprise attack surface has dramatically increased post COVID19. Employees, contractors, and vendors have access to enterprise crown jewels over legacy and insecure VPN technology for their respective home environments. It is no wonder that we are witnessing a rapid increase in cybercrimes in the last 18 months. Is protecting your application and data your top priority? If so, please join us in the session to understand the threat landscape and various technology options to safeguard your assets.

We believe the fundamental issues faced by the organizations relate to excessive trust relationships over VLANs and VPNs. For better security, we must ensure that every transaction is authorized and authenticated, and we must make this happen without the need for a bunch of legwork.

Join us and learn more about our point of view on how you can protect your assets without forklift upgrades. Ritesh Agrawal, Co-Founder and CEO of Airgap Networks, will discuss industry leadership and provide a technology overview, addressing the following:

• How does the modern Application Access approach compare to the traditional remote access VPN?
• What’s the best method to deploy and operate Universal Secure Access Solution?
• How to apply zero trust principles, especially for legacy protocols such as SSH, SMB, WMI, RDP, etc.?
• What’s the importance of SSO/MFA authentication coupled with intent check?
• Walkthrough (Demo) real-world use cases across private and public sectors.

Enjoy the INTERFACE event and we look forward to meeting you at the (virtual) booth.