Presented by StorageCraft

Do you have a DR strategy? Learn more from those on the inside of data protection and disaster recovery. See how you compare to other’s DR capabilities and how to build a solid strategy. We’ll also cover key DRaaS capabilities and a solution to make part of our plan.

  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 Guardicore

Let’s be real. True to its name, there is zero trust about the term “zero trust.” It’s been used as marketecture since its inception. Cut through the fog with this presentation with practical insight and steps to take to ensure your organization makes the most out of ZTA.

  Presented by Darktrace

In the immediate aftermath of a ransomware attack, executives too often face a difficult dilemma: either pay a ransom or shut down critical systems and services. In today’s increasingly complex digital ecosystems, the collateral damage that ensues from ransomware attacks can be broad-ranging and destructive, with organizations taking days, weeks, or even months to recover.

But what if there was another way out – a way to surgically contain ransomware in its earliest stages, without disrupting normal business operations? Join this presentation to learn how Cyber AI is helping thousands of organizations fight back against ransomware. We’ll discuss:

• The impact of ‘double-extortion’ ransomware and ‘ransomware-as-a-service’
• Real-world examples of ransomware detected by Cyber AI
• How self-learning AI responds proportionately to ransomware, thanks to its deep understanding of an organization’s pattern of life

  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 INTERFACE Advisory Council

After years of being at the periphery of society, ransomware and cyber threats are now taking center stage as they begin to impact the lives of the broader population. As increased attention begins to turn toward protecting against these attacks, it becomes obvious that throwing new advanced solutions at each aspect of the problem can only take us so far. It is necessary to circle back to foundational elements of our security posture and combine the old with new for elevated levels of protection.

Speakers:
Mike Manrod • Chief Information Security Officer, Grand Canyon Education
Christian Taillon • Threat Response Engineer, Grand Canyon Education

Mike Manrod presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff, and information assets across the enterprise. Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention expert for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other organizations.

He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019, along with multiple articles/whitepapers. When not working, he spends time playing video games with his kids, practicing martial arts, and doing anything outdoors.

Christian Taillon contributes to Grand Canyon Education's IT Security team as an Engineer. His efforts focus primarily on improving the Security Operations team's capability to efficiently detect and effectively respond to threats through work primarily relating to Splunk, EDR, and an evolving Threat Intelligence program. He enjoys contributing to the larger community via various Threat Intelligence Content Development efforts and open-source projects. He leads the Global Watch Center operations at ACTRA and contributes to SPORTS-ISAO under the Cyber Resilience Institute as a Solutions Architect. When away from the keyboard, he enjoys camping, kayak, and hiking with his wife.

  Presented by Optiv Security & Tenable

A proactive, risk-driven Vulnerability Management approach delivers comprehensive, continuous visibility and informs technical and business decisions. Join Tenable’s Nathan Wenzler and Optiv’s Doug Drew (a respected Tenable Guardian) as they discuss real-world VM challenges and how to manage and measure your cyber risk.

  Presented by Duo Security

The perimeter-focused security model of decades past is no longer adequate for securing the modern enterprise. Now, organizations must secure a mobile workforce using a mix of corporate-owned and personal devices to access cloud-based applications and services, often from outside corporate networks — and this trend only accelerated during 2020's global shift to remote work. Fortunately, a modern access strategy built on zero-trust fundamentals can defend today’s workforce while paving the way to a passwordless future. Attend this session to learn how the zero-trust access model works, reduce your reliance on passwords and risk of password-based attacks, and how to start planning and staging your zero-trust evolution today.

  Presented by Gigamon

With the move to cloud and the multitude of approaches, your ability to effectively monitor and secure workloads gets even more difficult. IT complexity, the rate of change, lack of skills, and organizational silos have made confidently managing security and performance nearly impossible. Visibility is critical. Join us for a discussion of the security considerations for on-prem private, public, and hybrid clouds. You’ll learn best practices and see how a little planning and design can go a long way. Achieve a secure and viable hybrid cloud implementation and get a high return on your investment.

  Presented by Quest Software

Query tuning is key to peak performance in SQL Server databases. However, lots of developers and DBAs constantly struggle to pinpoint the root cause of performance issues and spend way too much time trying to fix them. In this presentation, Quest will share their tried-and-true best practices for tuning SQL statements and other issues by utilizing Wait Time Analysis, reviewing execution plans, and using SQL diagramming techniques. In addition, we’ll present several case studies to demonstrate these best practices.

Regardless of the complexity of your database or your skill level, this systematic approach will lead you down the correct tuning path with no guessing, saving countless hours of tuning queries and optimizing the performance of your SQL Server databases.

  Presented by StorageCraft

Do you have a DR strategy? Learn more from those on the inside of data protection and disaster recovery. See how you compare to other’s DR capabilities and how to build a solid strategy. We’ll also cover key DRaaS capabilities and a solution to make part of our plan.