Archives: Seminar

Architecting the New SD-WAN Edge for the Cloud-first Enterprise

  Presented by Silver Peak

Adoption of cloud services has driven enterprises to re-think WAN architecture. Architectures based on traditional, manually-programmed routers can’t keep pace. A business-driven SD-WAN can provide secure direct connections from the branch to SaaS/IaaS across the internet, significantly increasing application performance resulting in a superior end-user QoEx (Quality of Experience). By integrating SD-WAN, WAN optimization, routing and security in a single unified platform, enterprises can simplify branch WAN edge architecture, accelerating time to value and dramatically reducing operational costs. From a centralized SD-WAN orchestrator, application priorities and QoS and security policies may be configured and assigned to automate traffic handling across the WAN. A single mouse click distributes SD-WAN configuration parameters to all sites, improving operational efficiency and minimizing the potential for human errors that can negatively impact application availability and enterprise security. This session will describe why SD-WAN adoption continues at a breakneck pace because of the user productivity, agility and cost savings benefits that a business-driven SD-WAN delivers.

Welcome to the New Age of Converged Data Protection

  Presented by Storage Craft

Managing storage continues to be complex, and often expensive. Something needs to change, and it certainly won’t be a dramatic increase in staffing. Fortunately, object storage is the answer. By eliminating the use of legacy RAID, object storage, can be the foundation for a scale-out converged storage solution that solves both data protection and primary storage challenges. Want to recover a multi-TB VM in less than a second? No problem. Want to protect files from ransomware? No problem. Need an enterprise file serving, archiving, or virtual server storage solution? No Problem. Attend this session to learn how object storage is changing the landscape for IT admin and the technology of the future.

Exploitation of IT Vulnerabilities is Escalating

  Presented by Quest Software

Cybercriminals are savvier than ever. They understand that IT complexities create serious vulnerabilities, and these criminals are continually developing new ways to breach your organization’s boundaries. That is why a proactive, unified endpoint management (UEM) strategy should be part of your organization’s core business strategy.

Adapting to Fight Back: How Cyber AI Neutralizes Never-Before-Seen Threats

  Presented by Darktrace

In a world that is increasingly digital, cyber-attack has become the most significant risk confronting today’s businesses, smart cities, and critical infrastructure. Online crime cost the world more than half a trillion dollars last year, while recent attacks have managed to influence the U.S. presidential election and disrupt the Ukrainian power supply. This troubling state of affairs is the product of several fundamental weaknesses with the traditional approach to cyber defense, which relies on predefining what threats look like at a time when criminals launch never-before-seen attacks daily. Moreover, these attacks increasingly strike at machine-speed, preventing security professionals from responding before their damage is done.

Identity is the New Perimeter

  Presented by Alchemy Technology Group

Data breaches continue to dominate mainstream media, impacting millions of consumers and costing millions of dollars for the liable parties. With the acceleration of Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms, the Cyber Security world has evolved from vandalism, to theft, and now all-out war. The bad actors have become extremely creative in compromising credentials to impersonate users, infiltrate environments, and collect confidential data. The value proposition of “anytime, anywhere, any device” access sounds great in principal, but often presents extreme risk in practice. A formal identity strategy provides a backdrop to extend corporate policy well beyond the walls of the corporate office, offering flexibility to embrace evolving technology without compromising security posture. In this session Alchemy Technology Group will outline 10 principles for a successful Cyber Security strategy, with a focus on identity’s role as the new perimeter.

Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity

  Presented by Trace3

As the threat landscape rapidly expands, enterprises across all industries are seeking approaches and technologies to safeguard their interest from advanced and persistent threats. Mounting regulatory and financial penalties against a talent shortage, the need for better cybersecurity only becomes more apparent.

Startups are emerging to offer solutions that address vulnerabilities arising from the growing threat vectors introduced by the expansion of the enterprise domain. Understanding trends and technologies that are driving the future of cybersecurity is critical to both individual contributors and leaders.

Threats to Public Cloud Workloads

  Presented by Trend Micro

This presentation will revolve around the various threats workloads are susceptible to as more and more organizations shift from on-premise to the cloud. This will focus primarily on public cloud infrastructure but many of the concepts will apply directly to private cloud/on-prem data center infrastructure as well. The goal of the talk is to give the audience a better understanding of the vulnerabilities associated with cloud workloads and mitigation strategies.

Digital to Physical: Real-World Impact of Security Risks in Industries Using IIoT

  Presented by Trend Micro

This presentation will talk about research on radio remote controllers used in industrial settings, and how they can be used for attacks in this environment. This will shed light on how a cyberattack can inflict physical damage or harm. The goal is to inspire the audience to think outside the box in terms of what can be compromised and impose a sense of urgency in the IoT/IIoT security space.

Data Protection: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

  Presented by CompuNet

An open panel discussion on Data Protection: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery. This session will focus on the navigating current trends and best practices in most environments. Bring your tough questions and topics to our engineers who specialize in BCDR.