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Zero Trust with Micro-Segmentation: Doing It the Right Way

  Presented by Guardicore

In the modern, hyper-connected and threat-laden enterprise landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to protect their systems and data.

Originally conceived in 2010, the zero-trust security concept has recently gained new ground and is now seen as a vital element of enterprise information security. It is a model that aids user and device verification, strengthens authentication processes and ensures encryption.
However, zero trust is not without its challenges, and mastering the art of zero trust takes strategic management and forethought.

In this session, we will explore the concept of zero trust, assess why it is needed in the modern enterprise and outline how micro-segmentation can help win the zero trust race for organizations.

Key takeaways:

  • Why there is a need for zero trust
  • The challenges of implementing zero trust
  • The four high-level principles of zero trust
  • How micro-segmentation can help you prepare for, implement and manage zero trust in your organization

AI: Demystifying the Dark Arts to Combat Threats  

  Presented by Vanguard Infrastructures & HPE

To combat the latest threats, cyber security vendors have no choice but to use one of the most powerful tools to emerge in decades – Artificial Intelligence. But critics are right in their concerns over the interpretability of AI solutions. How do we learn to trust the magic black boxes when even the experts can’t explain the answers produced by AI? What is AI, and how is it different than data science and machine learning? What does it mean when a cyber-security solution is AI-enabled? What are the important things to know about the different AI implementations as they relate to cyber security products? How do I trust the output / results of AI? Join us as we provide an AI primer through the lens of cyber security and dissipate the cloudiness caused by buzzwords.

Moderator:

  • Troy Cooper • Vanguard Infrastructures CEO Co-Founder

Panel Experts:

  • Vijay Richard • Vanguard Infrastructures Exec VP Co-Founder
  • Chris Kaufman • Vanguard Infrastructures Chief AI Strategist
  • Ann Hinkle • Vanguard Infrastructure Chief of Security Services
  • Scott Olsen • HPE Enterprise Architect

Nashville Is Hiring! What Do You Need to Succeed?

  Presented by Nashville Technology Council

The Greater Nashville Technology Council is a member-based organization connecting, uniting, developing and promoting technology across Middle Tennessee. More than 50,000 tech workers call the region home and the available tech talent is increasing every day. Helping to develop an even stronger technology workforce pipeline is one of the key focus areas of the NTC. This session will provide an overview of the technology workforce in Middle TN and discuss ApprentiTN, the NTC workforce initiative focused on growing and diversifying tech through a paid apprenticeship model. Join Kevin Harris from the NTC as he discusses some of the vital keys to success.

The Current Malware Threat Landscape & Enterprise Grade Remediation

  Presented by Malwarebytes

Malware has become one of the biggest threat challenges faced by security and IT teams. Malwarebytes Labs conducts extensive proprietary research and analysis. The findings are periodically published to help security teams better understand the nature and evolution of these threats.

This presentation will cover key findings from our newly released annual report. It will highlight malware category trends and discuss new and emerging threats to be on the watch for. There will also be a discussion of industry best practices and technologies that can help your business to prevent, detect, and remediate these threats.

Attendees will leave with insight into the current malware threat landscape, as well as an understanding of steps they can take to mitigate breaches.

Leveraging AI to Defend Against Insider Threats in Your Digital Landscape

  Presented by Vanguard Infrastructures & HPE

The single largest vulnerability to a company’s intellectual property (IP) is their employee or the trusted insider; the person with the keys to the kingdom. However, recent media and government disclosures have expanded this threat to include machine compromises installed during manufacturing. So, the threat could come from the trusted insider or the machine an unwitting employee is utilizing. Too few companies have a strategy to adequately combat these vulnerabilities, mainly due to a lack of knowledge the events are taking place. Vanguard Infrastructures presents a strategy that marries observed human behaviors, demeanors, actions, etc., with artificial intelligence and machine learning to assist companies by providing data and creating visibility into network events that might be a threat to the company. This presentation’s goal is to put more power into the hands of the company to protect their IP, identify potential problem behaviors of trusted employees and machines, and assist the company in ensuring their future.

Moderator:

  • Troy Cooper • Vanguard Infrastructures CEO Co-Founder

Panel Experts:

  • Vijay Richard • Vanguard Infrastructures Exec VP Co-Founder
  • Chris Kaufman • Vanguard Infrastructures Chief AI Strategist
  • Ann Hinkle • Vanguard Infrastructure Chief of Security Services
  • Scott Olsen • HPE Enterprise Architect

Identity: The Future of Security

  Presented by Dave Cummings • Security/Identity Architect, HCA & Whitney Thompson • Director, Identity and Access Management, Premise Health

This panel discusses the well accepted business practice of securing an asset through a perimeter and security controls. Many current IAM solutions are no longer efficient or secure and to combat the multi trillion-dollar cybercrime industry and we need to focus on a micro perimeter around each identity.

An overview of a modern identity core that supports micro perimeters and relationships is followed by how to build your IAM program is presented.