Archives: Seminar

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.

The Current Malware Threat Landscape & Enterprise Grade

  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.

Risk, Reliance and The Resilience Imperative

  Presented by Jeff Gaynor • President, American Resilience, LLC

America’s global cyber adversaries appreciate our Nation’s increasing reliance on an Internet that exceeds our ability to “secure.” These predators also appreciate reliance multiplies target values and both immediate and cascading consequences. With Americans’ willing acceptance of the risks inherent in “The Internet of Things” and it’s convenient, entertaining, highly invasive and exploitable devices; our global adversaries are also coming to realize America has created its own Achilles Heel.

In her March 18 State of Homeland Security Address, former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (among many courageous and direct statements) observed: “We face a choice: Shape the world around us or get shaped by it.” She added: “We are going from “highly reactive” to “highly resilient” and to that end called for “Relentless Resilience” and a “Whole of Society Approach” to correct America’s increasingly exploited cyber-reliant critical infrastructure and national preparedness trajectories.

In examining the above realities, Jeff will cite history, lexicon issues, and pose questions the answers to which drive “The Resilience Imperative.” He will then present the operationally proven, objectively measurable, nationally comprehensive and compatible resilience-based mindsets, metrics, methodologies and technologies required to achieve the Secretary’s objectives and in the process of doing so, ensure America’s cyber-reliant safety, security, quality of life and future for this and generations of Americans’ to follow.

Design Security into Your CI/CD Pipeline and Reduce Threats from Pre-Deployment to Runtime

  Presented by Trend Micro

Building better applications that meet the speed and demands of your business is what drives a successful DevOps practice. As business units migrate critical workloads to the cloud and grow their container adoption, trusted effective security controls that protect against a range of sophisticated threats and attacks need to be part of the automated integration and communication pipeline. You need the flexibility to work across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Whether it’s contending with multiple point security tools or trying to squeeze into your organization’s legacy IT security protocols, your DevOps shop requires the freedom to work effectively, minimize security disruptions, and adapt when InfoSec and compliance teams come calling.

Achieving “Always On” IT Resilience

  Presented by Zerto

It’s time to revolutionize your data protection strategy. Protecting and transforming your digital business for exceptional customer experiences requires an “always on” platform for disaster recovery, backup and cloud mobility. In this presentation, we’ll discuss how to cost-effectively and swiftly manage both unplanned disruptions, including outages, ransomware attacks, and natural disasters, as well as planned events, such as moving to the cloud or data center consolidations.

Vulnerability Mitigation Techniques for Securing the Enterprise

  Presented by Trend Micro

A primary component in securing and protecting your data, is ensuring technologies at all levels are patched and secured, as part of a Vulnerability Management program. According to US-CERT, an increasing number of new application vulnerabilities are found each year. More alarming a 2018 Frost & Sullivan report shows that the number of reported Zero Day vulnerabilities in 2017 has reached 1,522. Organizations must take steps to assess their organizational risk and implement a Patch/Vulnerability Management process to secure and protect their data and infrastructure.

The “People Factor” of Digital Transformation

  Presented by Michael Dietrich • Chief Information Officer-State of Nevada

There is widespread adoption of Digital Transformation strategies in business, and as such technology roles changing. IT teams are becoming more visible, and IT leaders are moving from the back-office to having a seat at the business strategy planning table. Are you ready for this evolution? The increased visibility, accountability, and clarity of linkage between technology and business outcomes demands that technical leaders and staff evolve from pure technologists to business enablers. When implementing a technology solution, it is critically important to know “what done looks like” through the lens of the business and from the perspectives of the employees who will use, and benefit from, the solution. Nevada State CIO Michael Dietrich will speak to the importance of cultural change and adoption both within IT teams and at all levels of the business.

Michael joined the State of Nevada as CIO in early 2018 and immediately set out to change the tech culture by encouraging movement away from siloed solutions in favor of collective and unified enterprise technology decisions. Prior to public service, Michael spent 25 years in the private sector, leading large product development and engineering organizations, as well as merger and acquisition technical integration activities.

Michael’s passion is finding the truly meaningful ways that technology can lead to better business outcomes and enhance our lives. To this end he is often heard using the phrase “Know what done looks like” which means seeing the end result from the point of view of the customer, regardless of their tech skill level, to ensure that a technology solution delivers what is needed seamlessly and effortlessly.

Michael is frequently quoted not only for his futurist outlook, but also on the interface of life and technology enhancements that are frictionless to the point of being invisible. “I think this ingrained philosophy has helped me be a better technology leader… no conversation about the benefits of any technical solution should be about the tech itself, but rather what it can do for us.”

“The technology landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. Traditional Information Technology — the implementation of office, productivity tools and connectivity— is being rapidly supplanted by Digital Transformation: the movement of all business and information resources and functions into the digital realm. The opportunity to apply my considerable experience and learnings to lead the digital transformation of Nevada is a dream come true. I am very excited about this role, and grateful for the opportunity to serve the State.”

Michael has lived in Nevada most of his life. Since moving here over 30 years ago it is the place he calls home. When he is not immersed in the digital world, Michael enjoys all things two-wheeled, classic American muscle cars, and creating art and music.

From IT to IoT: The Future is Now!

  Daniel Price • CEO of Breadware

The internet is growing and so are smart devices. Homes are flooded with IoT devices as is your office. By 2020, an estimated 95% of new electronic devices will be equipped with IoT technology. Are you prepared for this? What issues will arise with IoT products that come into your system? What vulnerabilities do you need to be aware of?
Join Daniel Price, CEO of Breadware for a discussion on the IoT landscape. Daniel is the CEO and co-founder of Breadware. He brings a deep background of technology leadership and product design. He is passionate about the new opportunities that are being unlocked in our personal lives and our businesses in the era of intelligent, connected devices. Bring your questions as well so you can be prepared to handle the ever-changing landscape.