Archives: Seminar

[1 CPE] All’s Fair in Love and [Cyber] War

  Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has captured the world’s attention and prompted a swift response from many nations as the threat of Cyber Warfare is brought into sharp relief. State and Federal agencies have been preparing for the reality of Cyber Warfare for years, and now many private firms are on alert.

What should you really be concerned about right now?

Join the INTERFACE Alaska Advisory Council for a discussion on the real threat of Cyber Warfare. Our panel will discuss incident response along with vulnerability and detection topics. Don’t miss this timely discussion at INTERFACE.

Panelists:

  • Chris Letterman • Chief Information Security Officer, State of Alaska
  • Mark Merchant • Chief Information Security Officer, Municipality of Anchorage

[1 CPE] Sky Lakes Case Study: Real-life Ransomware Recovery

  Presented by Cohesity

Backup is often the last line of defense against ransomware attacks, which have exponentially increased over the last year. Hear how Sky Lakes Medical Center chose a joint solution from strategic partners Cisco and Cohesity for a modern, efficient data management system to replace an aging backup solution while beating an unexpected ransomware attack. During this session, we’ll give you a brief overview of Cohesity for context and then roll into a 40-minute interview with the Sky Lakes Medical Center Team.

[1 CPE] Breaking the Ransomware Attack Chain

  Presented by Guardicore, now part of Akamai

Despite consistent increases in security spending, ransomware remains an ever-growing threat to businesses. Surprisingly, the ransomware itself, the malware that does the encryption, is only a part of a larger, equally dangerous, attack chain. Considering the entire chain offers defenders more opportunities to thwart the attack before mass encryption can occur.

In this session, we’ll provide details on how microsegmentation can prevent adversarial techniques that precede and follow the deployment of ransomware itself. By turning our attention to the entire kill chain, a path towards minimizing the likelihood, impact, and recovery time of ransomware becomes clear.

In this session you will learn:

  • Practical steps you can take to disrupt the kill chain before ransomware can be deployed
  • How to leverage AI to map complex environments and expedite the path towards policy enforcement that drastically reduces the impact of ransomware
  • How advancements in host-based segmentation are helping businesses achieve an infrastructure that enables rapid remediation of ransomware events without disrupting business operations

[1 CPE] How to Advance Strategic Business Goals with IoT

  Presented by Aruba, a HPE Company

Whether it’s the allure of the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), a fear of being viewed as a laggard, or internal pressure to do something new, many companies rush head-first into IoT projects without clearly defined objectives or value propositions. The result is a high rate of failure and subsequent disillusionment about the real value of IoT. If your company’s strategic goals require human productivity monitoring, human productivity organizational redesign, augmented reality, energy monitoring, and/or building security, Aruba’s ESP can expedite time-to-insight and time-to-value. The solutions can securely handle all manner of IoT devices and integrate them with enterprise business applications and processes. Join us to learn how you can reduce IoT deployment time to a fraction of what a custom-developed solution would require.

[1 CPE] Immutable Storage: Level-Up Ransomware Readiness

  Presented by Arcserve

IDC advises that a 3-2-1-1 strategy is the new best practice for effectively protecting customers against ransomware. The last 1 is the important piece of the puzzle, where a copy is also stored on immutable storage. The growing risk of compromise to your customers’ data – specifically via ransomware DEMANDS the most up to date and complete solutions arsenal.

[1 CPE] Ransomware Protection Redefined: Protect, Alert, and Recover

  Presented by Veeam

Ransomware is malicious software that infects a computer and restricts access to crucial user data until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Ransomware is designed to spread through your network, exploiting technical and human vulnerabilities and leading to a significant impact on your business. Ransomware attacks were up 93% in 2021 and are no longer a question of if but when. Costs have skyrocketed to nearly two million dollars (US) per incident and have a global economic impact of over 20 billion dollars (US).

Join this session to learn how to ensure your backups are immutable, that you’ll be alerted of any possible ransomware attacks in your virtual environment, and that you’re able to recover those workloads free of any malware.

[1 CPE] Leveraging Assessment Findings to Harden Your Security Perimeter

  Presented by Fortinet

Are you regularly evaluating your network security?

Performing assessments is a tried-and-true method for improving your security posture, but they can be a daunting task for network security staff who are often short on manpower, expertise, and/or time. Regardless, the benefits of running assessments almost always outweigh any potential drawbacks. Having a security assessment in hand will increase your security situational awareness and significantly impact your organization’s risk preparedness and mitigation.

Join us as we discuss the importance of periodically validating your existing security controls and provide learnings and best practices from our experts.

[1 CPE] Ransomware: Why Does This Keep Happening?

  Presented by Arctic Wolf

Join Coy Thorp, Systems Engineer for Arctic Wolf, as he discusses the history and evolution of ransomware and why it has become so difficult to detect and mitigate. The basic premise is this: organizations spend more today than ever before to address cybersecurity risk, yet breaches are on the rise and there is no end in sight. What can your company do to prepare itself for the attack that is imminently on the horizon?

[1 CPE] Reinforce Your Operations Through Network Modernization

  Presented by Spectrum Enterprise

With the rise in remote workforce models, protecting your network is imperative. In this session, you’ll discover how to achieve resiliency, redundancy, and diversity through a wholly-owned national network. How can you secure required upgrade certifications and meet compliance requirements when you need a tailored and customized solution with the option of a fully managed or co-managed network? Join us to learn more about how to reinforce your operations through network modernization to successfully overcome the impacts and challenges that we have collectively faced in the last two years.

[1 CPE] Taking Control of Enterprise IoT Security

  Presented by Hillary Baron • Director of Research, Analytics, Cloud Security Alliance

Organizations rely on IoT devices to improve productivity, manage operations more efficiently, boost business opportunities, etc. To perform these functions IoT devices collect large amounts of sensitive data on the organizations, necessitating secure implementations of the entire IoT ecosystem. In this presentation, Hillary Baron, Director of Research – Analytics at CSA will cover:

  • The history and current state of IoT security
  • Leveraging and tailoring CSA’s IoT Controls Matrix
  • Future areas of research to improve IoT security

Hillary Baron is a Director of Research, Analytics for Cloud Security Alliance – a non-profit dedicated to defining and raising awareness about cloud security best practices. As a part of her role, she manages research projects on topics like blockchain/DLT, quantum-safe security, and the Internet of Things. Hillary also leads the ad-hoc survey research, including creating questionnaires, analyzing data, and reporting the findings. Formerly as a program manager, she spearheaded the creation of CSA’s webinar program, CSACloudBytes, and developed it into an award-winning series. Hillary earned a CCSK v4 and a Master’s of Science at the University of Wisconsin – Stout.