Archives: Seminar

[1 CPE] How Zero-Trust Enables the Future of “Work from Anywhere” Secure Access

  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.

[1 CPE] The Evolution of Vulnerability Management

  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.

[1 CPE] Back to Basics: Where Technology and Security Intersect to Protect Against Ransomware

  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.

[1 CPE] What Got Us Here, Won’t Get Us to Where We’re Going…

  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.

[1 CPE] Ransomware In Focus: How AI Surgically Contains the Threat

  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

[1 CPE] Zero Trust: From Theory to Reality in Five Steps

  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.

[1 CPE] CI/CD for Networking: Adopting DevOps Principles for a More Robust Network

  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).

[1 CPE] Dealing with Ransomware: The Past, Present, and the Future

  Presented by Erik Graham • Security Incident & Investigations Manager, Marsh & McLennan Companies

Any company or government organization of any size anywhere in the world can become a victim of ransomware at any time. Each attack is moving further up in the headlines, making it a discussion point with many people. But how did we get to this point where so many can become victims overnight to this crime? In this presentation, Erik will cover the beginnings of ransomware, how it has evolved, and what you need to do so you don’t become the next victim and headline. He will also cover what do to and not do when you become a victim and outline the long road to recovery. Because the truth of the matter is, it’s not if you will become a victim, but when. Taking the right actions now can minimize the impact of what can be an extinction-level event for a company.

Erik Graham is a manager on the Security Risk / Incident Management team at Marsh & McLennan; he is responsible for the identification, documentation, and communication of security risks as well as the analysis, eradication, and recovery of cyber incidents that affect Marsh & McLennan’s information assets.

Erik has been working in the computer industry for 25+ years with over 20+ years directly focused on computer security/information assurance. He has worked in a wide variety of both logical and physical security areas related to computer network attack (CNA) and computer network defense (CND). Currently, he is working in multiple areas such as risk identification and management, evaluating emerging technologies, malware analysis, and threat intelligence.

Erik has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Phoenix, a Master of Science in Information Assurance from Norwich University, and holds multiple industry certifications to include CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, CRISC, and CDPSE.

[1 CPE] The Evolution of Vulnerability Management

  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.