Archives: Seminar

[1 CPE] Architecting for the Agentless

  Presented by Gigamon

Today’s networks are swarming with IoT, OT, and virtual devices of every size and shape. As they have proliferated, and the security attack surface has likewise increased, the market has responded with a wide variety of technologies to help understand, manage, and secure just what is on your network. This is the rise of the technologies classified as “agentless” and there is a good chance you will be looking, now or in the future, at a project that comprises such technologies. While much of what is fundamentally required to enable these technologies is not new, organizations struggle with trying to implement these on an “ad hoc” basis, with little thought to future considerations or scale.

This presentation will take about a more strategic approach to handling these implementations, what a visibility fabric is, and how today’s organizations can architect their environments for their future needs.

[1 CPE] Your Office and Workspace Reimagined

  Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council

Remote working during the pandemic has proved to be beneficial for some companies and employees. Even as we forecast a return to the office soon, many will want to work remotely on a permanent basis.

We are seeing an evolution of the definition of an office. There will certainly still be offices for all organizations where employees perform their work as normal. Now that remote working has shown to be an added value, IT departments need to lead this change in structure.

Join the INTERFACE- Advisory Council for a look at what lies ahead. How are you adjusting your security procedures? What have you learned over the last year with employees working remotely? We will discuss how IT departments should be involved in the decision-making and execution of policies. Also, this changing model of a traditional office could have effects on the job pool. Opportunities for IT professionals to find employment from out of market companies will only increase.

Panelists:

  • Ryan Taylor • Vice President, Information Technology, Paramount Acceptance
  • Danny Yeo • Information Technology Director, Brigham Young University
  • Corona Ngatuvai • Chief Technology Architect, State of Utah
  • Nyle Stoddard • Manager, Information Security, RR Donnelley

[1 CPE] 2021 State of Malware

  Presented by Malwarebytes

Over the past year, the tools and tactics of cybercrime and cybersecurity adapted against a backdrop of enormous changes to our lives and businesses.

Join us to learn how cybercrime evolved in 2020 and identify ways to safeguard your organization against what’s out there.

We’ll explore:

  • Top threats for businesses and consumers
  • Emerging cybercrime trends and tactics
  • Solutions you can employ to thwart future attacks

[1 CPE] Incredible Ways to Hack Email & How to Stop the Bad Guys

  Presented by KnowBe4

Email is still a top attack vector the bad guys use. A whopping 91% of cyberattacks start with a phishing email, but email hacking is much more than phishing and launching malware! Join us as we explore some of the ways hackers use social engineering to trick your users into revealing sensitive data or enabling malicious code to run. We will also share a special treat – a (pre-recorded) hacking demo by Kevin Mitnick.

You will learn:

  • How silent malware launches, remote password hash capture, and how rogue rules work.
  • Why rogue documents, establishing fake relationships and getting you to compromise your ethics are so effective.
  • Details behind clickjacking and web beacons.
  • Actionable steps on how to defend against them all.

If all you were worried about were phishing attempts, think again!

[1 CPE] Automating the Analyst

  Presented by Darktrace

Alongside the rise of today’s dynamic workforce, the speed and scale of sophisticated cyber-attacks are rapidly increasing. As the cybersecurity industry continues to endure an ongoing skills shortage, over-worked and under-resourced teams urgently need augmentation in order to defend against evolving, sophisticated threats.

For over three years, Darktrace experts have been working to meet this challenge, investigating whether they could teach AI to think like a cybersecurity analyst. It takes subtle, nuanced skills and implicit knowledge for an analyst to detect genuinely threatening activity, and the creation of the world-first Cyber AI Analyst took analyzing over one hundred of the world’s top threat analysts and complex machine learning algorithms. Join Darktrace as we discuss the Cyber AI Analyst in action.

[1 CPE] Real-Time Defender Velocity: Code on Code Warfare

  Presented by SentinelOne

Organizations spend more money on cyber security tools every year, yet the number of breaches and the cost of these breaches continues to increase. A new approach is needed that relies on autonomous analysis that can respond at machine speed. By embracing automation, AI, and big data analytics, organizations can better prevent threats, find, and detect what is missed, provide contextual linking for forensic and threat hunting ¬– and even more importantly – self-heal and fully recover when necessary.

[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] Understanding the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

  Presented by AT&T

This presentation will cover key details of the recently released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). This includes details on the CMMC’s creation and enforcement, along with the key requirements of the certification process itself. The presentation will also include definitions to help attendees identify the different types of data covered by the CMMC and how they relate to the maturity levels. Additionally, Zach Curley, Senior GRC Consultant, will provide guidance on how to prepare for pre-assessments and audits. The end of the session will include time for Q&A so attendees can ask questions related to the presentation or related topics.

[1 CPE] Discover How SD-WAN Edge and Cloud Security are Enabling Digital Transformation

  Presented by Silver Peak

Adoption of cloud services and the explosive increase in mobile and IoT devices have driven enterprises to transform both their WAN and security architectures – not just one or the other. The strategic imperative is to deploy a more intelligent, highly automated software-defined wide area network (WAN) that can be seamlessly integrated with modern cloud-delivered security services. Gartner coined the term “secure access service edge” (SASE) to describe this cloud-first architecture. During this session, we’ll discuss:

  • SD-WAN and security considerations enterprises must address when migrating to a SASE architecture
  • How to address Zero Trust access security requirements for remote workers and IoT
  • Pros and cons of single vendor vs multi-vendor SASE implementations

[1 CPE] The Platform Approach and the Future of Cybersecurity

  Presented by Palo Alto Networks

The cyber threat landscape continues to present challenges to security practitioners. Each passing week brings a new notification of a game-changer event that puts infosec teams on the ropes. The job of infosec teams has grown in its complexity and the need to approach security differently is at the top of mind for leaders in our space. Hear from MK Palmore, Palo Alto Networks’ Field CSO (Americas) and retired FBI Executive, on the growing demand for security that can scale to meet the challenges of the future.