Archives: Seminar

[1 CPE] Drive Digital Transformation with Offices of the CIO and CISO Collaboration

  Presented by Secureworks

The last 18 months have seen IT organizations rapidly move workloads to the cloud, support hybrid work, and drive end user adoption of new business applications. But without a robust security structure integrated into these new architectures, companies leave themselves at risk.

In this session, learn first-hand from the partnership between the Offices of the CIO and CISO at Secureworks on how to:

  • Align IT initiatives to security transformation programs
  • Reduce the complexity of implementing new digital initiatives by aligning security models early
  • Protect their organization’s critical data through early threat detection and response

[1 CPE] Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification: Considerations for Compliance

  Presented by MTA Solutions

Everything You Need to Know About CMMC:

In 2007, Chinese hackers successfully targeted a Department of Defense (DoD) subcontractor leading to the creation of a powerful fighter jet. During this cyberattack, the Chinese stole enough data to make their J-20 stealth fighter jet a real threat to the USA. The reality of this attack is that it wasn’t just a one-off event—over $600 billion is lost globally due to cyber theft every year. With that in mind, the DoD knew something needed to change.

Changes to cybersecurity compliance are coming. Before the introduction of the cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC), any self-attesting defense contractors could say that they were compliant with specific cybersecurity guidelines—without having to prove it. This not only left room for contractors to become complacent but diminished all compliant defense contractors’ credibility. In short, contractors who were reckless with sensitive information weren’t held accountable—until now.

With the rollout of the CMMC, contracting with the DoD is more specialized than ever—especially if you’re dealing with controlled unclassified information (CUI). But these new guidelines also mean the space will become more lucrative. It’s estimated that 129,810 businesses will likely pursue CMMC certification in the first 5 years.

CMMC boils down to 3 major points:

  1. It’s mandatory. All CMMC requirements will explicitly address what level your company needs to be at to send or receive any future federal agency RFIs and RFPs.
  2. It’s verifiable. Proof of certification will be accessible electronically.
  3. It’s a long-term investment. Many organizations see between 12-18 months of continual effort to complete their compliance projects fully.

Presented by Rob Thurston, Chief Technology Officer at Ampersand, Alaska’s leading technology services provider, attendees will learn about compliance requirements, sustainability, and risks for DoD contractors.

[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] Security at the Edge of Hybrid Work

  Presented by Citrix Systems

Robust and secured internet connectivity is essential to delivering on the promises of hybrid work. From defining the scope of experience across the workforce to protecting privileged and administrative access, evolved technologies and protective measures are required from the browser to the cloud. This session will help you understand how security at the edge combined with robust application access management and secured browser solutions enable the security outcomes essential to hybrid work.

[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] Lessons to Share: An Expert’s Guide to Ransomware Remediation

  Presented by Brian Miller • Co-Founder and CEO, FusionTek

If ransomware makes it past your front line of defense, what’s your next move?

Many businesses get caught in situations where they believe the classic line “this will never happen to me.” That may be true until it does happen to them. From there, a series of unfortunate events will unroll, leaving the business vulnerable to large ransoms which they may or may not be able to pay. Don’t be this business.

This past year, our incident response team has worked on several ransomware remediation projects, and through this effort learned more about how ransomware is deployed. During this presentation, we are going to walk you through how ransomware has changed over time, help you understand what a hacker looks for nowadays, and actionable protection steps to take.

In this presentation you will learn about:

  • The evolution of ransomware
  • Common characteristics of infection
  • A hacker’s typical timetable
  • Recommended actions for remediation

Brian Miller is the co-founder and CEO of FusionTek. He has over 20 years of IT service experience and co-founded FusionTek in 2007. He is focused on delivering advanced cybersecurity and productivity solutions to FusionTek’s clients.

[1 CPE] Intelligence as a Service: Building Intelligent Apps with Azure Cognitive Services

  Presented by Atmosera & Wintellect

Need to write an app that uses facial recognition to identify people entering a building? An app that raises an alert if tweets referencing your organization turn negative? Or an app that uses AI to flag potentially fraudulent invoices or digitize millions of documents? AI enables all of these scenarios and more, but the models used to make it happen are too sophisticated for the average software developer to build on their own. Azure Cognitive Services provides the intelligence needed to do all this and more without requiring expertise in data science, machine learning, and neural networks. Learn how to use Azure Cognitive Services to build apps that leverage the latest advances in AI, and go home with sample code that you can use as a starting point for apps of your own.

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

  Presented by Arcserve & StorageCraft

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] Digital Pandemic: Risk Management & Ransomware

  Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council

In the summer of 2020, as the world isolated from a pandemic, threat actors began targeting schools, hospitals, and critical public agencies with ransomware. In April of 2020, as the world transitioned overnight to telework, our agency became one of their early targets. In this case study, audiences will trace the attack and response, gain an understanding of the impact of a ransomware attack, learn about the recovery process, and explore commonalities that will allow them to apply our “lessons learned” to their own operations.

Speakers:
Clairmonte Cappelle • Executive Director, Puget Sound Educational Service District
Diana Brown • Director of Agency Technology, Puget Sound Educational Service District

[1 CPE] How to Stay Ahead of the Curve in the Ransomware Crisis

  Presented by Blumira

Unfortunately, ransomware is here to stay. Ransomware attacks are becoming more profitable, and ransomware-as-a-service operations continue to lower the barriers of entry for more cybercriminals to launch attacks.

Major attacks like Colonial Pipeline have put ransomware in the spotlight, but it’s not enough to simply be aware of ransomware. Security and IT professionals need to take action and be ahead of the curve to prevent ransomware.

Matt Warner, CTO and co-founder of Blumira, a threat detection and response provider, will discuss what security teams should arm themselves with to win the battle against ransomware. He’ll cover:

  • An overview of the current ransomware threat landscape
  • Security tools and methods to have in your arsenal to detect signs of ransomware
  • Suspicious activity to look for in each step of the ransomware kill chain
  • How leaning into IT security fundamentals can prevent ransomware outbreaks

Matt has over 10 years of experience in IT and development, focusing on business strategy, development, compliance, threat detection, and penetration testing. Previously, he was Director of Security Services, Development & Security at NetWorks Group, responsible for defensive information security and services.