Topic: Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

Seminar Topics

Improving BCDR and Resilience with Cyber Attack Simulations

  Presented by Dr. Bryson Payne • Director, Center for Cyber Operations Education, University of North Georgia

Interactive Cyber Attack Simulation Exercises (ICASEs) prepare both government-level and business-focused leaders to better handle incident response, business continuity and disaster recovery by simulating a coordinated, multi-stage cyber-physical attack on critical infrastructure and traditional computing resources. By simulating multiple attacks at the same time, organizations can prepare to survive so-called “black swan” or “perfect storm” scenarios that would otherwise be devastating. After this session, participants will be able to apply cyber table-top planning and simulation exercises to their work environment to plan for and effectively respond to advanced cyber and cyber-physical attacks.

Dr. Bryson Payne is a TEDx speaker, best-selling author of Teach Your Kids to Code (2015, No Starch Press), and the founding Director of the Center for Cyber Operations Education at the University of North Georgia, an NSA-DHS Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. He is a tenured professor of computer science at UNG, where he has taught aspiring coders and cyber professionals since 1998. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and he holds the SANS|GIAC GPEN certification, among other industry certifications. He was also the first Department Head of Computer Science at UNG and enjoys working with K-12 schools worldwide to promote computer science education.

Featured in CIO magazine and the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Payne’s first two books have been published in six languages, and his third book on hacking comes out in the second half of 2019. He’s also a popular online instructor with over 36,000 students from more than 160 countries, known for his top-rated Udemy course, Real-World Ethical Hacking (2017).

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia State University and has published articles in scholarly and trade journals, in addition to speaking regularly at national and international conferences on computer science and cybersecurity education.

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.

Save Money and Plan BEFORE a Disaster Strikes

  Presented by Daniel Hanttula • President of InfraGard Oklahoma

Millions of dollars are spent to build, furnish and staff a data center or IT-enabled facility, but how much is spent to protect it? Disaster Recovery usually only receives the funding it needs after an incident. However, there are many systems and services you can employ to inexpensively prepare for the inevitable which will also help you begin discussions for improving preparedness. Your organization can drastically improve physical security and disaster readiness. Daniel Hanttula is President of InfraGard Oklahoma, a former member of the MS-ISAC Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Cyber Exercise Workgroup, and the reason Oklahoma was included in CyberStorm V, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) biennial exercise series. He will discuss how to put the spotlight back on your BCP-DR program to help gain funding and awareness for your program – no matter what condition your DR program is currently in.

Evolving Your BC/DR Strategy to Protect Today’s Multi-Cloud Environments

  Presented by Unitrends

We are living in a “Less is More” world. IT Professionals are facing more work, projects, and risks than ever before, while having less time and money, and a rapidly decreasing tolerance of downtime. While external threats such as malware and natural disasters are prevalent and may cause significant downtime and data loss without the proper BCDR strategies, organizations must also be prepared to safeguard from within. Data continues to grow at an exponential rate, and not only on-premises. As cloud-delivered solutions such as IaaS and SaaS are rapidly adopted by an increasing number of organizations, these organizations must also consider their data protection strategies to address native gaps within these platforms. Join Adam Marget, Technical Demand Generation Specialist, Unitrends, as we’ll explore the evolving landscape of data protection, cloud’s growing role, BC/DR strategies to safeguard local and cloud-based workloads, and best practices in planning your DR approach.

Disaster Preparedness: The Human Element

  Presented by Alaska Communications

Disaster preparedness is more than ensuring your data is backed up in a remote safe location. Preparing for a disaster also means designing and engineering a network to ensure it is up and running to provide support services to the people in a community, during their time of need. Hear from industry experts on network planning and technology.

Evolving Your BC/DR Strategy to Protect Today’s Multi-Cloud Environments

  Presented by Unitrends

We are living in a “Less is More” world. IT Professionals are facing more work, projects, and risks than ever before, while having less time and money, and a rapidly decreasing tolerance of downtime. While external threats such as malware and natural disasters are prevalent and may cause significant downtime and data loss without the proper BCDR strategies, organizations must also be prepared to safeguard from within. Data continues to grow at an exponential rate, and not only on-premises. As cloud-delivered solutions such as IaaS and SaaS are rapidly adopted by an increasing number of organizations, these organizations must also consider their data protection strategies to address native gaps within these platforms. Join Adam Marget, Technical Demand Generation Specialist, Unitrends, as we’ll explore the evolving landscape of data protection, cloud’s growing role, BC/DR strategies to safeguard local and cloud-based workloads, and best practices in planning your DR approach.

Earthquake: Manage the Panic

  Moderated by INTERFACE Advisory Council

The November 2018 Earthquake affected just about everyone in Alaska. In the immediate moments after, people were desperate to account for the safety of their loved ones. When it came to IT departments, a lot of work had to be done. Many lessons were learned from the earthquake. What do we need to do to adjust our backup plan regarding the items we didn’t consider? Join the INTERFACE Advisory Council for an interactive discussion. Your experiences from November are welcome to be shared as we look to learn from that day.

A New Era for Data Protection: Converged DR and Backup

  Presented by Zerto

In today’s always-on, information-driven organizations, business continuity depends completely on IT infrastructures that are up and running 24/7. Being prepared for any data related disaster is key!

  • The cost and business impact of downtime and data loss can be immense
  • Data loss is not only caused by natural disasters, power outages, hardware failure and user errors, but more and more by software problems and cyber security related disasters
  • Having a plan and process in place will help you mitigate the impact of an outage on your business

In this presentation we will address the challenges, needs, strategies, and solutions.

A New Era for Data Protection: Converged DR and Backup

  Presented by Zerto

In today’s always-on, information-driven organizations, business continuity depends completely on IT infrastructures that are up and running 24/7. Being prepared for any data related disaster is key!

  • The cost and business impact of downtime and data loss can be immense
  • Data loss is not only caused by natural disasters, power outages, hardware failure and user errors, but more and more by software problems and cyber security related disasters
  • Having a plan and process in place will help you mitigate the impact of an outage on your business

In this presentation we will address the challenges, needs, strategies, and solutions.

Developing a 360 Data Management Strategy for Your Business

  Presented by World Wide Technology & Veritas

Exponential data growth, rising storage costs, complex cloud migrations, and stringent regulations are forcing organizations to find efficient and economical ways to take control of and manage their growing data environment.

Join this session to learn how a global financial institution and a large data analytics company were both able to successfully implement an end-to-end data management strategy, which encompassed the following:

  • Data Protection: ensure data copies are kept for redundancy to prevent data loss.
  • Compliance Readiness: proper retention and timely destruction of data as regulatory requirements dictate.
  • Data Visibility: understanding what data you have, where it is, and how it’s used.
  • Data/Workload Portability: movement and migration of applications and data among various on-prem and cloud locations.
  • Business Continuity: recovery and resilience that is needed when massive outages or disasters occur.
  • Storage Optimization: automating the storage of data across resources to optimize cost and performance.