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Smart Defenses: Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Security Information. A free 1-day seminar designed to leverage technologies and policies to protect the enterprise.

Many organizations take a "reactive" approach to threats and vulnerabilities--an outdated approach that leaves high-value data and intellectual property exposed. This 1-day seminar explores how to build and maintain a more agile, proactive defense model that reduces the risk of malware, application attacks and emerging Web 2.0 threats. Attend and learn about layered defenses, integrated security, threat/vulnerability correlation and how to bring it all together within an intelligent security information management framework.

Benefit from five key sessions focused on:

Five Myths of Threat Management

Intrusion Detection and Prevention

Intrusion Defense Strategy Panel

Case Study: How SIMs Saved the Day

Unified Threat Management: The Benefits and the Risks

Should You Say "No" to Web 2.0?

Admission is FREE but seating is limited. Apply today.

Session Descriptions

Session 1: Five myths of threat management

There are many common misconceptions thrown at you everyday about how to protect your organization. In this dynamic session, Ed Moyle, manager, CTG, helps to demystify these defenses and gives you the straight answers. He takes a look at:

Intrusion Defense
Malware protection
Application layer threats
How to deal with upcoming threats
Budget issue

Session 2: Intrusion Detection and Prevention

The areas of intrusion detection and intrusion prevention have changed in the past few years. In some ways, they have merged into a single offering. Intrusion prevention tools are often deployed in a monitor only mode with actual blocking and prevention coming after extensive testing. However, intrusion detection as pure network packet capture for historical investigative and awareness purposes has evolved into its own separate market. In this session Ed Moyle, manager, CTG explores the multi-faceted intrusion detection and prevention markets and dives into:

Dynamic learning and anomaly detection

What’s worse? Virus outbreak or business shutdown?
The intrusion detection/prevention convergence
Host-based and network-based Intrusion detection/prevention systems
Content filtering and data leak prevention
Capturing the packets for audit and troubleshooting
Identity based approaches
Integration with SIM or SEM

Session 3: Intrusion Defense Strategy Panel

In this session we'll get the perspective of industry vendor experts who advise numerous customers on how to tactically solve intrusion defense challenges. Panelists will be joined by seminar speakers/moderators to explore how to leverage IT security tools to address security intelligence imperatives. Topics include:

From the front lines: Vendors relate common customer problems and solutions via case studies
Tips on how to select the right solutions for your enterprise without breaking the bank
Technology must-haves for all security-focused tools so you can make smart purchasing decisions to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape.
How to generate ROI from your threat and vulnerability management programs and make smart purchasing decisions

Session 4: Case Study: How SIMs Saved the Day

Security information management systems automate the process of looking through logs to help produce effective reports, issue alerts and provide a bird's eye view into the network. In this session Interval International CISO, Sasan Hamidi explains the reasons he opted for a SIMs and reviews his lessons learned. Gain first-hand advice on:

How to make a business case for SIMs: successfully sell the project to upper management
RFP process, test and perfect the offerings
Integration and deployment: successes and setbacks
How to manage the technology and customize reports to best meet your needs
Message rates, man hours spent on tuning, filtering messages and number of false positives

Session 5: Unified Threat Management: The Benefits and the Risks

Many security professionals adhere to the notion of separation of duties both for employees and for security devices. But there is a recent trend towards bringing together multiple security functions such as firewalls, content filtering and malware prevention into a single box. In this session, Ed Moyle, manager, CTG takes a look at the trend and provides an assessment of the benefits and risks to using a single box for a variety of security functions including:

Attacks and exposure: Is the threat changing and how are they evolving?
What is UTM?
What kinds of functions are being unified
Should you buy new solutions or put old solutions in new boxes?
Security considerations including: Risk aggregation, availability, management duties, controls, administration and cost considerations

Should You Say "No" to Web 2.0? Strategies to enable business opportunities while keeping your essential information protected

The Internet is rapidly evolving with Web 2.0 technologies changing the way people interact and work. Web 2.0 opens up exciting business opportunities – but it also exposes dangerous new risks: content from “known” sites is constantly changing; legitimate sites are increasingly the source of malware infections; and interactive Web tools multiply the chances for sensitive data to leak from your organization.

Join product experts from Websense as they discuss the risks associated with Web 2.0 as well as strategies for organizations to mitigate these risks, while enabling safe and productive use of the increasingly dynamic and interactive Web.