Security Directions, A Virtual Conference

Protecting Your Enterprise in a Dynamic Environment

Staying ahead of the bad guys is a challenge under any circumstances. For IT and security professionals, the current state of the global economy is forcing businesses to engage in cost-saving endeavors that increase their risk profile-risk that they must then mitigate. But for security experts, resolving one threat doesn't mean the job is done; it's a cumulative endeavor. Security professionals must maintain their ability to combat the known threats while building strategies and tools to fight the as-yet unknown vulnerabilities.

At the Security Directions Virtual Conference, IT and security professionals will hear experts discuss these and other topics, including cloud and managed security services; encryption, DLP, and data protection; application security; identity management; compliance solutions around PCI, HIPAA, Mass Breach Law, etc; and mobile solutions. Register today to be a part of this important virtual event.

Panel discussions:

Security in the Cloud

One of the most challenging issues facing enterprise Security environments is the advent of Cloud Computing. Offering significant Cost savings over in-house managed models, the cloud also poses a significant challenge in assuring secure computing practices that address corporate needs and regulatory compliance imperatives. The questions is not "if" your business will adopt cloud computing, the question is "when" (increasingly security executives are finding out that the "when" was six months ago)... they just didn't know.

Managing Roles and Identity

Identity Management has been the buzzword for the past several years as businesses have moved to address risks targeted by regulatory compliance. What better way to protect information assets than to control who has access to what? But in reality this sounds far easier than it actually is. You need to understand what data you have, where it's located, and who should have access to it.

Regulation Update: What's Important, What's New and What's Coming Down the Road

The vast majority of businesses justify the investments they make in information security by tying those investments to meeting regulatory compliance directives. The challenge is keeping on top of what regulations they need to address and the exact requirements of those regulations. If you don't have a staff of 20 attorneys at your disposal (and even if you do) it is a near impossible task. In our Regulation Update we'll hear about what regulations you should be paying attention to today and what's pending at the state and federal levels-or even internationally.

Securing Critical Enterprise Data in a World Gone Mobile

Five years ago most organizations would be hard pressed to identify where all of their critical information was. Today that is a vastly more difficult task. It's not just about the mobile workforce, it's about all the partners & suppliers who are walking around with your data. It's about the various form factors that mobile data travels on (laptops, USB drives, iPods, etc.) or where it ends up (internet kiosks, public computers, blackberry's etc.). Protecting data on the move is an imperative for every organization. Here's how to use such tools as encryption, DLP and application security software against a moving target.

Keynote Speaker: Larry Ponemon, Ph. D., Chairman and Founder of The Ponemon Institute