Kansas City Tech-Security Conference

Wade Tongen, Senior Systems Engineer

Executing a Strategy to Manage Identity, Access and Privilege

As enterprises add more UNIX, Linux, and Mac systems to their IT environments, locally managing identities and controlling access can quickly become cumbersome and unwieldy. More important, such heterogeneous environments are more susceptible to internal threats like information theft and system disruption. To measure just how secure their systems are, security managers must ask themselves:

• Do our employees share superuser passwords on critical systems?
• Can we ensure that users only have the privileges necessary to perform their duties?
• Are we able to audit user sessions to identify exactly who did what?
• Can we immediately disable all system access for exiting employees?

The best way to achieve clear accountability and traceability in cross-platform environments is to centralize identity and access management. Consolidating these functions in Active Directory is a logical choice because Active Directory is already in use in most organizations. It also provides a strong foundation for enterprise security and group policy management.

Join this presentation to learn the best way to define and execute a strategy to effectively manage identities, access control and privileges in heterogeneous system environments.

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Andrew Plato, CISSP, CISM, QSA
President / Principal Consultant

PCI Compliance - Live Long and Prosper

PCI compliance is one of the most important security issues facing business today. However, misinformation and outright lies can lead your compliance efforts astray. This presentation provides the guidance on the reality of PCI complance and how to leverage this effort to improve overall information security. Among the topics covered in this presentation:

Topics Include:

• Dispelling some common PCI compliance myths
• Understanding the PCI "levels"
• The building blocks of compliance

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Dave Butcher

Understanding Managed File Transfer - Insights & Best Practices

As IT departments continually adopt new technologies to improve the performance of their systems, productivity of their end users and relationships with trading partners, they are faced with numerous challenges. One such challenge companies face today is securing and automating large file transfers. Traditional file transfer systems and mediums no longer meet the needs of most organizations or their trading partners, especially when data exposure is a concern. Many organizations have developed in-house solutions that are difficult to manage, lack the ability to track and audit file transfers, and expose the organization to security breaches. A Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution should be secure, easy to manage, and have the flexibility to integrate with existing technologies.

In this presentation, you will:

• Gain a better understanding of the business challenges and drivers of file transfers.
• Identify the security concerns around traditional file transfer systems and mediums.
• Learn best practices to develop security architectures for file transfers.
• Understand how a MFT solution can meet the needs of your stakeholders

Jim Shaeffer, CEO

10 Simple Rules for Implementing an Encryption Strategy

Organizations are becoming more and more proactive about data security, with data encryption viewed as a core element to their defensive measures.

Encryption of data is being adopted at a rapid rate to comply with industry regulations, protect intellectual property, obtain safe harbor from data breachdisclosure laws, and effectively manage risk. As encryption proliferates, IT professionals are making critical decisions that directly contribute to, or detract from, an organization's ability to effectively manage encryption keys and data security.

Data is an organization's most valuable asset and it must be protected.

Designing and implementing an encryption strategy is not complicated if you understand the needs of your organization and establish the right decision-making criteria for encryption solutions. Simplicity, breadth, manageability and efficiency are the primary requirements security-minded organizations must build into their encryption strategy. A solution that has the least complexity will make the jobs of IT professionals easier, be more cost-effective and time-efficient, while at the same time protecting data and meeting compliance standards.

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Mike Linehan

Are we Losing the Cyber War???

Operation Aurora, Kneber Botnet, Chinese Cyber Espionage, Russian Cyber Criminal Gangs, Etc.

We’ve all seen the headlines - enterprises are being compromised at alarming rate by Advanced Persistent Threats and Custom Malware that are circumventing even the best Security Infrastructures.

In this session you will learn about techniques & technology that can detect Advance Persistent Threats, custom malware, and complex data ex-filtration in real time. We’ll present effective answers and solutions based upon real-time network forensics and network intelligence that will allow you to start “turning the tables” to combat the most advanced cyber adversaries.

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