INTERFACE Boise Seminar Schedule

It’s critical to stay current with the technology that runs your organization and secures your operational infrastructure. INTERFACE addresses these IT issues through informative, non-sales oriented, educational seminars customized to the specific needs of the local business community. Using case studies and best practice examples, these vendor-presented sessions offer you the solutions needed to address your technology challenges and achieve your organizational goals.

The NEWSRoom

To help them build strong new business relationships, attendees and vendors can network and enjoy complimentary food and beverage between seminars in the NEWSRoom; to enhance Networking and Education With Successful Results.

The complete seminar schedule will be announced by July 19th. In the meantime, information about the Keynote Address description is available below.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

2:00pm – Theater #1

"The Other Hand: Lesser Known Best Practices"

Presenter
Andrew M. Plato, CISSP, CISM
President and Principal Consultant
Anitian Enterprise Security

The term "best practice" gets thrown around a lot in IT. It can mean a lot of different things to different people. This presentation takes you through some of the lesser-known best practices. Practices that consultants, VARs, and technology companies tend to ignore or avoid (as they usually mean less business for them). Issues covered in this presentation include:

How “commoditization” benefits your technology procurement
How to make solutions deliver better return on investment
Why it is important to hire the right people, not always the best people
Most security assessments are a waste of money
Looking beyond layered security to layered operations
The consequences of ignoring best practices

Mr. Plato is the President and Principal Consultant for Anitian Enterprise Security, one of the oldest information security consulting firms in the nation. When you're cursed/blessed with the last name Plato, its inevitable that you will have a life of philosophical introspection. Mr. Plato is renown for his presentations, which blend profound concepts of business, psychology, personality, science, technology and business with entertaining anecdotes and characters. "The Other Hand" is new for 2007, and produced exclusively for INTERFACE.

THEATER #1

9:45am

"PCI Myths and Mistakes"

As the pressure for organizations to become PCI compliance increases, there are a number of common mistakes and myths around this process. Evan Tegethoff, Director of Compliance Services for Accuvant, will identify these mistakes and myths and how to address them. Topics of discussion include:

Understanding the 12 major requirements

The complexity of PCI compliance

The enforcement of PCI compliance

PCI policy and standards requirements

Significant control sets

Presented by: Accuvant

10:30am

"The Image Spam Epidemic and Advanced Defenses"

Spam has substantially evolved over the past several years into a very serious threat for organizations both large and small. The threat is more difficult now than ever as the sources of spam and techniques used by spammers have become much harder to identify. This discussion will focus primarily on the most prevalent technique being used today (image spam) and the scientific approaches required to stop it.

Presented by: Secure Computing

11:15am

"Managed File Transfer - The Next BIG Security Concern"

As IT departments continually adopt new technologies to improve the performance of their systems and productivity of their end users, they are faced with numerous challenges. One such challenge companies face today is securing and automating their file transfer environments. Traditional FTP systems no longer meet the needs of most organizations, especially when data exposure is a concern. Many organizations have developed in house solutions that are difficult to manage and lack security. A MFT (Managed File Transfer) system should be secure, easy to manage, and integrate with existing technologies.

In this presentation, you will:

Gain a better understanding of an MFT system

Identify the security concerns around traditional FTP systems

It's not just about passwords

Develop a security architecture around file transfer.

Understand how an MFT system maps to the needs of the business

Understand how an MFT system integrates with Identity & Access Management

Presented by: Tumbleweed Communications

12:30pm

"Combating Wireless Security Vulnerabilities"

Portability. Accessibility. Ease-of-Use. Lower Costs. There are numerous reasons why wireless networking technology is so attractive. But the main obstacle to its adoption has been concerns about security. This session will share strategies for helping organizations reap the benefits of wireless technology without compromising their network's security. Please attend this session and review the latest in wireless vulnerabilities and tools for ensuring security. Attendees will learn about some of the latest Wi-Fi attacks and techniques used by hackers today, as well as countermeasures that can help protect against these attacks.

Topics of Discussion:

The current make up of the Wi-Fi landscape

Emerging 802.11 wireless threats and attack frameworks

Understand how data encryption, authentication, access control and intrusion prevention techniques can be used to secure a wireless network

Techniques for building a high performance, scalable, and secure wireless network.

Presented by: Accuvant & Aruba Networks

THEATER #2

9:45am

"iSCSI Storage: Directions and Expanding IT Role"

Until recently, iSCSI storage was deployed mostly by small and mid-sized companies moving from direct attached to networked storage. There are compelling economic and performance reasons why this occurred. Now iSCSI is appearing more and more as a Tier 1 Storage option in larger companies as well. This presentation will look at the technological, economic, and business issues driving this trend and where iSCSI is going.

Presented by: Mosaic Technology Corp.

10:30am

"Microsoft Exchange E-mail Archiving for Improving Recovery & Implementing a Disaster Recovery Plan"

Learn how to implement an e-mail archiving strategy using Mimosa Systems' next generation archiving solution "NearPoint" for Microsoft Exchange. Using real-life case examples, you will see first-hand how NearPoint eliminates your most critical Exchange pains with a simple, effective solution that delivers next generation email archiving with no Journaling or MAPI, click-and-recover mailbox recovery, storage optimization, legal discovery, and regulatory compliance. In the words of one NearPoint user, “Mimosa NearPoint will quickly become the Exchange Administrator’s best friend".

Presented by: Mosaic Technology Corp. & Mimosa Systems

11:15am

"Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions"

This extensive presentation will review the ongoing concerns for business continuity and disaster recovery solutions and what options are available for business of all sizes to prepare and make proactive changes to their current network in an effort to provide a safe and effective solution to protect their businesses crucial data when a disaster hits.

Among the topics included in this discussion:

Causes that drive the need for disaster preparedness

Statistics

Compliance rules and regulations for specific businesses

Impact to businesses without a plan

Environment and what does "Five (5) 9's" mean?

Risk vs. Cost

Components of Disaster Recovery

What are options for building and managing a solution for both network and space?

Presented by: Time Warner Telecom

12:30pm

"Dynamic Network Access Control"

Today's enterprise needs a solution that ties together all aspects of the user's identity, device, and network, and can uniformly enforce policy throughout these diverse groups, many of which they do not control. The challenge is that some networks may have a mix of legacy equipment, variety of OS systems, and a distributed workforce. No matter which vendor or technology path customers decide to pursue, they should consider a standards based solution, i.e. TNC compliant, that allows than options to integrate technologies from multiple vendors. Do not lock your self into a proprietary solution that will ultimately cost you more in the long run. This session will address the variety of ways to dynamically address secure network access at both layer 2 and layer 3.

Presented by: Juniper Networks & Incentra Solutions

1:15pm

"How Voice over IP Impacts Your Business"

Most people have heard of the term VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or are familiar with products and services that make up VoIP, but do you really know what it is? Do you know how it can impact your productivity, profitability and image of your business? If you listen to the experts, it's not a matter of if you'll need to move to VoIP, but when. To find out what you need to know about VoIP and how businesses are already taking advantage of this technology, join Inflow Systems at this session and get a better understanding of VoIP and its potential impact on your business.

Presented by: Inflow Systems

THEATER #3

9:45am

"Security Risk Management"

To optimize spending and more readily achieve compliance and governance goals, there must be a defined framework that security, operations, and audit professionals agree to and implement together within the organization. Sadly, the current software market has become confused with the many claims for comprehensive IT risk management touted by vendors. At one time, vulnerability management was re-branded risk management. In truth, it was the best barometer available of an enterprise's risk management posture at the time. As IT operations has matured and started to embrace international risk frameworks such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), we have learned through each iteration of our efforts through the risk management lifecycles. Some cycles bring in additional layers of defense, while others will improve existing processes. Each time, we learn by doing, and improve our security posture and efficiency. Attend this Security Risk Management session to understand how your organization can optimize your current and future security infrastructure.

Presented by: McAfee & Intermountain Technology Group

10:30am

"WAN Optimization: Applications on the Wire"

This session will be a brief history of WAN Optimization from passive traffic monitoring to in-line application acceleration. An in-depth analysis of present-day application optimization technologies will be reviewed, followed by a wide-ranging overview of the major competitors in the WAN optimization space. This presentation will go beyond the transparency vs. tunneling debate of today's technology to discuss the next evolutionary steps in 2007-2008 WAN acceleration trends. Competitive solutions addressed will include: Akamai, Cisco, Citrix, F5 Networks, Juniper Networks, Packeteer/SkyX, Riverbed, and Silverpeak.

Presented by: Right! Systems, Inc.

11:15am

"Consolidated Log Analysis - What to Look for & How to Find It"

For the past three years, RCI has been presenting at INTERFACE on how to build a consolidated log analysis system using open source tools. Many attendees have followed this advice and now have consolidated logs. Whether you have an existing consolidated log analysis system or are considering one, this presentation will help you determine what to look for and how to find it. Using open source, freely available tools, we will begin your journey into really understanding your logs. Learn valuable techniques and resources to master the log analysis process.

From several perspectives, including network security, network operations and audit/regulatory compliance, consolidated logs are in invaluable tool. Challenges in gleaning all you can from the logs include the sheer volume of logging messages, the lack of clear standards, lack of established regulatory requirements and of course, the lack of time from your qualified network and security engineers. RCI will introduce you to tips and tools you can use right away.

Presented by: Resource Computing, Inc.

1:15pm

"Data Loss Prevention"

Data loss is a burning issue that should be on the mind of every C-level executive and board member-if it isn't already. Every day we read about companies suffering millions of dollars in losses due to security breaches. Those losses directly hurt the innocent stakeholders of those companies, including hardworking employees and shareholders. Opportunity for data loss is everywhere, and intentional or otherwise, data that ends up in the wrong place can do tremendous harm. It might be at the hands of a single disgruntled employee with a flash drive, or a forgetful member of your finance department leaving a CD-ROM on the subway. But however it happens, data loss can be devastating, and it's only a matter of time before a high-profile company, perhaps a squeaky clean one bursting with integrity and good will, is brought to its knees by a breach. Attend this Data Loss Prevention discussion to understand how your organization can mitigate data loss.

Presented by: McAfee & Intermountain Technology Group

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