INTERFACE Denver 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 before June 1, 2007. In the meantime, information about the Keynote Address description is available below.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

2:15pm – 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

"The Evolving Threat Landscape"

Renown author and IT Security expert, Paul Henry will deliver this is informative seminar designed specifically for you and the threats you face today. In addition to risk mitigation considerations, Mr. Henry will cover the following topics in this presentation:

Current Threat Vector: Statistics, drivers for the huge increase in vulnerabilities and signature-based defenses have been rendered obsolete

VOIP Risk Update: Emerging risk of VOIP

Spam: Still the hackers' vehicle of choice - Botnets drive spam to new heights

Authentication: Passwords are obsolete and tools of the trade

Data Leakage: Fueling ID Theft

Presented by: Accuvant, Inc.

10:30am

"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

"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, Inc.

THEATER #2:

9:45am

"Mobile NAC - Extending Device Protection to the Mobile User"

Today’s NAC products promise a powerful line of defense against viruses, malware and hackers in order to protect the network but they don’t address the “mobile blindspot” – which refers to remote workers. Fiberlink has introduced network access control for companies with large numbers of mobile or remote workers through an implementation of its Extend360 Mobility Platform 2.0. This solution, called Mobile NAC, streamlines the management of endpoint security applications and access services for mobile workers. It also provides IT with a management dashboard that offers granular visibility into the security compliance posture of corporate laptops.

Presented by: Fiberlink Communications

10:30am

"Data De-Duplication: Increasing the Power of Disk-Based Backup"

In this session, conference attendees will learn about the concept of data de-duplication. This emerging technology is playing an important role across the distributed enterprise of large companies and in the disk-based backup, recovery and archive practices of medium sized businesses. The presenter will explain what de-duplication is, how it improves upon existing models for disk-based backup, and how it can completely change the economics of backup at remote office or regional data center locations.

Presented by: Quantum Corporation

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

"TBA"

Details of this session will be announced soon.

Presented by: TBA

1:15pm

"Virtualization and its Impact on Continuity (HA/DR) and Security"

Virtualization has gone full-circle. From mainframes through storage and enterprise Unix systems, and now a mainstream technology on the Intel/AMD platform. The enabling impact on continuity is huge! At the same time, it raises new questions about security: what new attack vectors might be lurking? Join Lewan & Associates, for a frank discussion of the joys of virtualization, a review of the new possibilities for cost-effective high-availability and disaster recovery using virtualization, and tips for keeping your virtualized environment secure.

Presented by: Lewan & Associates

THEATER #3:

9:45am

"Data Backup and Recovery: Innovative Solutions to Meet Today’s Massive Needs"

Are you buried under a sea of information? Today’s IT executives are required to support the highest levels of data retention within the confines of a strict budget. Whether it is an avalanche of e-mail and digital assets, the proliferation of databases or a mountain of documents to archive for regulatory compliance, the challenge is to find a powerful yet effective way to back up, replicate, and recover data. Now you can protect both your data and your budget using the innovative XServe and XServe RAID technologies from Apple. Join storage architecture experts from Sanity Solutions and Apple, Inc. to discuss innovative data retention and recovery strategies that integrate seamlessly with your existing Windows, Novell, Linux, and Mac systems. This seminar will delve into real business problems and suggest best practices to solve the complex issues facing you today.

Presented by: Sanity Solutions & Apple, Inc.

10:30am

"Current Threats and Countermeasures"

Securing the information assets of an enterprise has never been so important or so complicated. The past several years have seen a significant increase in the number of security threats and vulnerabilities and significant advancements in attack methodologies with new tools, techniques, and attack vectors being released on a weekly basis. Join Accuvant for a lively, interactive discussion to review the latest in current vulnerabilities and tools for ensuring security. Through presentation and live demonstration, attendees will learn about the latest attacks, tools, and techniques employed by today’s hackers, as well as countermeasures that can help protect against these attacks.

Topics of discussion:

Password security

Google hacking (data mining)

Exploit and attack frameworks

Wireless insecurities (WEP and WPA cracking)

Application attacks from Information Gathering to SQL Injection

Physical security (key bumping)

VoIP hacking and games

RFID cloning and threats

Ideas and resources for combating vulnerabilities

Presented by: Accuvant

11:15am

"Remote Data Protection"

What backup solution is right for your ROBO (Remote Office / Branch Office) data protection? ROBO data protection is a growing concern. Evaluate the different backup ROBO IT strategies as they relate to data consolidation, compliance and IT resources.

Presented by: Asigra

12:30pm

"Pandemic Planning & IT Best Practices"

There is little doubt that natural disasters or a global pandemic will strike in the future. The CDC has estimated that if there were a pandemic of the H5N1 Bird Flu, for example, as much as 40 percent of the workforce would be out at any one time. Virtela's Pandemic Readiness Solution helps to ensure business continuity by enabling employees to securely access corporate resources remotely in the event of a pandemic. Customers using Virtela's solution can maintain their revenue streams by dynamically scaling network capacity to accommodate a large number of remote users without the expense of overbuilding their current networks.

Presented by: Virtela Communication

1:15pm

"Data Encryption: The Next Generation, Encrypting Data at Rest"

Historically, computer data encryption has been applied to communication of data; i.e. Virtual Private Networks, SSL transmissions, encrypted email, etc. In today's mobile world, devices such as laptops, PDAs, CDs and memory devices are manually transported and face exposure to loss and theft. Given the nature of hacker's today, no one's data is secure. Furthermore, it is not only liable to destruction, it is open to criminal use. The latest hot topic for security personnel is the encryption of data at rest - PCs, laptops PDAs, cell phones and other devices.

This discussion will review:

Recent use and liability of lost and stolen data

What to look for in data encryption

What is available today

Latest market trend

Presented by: DirSec & Check Point Software