Businesses with multiple distributed applications are recognizing the value of server virtualization to improve efficiency and realize significant operating cost savings. Many vendors have brought solutions to the market to enable server virtualization and enhance the management capability of virtualized servers. This forum will focus on the challenges of implementing security controls for an emerging technology that is rapidly climbing the technology adoption curve where the security controls lag behind the functionality. Industry practitioners and leading vendors will share their experiences enabling you to be better prepared to take advantage of the significant promise of server virtualization across multiple platforms and the control challenges of diverse technology platforms. Virtualization fundamentally changes roles and responsibilities in IT. Come and learn from industry leading experts on tools, techniques and approaches that offer practical advice in the implementation of this emerging technology.

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8:00AM-8:30AM Registration, Breakfast and WSTA Introductions

8:30AM-9:30AM Panel Discussion

DTCC

 DTCC.pdf 113.99 kB

Moderator: Jim Routh, CISM, Chief Information Security Officer, DTCC
Panelists: Tom Robinson, Citi; Mark Clancy, Citigroup; Edward Wengler, VP, Distributed Infrastructure, DTCC; Parthiv Shah, CISSP, CISM, Director of Information Security, DTCC
This forum will focus on the challenges of implementing security controls for an emerging technology that is rapidly climbing the technology adoption curve where the security controls lag behind the functionality. Industry practitioners and leading vendors will share their experiences enabling you to be better prepared to take advantage of the significant promise of server virtualization across multiple platforms and the control challenges of diverse technology platforms. Virtualization fundamentally changes roles and responsibilities in IT. Come and learn from industry leading experts on tools, techniques and approaches that offer practical advice in the implementation of this emerging technology.

9:30 AM -10:00 Premier Sponsor Presentation, VMware and RSA, The Security Division of EMC

VMware

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Current State and Future of Virtualization Security
Rob Randell, CISSP, Sr. System Engineer-Security, VMware
Virtualization is becoming a very hot topic in IT industry and in datacenters around the world. Along with any new technology come the inevitable security concerns. Virtualization is no exception to that rule. In this presentation, Rob Randell, Senior Security Specialist at VMware will talk about the security implications of virtualization and cover some best practices that can be followed to mitigate the security risks. He will also briefly cover the future of virtualization security.

10:00AM-10:15AM Break

10:15AM-10:45AM PANDA Security

PANDA Security

 PANDA Security.pdf 98.93 kB

Security Shouldn’t Take a Backseat to Virtualization
Ryan Sherstobitoff, Chief Corporate Evangelist
Companies are widely adopting server virtualization in an effort to improve operational efficiency and increase cost savings. While transitioning to this standardization across multiple platforms, security measures can oftentimes take a backseat, putting company assets at risk. Cyber crime is at its highest level to date and industry experts estimate that 4,000 new malware strains surface on a daily basis. Hackers have become clever in creating root-kits that subvert the host operating system, and attacking all endpoints of the network. Better security controls need to be taken into consideration when deploying end-point protection for virtualized resources.

This presentation will educate attendees on:

· How to assess inadequacies when conducting security audits and if assets are already being compromised with undetected malware

· How to prevent the occurrence of malware infections on virtualized networks

· How to evolve security best practices to include better assessment methodologies that take into consideration crimeware innovations and locate unnoticed infection points

10:45AM-11:15AM LANDesk Software

LANDesk

 LANDesk.pdf 562.41 kB

Stewart Christensen, Corporate Strategist, LANDesk Software
Virtualization can be leveraged as an effective failover for your desktop and server management systems, offering many advantages over traditional approaches. How vulnerable do you become if the server goes down? What resilience is required on the end-points to remain secure?

From the desktop standpoint, security issues such as black/white listing, application configuration, software audit pitfalls, among others can be successfully resolved through Application Virtualization technology, without having to revamp your IT structure. A solid application virtualization solution can be a valuable tool in addressing security as well as compliance issues within your organization.

Radisson Martinique on Broadway, NYC

Stewart Christensen, Corporate Strategist, LANDesk Software
As a Corporate Strategist for LANDesk Software, Stewart Christensen interfaces directly with partners and customers world-wide to define and refine company solutions to meet customer needs. Interfacing with internal Product Marketing and Software Engineering teams to drive strategic direction is one of Stewart’s key goals. Delivering that strategic message to our customers and partners is his primary focus.
With over 18 years of computer industry experience, Stewart has been with LANDesk for over three years as a Corporate Strategist. Before that he held various positions at Novell such as Systems Engineering Manager, Sr. Systems Engineer and Sr. Consultant. Prior to that Stewart served as Vice President Director of IT for a large advertising agency.
Rob Randell, CISSP, Sr. Security Specialist, VMware
Rob Randell, CISSP is a Senior Security Specialist at VMware where he is responsible for working with customers to help them understand the security stance of VMware and its platforms . Rob has over 14 years of experience in the IT world and over 10 years in the Security industry. Rob came to VMware as part of the acquisition of Determina, which provided software to provide true zero day protection of the most critical memory based vulnerabilities.

Ryan Sherstobitoff, Chief Corporate Evangelist, Panda Security

Ryan Sherstobitoff is chief corporate evangelist of Panda Security. Sherstobitoff oversees and manages the strategic response to new and emerging virus attacks.

Sherstobitoff’s extensive experience includes work designing and managing network infrastructures, as well as mobilizing and managing security technologies throughout widely dispersed large-scale networks. Sherstobitoff has worked on a variety of security technologies in a myriad of platforms and environments, including financial, industrial, and service infrastructures.

Prior to joining Panda Security, Sherstobitoff worked as a consultant for GE and Crystal Decisions (Business Objects).

Sherstobitoff earned a professional designation in Information Systems from Okanagan University in British Columbia. He holds industry certifications in Microsoft MCSE, Microsoft MCSA, A+, Cisco CCNA and Comptia A+ Certified.

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