8:00AM-8:30AM Registration, Breakfast and WSTA Introductions
8:30AM-9:30AM Panel Discussion
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
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
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
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.
