2019 Atlanta Information Security Forum

DAY 1
DAY 2

DAY 1

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Registration & Breakfast

Come check in to receive your program and CPEs while enjoying a complimentary continental breakfast.

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

IANS Welcome and Perspective

Come join us as we welcome you to the Forum.

Brian Fricke

CISO, City National Bank

A business-centric technology professional, specializing in strategic Enterprise Information Security Policy and Risk Management, Brian is currently the Chief Information Security Officer of City National Bank. Formally establishing the first of its kind Information Security Programs at BBVA & Bank OZK, he has overseen the information & cyber security risk portfolio of over 600 sites, 30,000 Personnel, and 20,000 systems and endpoints across the globe for public and private entities.

Formerly a civil servant as the CISO and Cyber Security Branch Manager at the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC. Brian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a variety of relevant certifications (CISM, CCSP, CSSLP etc.). In his role at MSC he was responsible for planning, organizing and managing the implementation of cyber security industry best practice, as well as DoD & Federal cyber security mandates. A former active duty Marine, he has worked at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in Manhattan and was an officer of the Board of Directors of OutServe, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. He was Class President of the The George Washington University School of Business, World Executive MBA, Class of 2013, and also holds a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Cybersecurity Enforcement.

Phil Gardner

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Having built IANS’ end-user research offering, Phil now oversees all strategic and operational decisions at IANS. Phil began his career in security with seven years with the U.S. Navy as a Strike Fighter Pilot & Ordnance Requirements Officer. After receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, he joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Mergers & Acquisitions and later became an associate with McKinsey & Company in Boston, MA. In 1996, Phil became one of the founders of Provant, Inc., a publicly traded training company serving the Fortune 1000 and Federal Government. He left Provant in 2000 to launch IANS. He graduated at the top of his class in US Navy Flight School.

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

A Keynote Discussion with CNB’s Brian Fricke: Getting Real & Tangible Around Risk Management

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Join City National Bank’s CISO Brian Fricke and IANS’ CEO Phil Gardner for a far-ranging keynote conversation that will tackle how to make infosec risk management real and tangible, where to find talent, the importance ‘speaking business’ and Brian’s view on AI’s infosec utility.

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Tabletop Break

IANS Tabletops gives you an opportunity to connect with information security leaders in a relaxed environment. Come stretch your legs and network with your peers and solution providers over snacks and coffee.

9:50 AM - 10:25 AM

Technology Group 1

Join the Technology Spotlight session where Sponsors will present their innovative technology. Each session will last 35 minutes and are both technical and educational in nature. This is your opportunity to stay current on emerging technologies and see what is going on in the space.

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

Dave is the Founder and Principal Consultant with Voodoo Security, an information security consulting firm with broad expertise. He is also a Senior Instructor, Analyst, and Course Author for the SANS Institute and a VMware vExpert with extensive experience designing and configuring secure virtualized infrastructures. In addition, Dave has served as Co-Chair of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Top Threats Working Group and founded the CSA Atlanta Chapter. Dave has consulted with hundreds of organizations in the areas of security, regulatory compliance, network architecture, and engineering. He has also worked as a security architect, analyst, and manager for several Fortune 500 companies.

10:35 AM - 11:10 AM Morning Roundtable How-To Sessions Protect Applications and Data

File Security: Tools and Techniques in 2019

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Attackers continue to find new ways to access, steal and corrupt files. This means organizations need to up their game in protecting them. To that end, this session will explore:

Advancements vendors in the space have made and what’s right for you
The latest techniques to ensure files are only being accessed by those whose jobs require it

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Aaron Turner is the President & Chief Security Officer of HighSide, a distributed identity and secure collaboration technology company. He is also President and CEO of Integricell, an information security consulting firm which focuses on helping customers better manage the risks associated with global-scale business. Aaron also serves on the RSA Program Committee, helping select the educational content presented at the yearly RSA Conference.

Protect Applications and Data

Advancements in Secure Remote Access

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The endpoint continues to grower wider and muddier as professionals access company resources from a growing array of mobile devices. This session looks at:

How VPNs are evolving
Vendors in the space and how they compare
Tools and techniques organizations can use to bolster secure remote access

Mike Rothman

IANS Faculty

Mike is the President of Securosis, an information security research and advisory firm, as well as Co-Founder and President of DisruptOps, a cloud detection and response company. His breadth of experience in the information security space and bold perspectives are invaluable as companies determine effective strategies to grapple with the dynamic security threatscape. Mike started practicing and advising on security topics over 25 years ago, and he’s been trying to get out of the business ever since…to no avail.

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

DevSecOps Business Cases

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Companies still struggle to get developers and security on the same page. They need case studies to show them where and how DevSecOps successes have happened. To that end, this session explores:

Case studies of DevSecOps done right
How to measure your maturity for DevSecOps -- Phase 1 to Phase 5, for example
How to put the “Shift Left” DevSecOps workflow in place
How DevSecOps leads to more secure cloud deployments
How to use DevSecOps to improve security in IoT technology when they are at the development stage

Ondrej Krehel

IANS Faculty

Ondrej Krehel is the Founder, CEO, and Digital Forensics Lead of LIFARS LLC, an international cybersecurity and digital forensics firm. He is also the Co-Founder and an Advisory Board Member of QuBit Conference, an events and training company dedicated to connecting the information security community. Ondrej is an accomplished speaker having lectured for FBI Training Academy and the National Executive Institute. He also serves as a member of New York Metro Infragard, as the Chapter Leader of OWASP NYC, and as a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute.

Detect, Respond and Recover

The Changing Face of Ransomware

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Ransomware continues to be a significant problem for many organizations, and it has shown a ferocious ability to evolve. One reason is ransomware as a service, where people with little skill can buy ransomware-making kits online. This session explores:

Ways ransomware has evolved in the last 6-12 months
What ransomware as a service looks like and why it’s such a problem
What vendors are doing to get ahead of the bad guys

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Jake is the Founder, President, and Principal Analyst of Rendition Infosec, an information security consultancy. He also sits on the Vulnerability Review Board at Peerlyst, a startup social networking platform exclusively for security professionals. Jake is a prolific speaker and instructor on a variety of information security topics such as reverse engineering malware, memory forensics, threat intelligence, and advanced exploit development.

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

Bug Bounties: Do-it-Yourself vs Crowdsourcing

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Companies face challenges with how to run an effective bug bounty program and oftentimes don’t know whether to do it in-house or through crowdsourcing. This session addresses ways to move forward by exploring:

How bug bounty programs translate into cost savings
At what maturity level you should be at before taking on this challenge in-house
The fundamentals for putting an internal program together
The pros and cons of such outsourced services as those provided by Bugcrowd and HackerOne

11:20 AM - 11:55 AM

Technology Group 1

Russ Currie

Netscout, VP of Enterprise Strategy

As VP of Enterprise Strategy, Russ is responsible for working with enterprise customers, partners and field personnel to ensure that NETSCOUT’s products and solutions aremeeting the needs of our customers and the market. Russ has over 15 years working atNETSCOUT where he has held many technical and marketing roles. Prior to joiningNETSCOUT, Russ had worked in IT managing networks for Fidelity Investments and Digital Equipment Corporation where he installed some of the first production Ethernet networks.

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Lunch & Sponsor Keynote: Visibility and Collaboration in the Multicloud

with ITOps and SecOps have collaborated for years. However, many organizations are now looking at approaches that make the collaboration more formal. Many enterprises are adopting the concept of the “Versatilist” and replacing war room discussions with agile approaches to problem solving. This session will address the increasing complexity of our networks and the need for a common and consistent approach to visibility in the multicloud.

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Afternoon Roundtable Workshop Sessions Secure the Cloud

Choosing a Cloud Provider

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There are too many vendors, an over-saturated market and confusion over the security requirements that truly matter vs. the vendor fluff. In this session, you’ll learn how cut through the confusion and address:

What the cloud provider landscape look like
When to go with a big player as opposed to smaller players
Questions you should ask internally before looking at potential providers
The right (or wrong) questions to ask prospective cloud providers

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

Vendor Optimization: Thinning the Herd

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There are too many security vendors that have expanded offerings in a way that has created a lot of overlap and complexity within Fortune 1000 companies’ environments. This session will explore:

How to do an assessment and logically start pruning your stack
How one tool can replace several others without loss of functionality or controls coverage
The most important questions to ask your existing and prospective vendors in order to determine where the overlap exists
Specific examples of what you can kill?
Integrations between products that currently exist but are not being leveraged

Dave Kennedy

IANS Faculty

Dave is the Founder and Owner of TrustedSec, an information security consulting firm, and Binary Defense, a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that detects attackers early to prevent large-scale invasions. In addition to creating several widely popular open-source tools, including 'The Social-Engineer Toolkit' (SET), PenTesters Framework (PTF), and Artillery. David has also released security advisories, including zero-days, with a focus on security research.

Prior to his work in the private sector, Dave served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC), focusing on cyber warfare and forensics analysis activities, including two tours to Iraq. He also served on the board of directors for (ISC)2, which is one of the largest security collectives and offers certifications such as the CISSP.

Detect, Respond and Recover

New Threat Hunting Techniques

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Attackers keep evolving their tactics, making it increasingly difficult for traditional forensic techniques to keep up. It’s time to get proactive – and that’s where threat hunting comes into play. This session explores the latest techniques in that area, and how to:

Position hunt teams to directly increase the overall maturity (and ROI) of their monitoring and detection capabilities
Detect abnormal patterns of behavior

Ondrej Krehel

IANS Faculty

Chris Nickerson

IANS Faculty

Chris is the Co-Founder and CEO of LARES Consulting, an information security consulting firm that leverages a blend of assessment, testing, and coaching. He also serves on the Board of Directors at CREST, an international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that represents and supports the technical information security market.

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

Bringing Red/Blue/Purple Teaming into Balance

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Your Red Team does one thing, your Blue Team does the other, and they don’t talk. Companies struggle to get them on the same page and achieve the true value of these exercises. What to do? This session will explore:

The most valuable KPIs to use for these activities
How to use automation testing to test the effectiveness of a response during an exercise
How to leverage balanced scorecards for direct tracking of capabilities

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Secure the Cloud

Adapting the SOC to a Cloud Environment

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Security Operations Centers remain rooted in the same tech, procedures and mindsets that existed before the cloud. They need to adapt to life in the cloud, and this session will explore how to get there. Issues addressed include:

How an old-world SOC differs from one in the cloud
Changes you need to make with your SOC
How to make that transition without dropping the ball in either world
Skills that need to be picked up in the new cloud-based SOC
Examples of cloud detection and response

2:25 PM - 3:00 PM

Technology Group 2

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tabletop Break

3:30 PM - 4:05 PM

Technology Group 2

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

4:15 PM - 4:50 PM Afternoon Roundtable How-To Sessions Protect Applications and Data

Getting Control of Container Security

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Fortune 1000 problem: Companies spin up containers quickly, then set them loose with no security due diligence. It’s a process problem as much as a technology issue. Questions to address:

How can a company create a more deliberate process to determine when containers are necessary?
What is some specific automation or orchestration tools? (Docker Swarm, Kubernates)
How does one optimize such tools as AppArmor and SELinuxbecause to prevents a misconfiguration or bug at the container daemon level?
What is Docker Notary and how can it add a layer of trust?
What are some of the more recent attacks to exploit unsecured containers?

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Secure the Cloud

Email in the Cloud: Stress Testing Office 365 Apps

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Companies struggle with how to secure Office 365 apps that come from multiple online marketplaces, from the MS Store to MS Teams and a variety of third-party app stores. This session will explore:

How to confirm the security levels of various apps
Specific validation techniques for MS App Store, Teams Store and others
Warning signs that an app is problematic and shouldn’t be downloaded
Advice the security team can give employees on what to watch out for

Dave Kennedy

IANS Faculty

Detect, Respond and Recover

How to Fill SIEM Gaps with UEBA/SOAR

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Organizations want their SIEM to alert them in real time, but that’s not happening. Instead, their SIEM only helps determine how a breach occurred after the fact. Practitioners have heard that UEBA and SOAR can be used to overcome the limits of their current SIEM set up, but they seek concrete answers about how it all works and what kind of training and investments are required. In this session, attendees will learn:

The specific actions they must take in order to fully understand where their SIEM is hitting the wall
A list of ways to tell if their MSSP is properly goaled/resourced/qualified to correlate and alert in real time
A clearer understanding of the small and well-defined situations AI/ML is best suited for

Mike Rothman

IANS Faculty

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

Advances in Network Visibility

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Network security and monitoring remains essential in light of increasing volumes of data and an ever-expanding threat landscape, but comprehensive network visibility is hard, and organizations need better guidance. This session aims to provide that by looking at:

What organizations are missing and which vendors and techniques can help

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Detect, Respond and Recover

Phishing and Social Engineering: New Solutions to an Old Problem

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Phishing is an old social engineering technique and organizations have certainly tried to make employees aware of email links they shouldn’t open. But phishing remains a highly successful technique for the bad guys. So what do we keep doing wrong? This session explores:

New phishing security tools that may help
What organizations can do to enhance security awareness among employees

4:50 PM - 5:45 PM

Networking Reception

Come network with your peers! Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served!

DAY 2

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

Come check in to receive your program and CPEs while enjoying a complimentary continental breakfast.

Dave Kennedy

IANS Faculty

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

IANS Faculty Keynote: The Five Things That Matter

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Organizations are continually trying to identify how effective their controls are to withstand specific attacks. Understanding threat modeling and risk becomes equally important in these concepts; however, there’s so much noise out there, how do we actually prioritize and focus our security programs to become more effective?

In this talk, IANS Faculty member Dave Kennedy will dive down into the top five things that he sees as a consultant advising organizations across the globe on their security programs and ways to promote a better understanding around threats. He’ll cover the current state of the industry and the effectiveness he personally sees while working with organizations, as well as how to best improve what he consistently sees as lacking across multiple industry verticals.

9:40 AM - 10:15 AM

Technology Group 2

10:25 AM - 11:00 AM

Technology Group 2

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tabletop Break

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

11:20 AM - 12:50 PM Detect, Respond and Recover

Breaking a Failed Vulnerability Management Cycle

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Companies have limited resources to keep up with an endless pile of vulnerabilities and patches and need to determine what they keep getting wrong and what others are doing that’s right. This session will explore:

Particular tools you should be using to create more automation
How to use automation to move through the flaw finding and patching process more quickly
Which companies have taken this to the next level
What they did to move past the struggle most still find themselves in
What the Vulnerability Management Process Workflow is and how will it help
How can organizations can ensure data within their SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle databases are secure?
Besides Shodan, some other tools that will cast a wider net for vulnerabilities

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Protect Applications and Data

Prioritizing Privilege Management

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As IT infrastructure gets more complex and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) becomes a reality, one of the few controls we have left is privileged user management (PUM). But it’s difficult to get it right. To advance in the right direction, this session will explore:

How to link privileged access management to change management
How to identify what is happening with the use of these credentials
How to Identify the appropriate tools to use for privileged access management
How to handle insider threats related to privilege abuse/misuse

Dave Kennedy

IANS Faculty

Detect, Respond and Recover

Deception and Honeypots

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Companies struggle enough with basic security tasks and don’t truly know if deception/honeypots are worth trying or if they would provide the adequate ROI. To help them reach a better place, this session will explore:

What level of operational maturity one must have for honeypots/deception to make sense?
How to find balance when it comes to how many doors to leave open for snoopers and would-be thieves
The latest honeypot/deception technologies worth deploying
The management/technology overhang associated with them?
Buying versus building

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Detect, Respond and Recover

Cryptojacking & Cryptocurrency Mining: Defensive Measures

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Cryptojacking malware and crypto mining are eating AWS resources, tying up CPU capacity and costing money. This session will help you fight back by exploring:

How to tell if cryptomining malware is in the system
How to get the malware out of your systems
How to keep it out
The most prolific cryptocurrency-based attacks targeting companies
How this malware differs from others, such as worms, ransomware and Trojans

Mike Rothman

IANS Faculty

Secure the Cloud

The Cloud Security Maturity Roadmap

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Securing the cloud is fundamentally different from how it’s done on-premises, yet there are very few guidebooks or clear methods to ensure adequate protection. This session will take you to the next level by exploring:

The Securosis/IANS Cloud Security Maturity Model
The difference between being a cloud native and a cloud tourist
Best practices to set up a secure cloud environment
How serverless functions enable continuous cloud security
How to implement guardrails around your Cloud

Chris Calvert

Respond Software, VP Products

Respond Software, VP Product Strategy and Co-Founder

Chris has over 30 years of experience in defensive information security: 14 years in the defense and intelligence community and 17 years in the commercial industry. He has worked on the Defense Department Joint Staff and held leadership positions in both large and small companies, including IBM and HPE. He has designed, built and managed global security operations centers and incident response teams for six of the global Fortune-50. As he often says, if you have complaints about today’s security operations model, you can partially blame him. It’s from his first-hand experience in learning the limitations of the man vs. data SecOps model that Chris leads product design and strategy for Respond Software.

12:50 PM - 1:40 PM

Lunch & Sponsor Keynote: The Power of AI to Disrupt Security Ops

with Many of today’s companies are hesitant to adopt new security technologies – particularly AI. The truth is AI is successfully disrupting many areas of security operations. Chris will discuss autonomous security driven by AI, probability theory and advanced algorithms: apply reasoning, judgement and experience to identify threats with machines and freeing up our skilled analysts for investigation and response.

1:50 PM - 2:25 PM

Technology Group 1

2:35 PM - 3:10 PM

Technology Group 1

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

3:20 PM - 4:20 PM Secure the Cloud

Security Tools for a Multi-Platform Cloud Environment

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It's difficult to choose and implement security tools that scale in an environment where multiple platforms have different settings, features and requirements. This session will address the technical remedies, including:

Differences to accounted for between one platform and the next during tool selection
Different vendor and tool categories and how do they compare
Pros and cons of multi-cloud access brokers?

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Improve Infrastructure and Ops

Cutting Through the AI/ML Vendor Hype

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Vendors hype the benefits of AI/ML too broadly when it’s really meant for small, well-defined situations. This session will address the following:

When we say AI/ML is for small or well-defined situations, what are examples of those?
What are specific examples of where AI/ML works, and where it doesn’t?

Ondrej Krehel

IANS Faculty

Protect Applications and Data

Blockchain: What Your Vendors Have and How to Use It

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Companies don’t understand how blockchain works inside their security vendor offerings. This session will arm attendees with a stronger foundation by exploring:

The use cases around how blockchain enhances security
Blockchain-related products that are actually viable
How blockchain increase the efficacy of things like vulnerability management and SIEM
What CISOs should tell their exec stakeholders about blockchain

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Detect, Respond and Recover

Insider Threats

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Companies are usually unaware that a malicious insider is up to no good in their networks until it’s too late. They need help knowing how to identify early red flags. To that end, this session will explore:

Early red flags to look for
Security controls you can put in place to detect and prevent insider threat activity
Top insider threat monitoring solutions, their strengths and weaknesses
Detection tool essentials

Mike Rothman

IANS Faculty

Advance Your Team

Case Study: Building a Better Security Culture

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Companies struggle to find a successful recipe for their security culture and need a concrete example of what another company has done to get it right. This session will offer:

A case study for a company that has succeeded in growing a true security culture
Three things you can do to change that trajectory and actually make your program effective
Ways to expand the team with non-traditional security staff (i.e. ambassadors/champions)

4:20 PM - 4:35 PM

Closing Ceremonies

Join us for closing remarks and the chance to win prizes!

2019 Atlanta Speakers

Chris Calvert

Respond Software, VP Products

Respond Software, VP Product Strategy and Co-Founder

Presentations

Lunch & Sponsor Keynote: The Power of AI to Disrupt Security OpsDAY 212:50 PM - 1:40 PM

Russ Currie

Netscout, VP of Enterprise Strategy

Presentations

Lunch & Sponsor Keynote: Visibility and Collaboration in the MulticloudDAY 112:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Brian Fricke

CISO, City National Bank

Presentations

A Keynote Discussion with CNB’s Brian Fricke: Getting Real & Tangible Around Risk ManagementDAY 19:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Dave Kennedy

IANS Faculty

Presentations

New Threat Hunting TechniquesDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM
How to Fill SIEM Gaps with UEBA/SOARDAY 14:15 PM - 4:50 PM
IANS Faculty Keynote: The Five Things That MatterDAY 29:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Deception and HoneypotsDAY 211:20 AM - 12:50 PM

Ondrej Krehel

IANS Faculty

Presentations

The Changing Face of RansomwareDAY 110:35 AM - 11:10 AM
Bringing Red/Blue/Purple Teaming into BalanceDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Blockchain: What Your Vendors Have and How to Use ItDAY 23:20 PM - 4:20 PM

Chris Nickerson

IANS Faculty

Presentations

Bringing Red/Blue/Purple Teaming into BalanceDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Mike Rothman

IANS Faculty

Presentations

DevSecOps Business CasesDAY 110:35 AM - 11:10 AM
Advances in Network VisibilityDAY 14:15 PM - 4:50 PM
The Cloud Security Maturity RoadmapDAY 211:20 AM - 12:50 PM
Case Study: Building a Better Security CultureDAY 23:20 PM - 4:20 PM

Dave Shackleford

IANS Faculty

Presentations

File Security: Tools and Techniques in 2019DAY 110:35 AM - 11:10 AM
Choosing a Cloud ProviderDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Getting Control of Container SecurityDAY 14:15 PM - 4:50 PM
Breaking a Failed Vulnerability Management CycleDAY 211:20 AM - 12:50 PM
Security Tools for a Multi-Platform Cloud EnvironmentDAY 23:20 PM - 4:20 PM

Aaron Turner

IANS Faculty

Presentations

Advancements in Secure Remote AccessDAY 110:35 AM - 11:10 AM
Vendor Optimization: Thinning the HerdDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Email in the Cloud: Stress Testing Office 365 AppsDAY 14:15 PM - 4:50 PM
Prioritizing Privilege ManagementDAY 211:20 AM - 12:50 PM
Cutting Through the AI/ML Vendor HypeDAY 23:20 PM - 4:20 PM

Jake Williams

IANS Faculty

Presentations

Bug Bounties: Do-it-Yourself vs CrowdsourcingDAY 110:35 AM - 11:10 AM
Adapting the SOC to a Cloud EnvironmentDAY 11:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Phishing and Social Engineering: New Solutions to an Old ProblemDAY 14:15 PM - 4:50 PM
Cryptojacking & Cryptocurrency Mining: Defensive MeasuresDAY 211:20 AM - 12:50 PM
Insider ThreatsDAY 23:20 PM - 4:20 PM

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Registration Questions

Can I earn continuing education credits for attending the forum?

Attendees may earn up to 16 credits through our partnership with (ISC)2. Attendees must check in at registration each morning to receive their 8 credits for Day 1 and Day 2. Attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion one week after the forum concludes for any other certification needs. If you have provided IANS with your CISSP # during the registration process then we will automatically submit to (ISC)2.

What is the registration fee?

The Forum is complimentary and open to active Information Security Professionals from private and public sector corporations and organizations.

What time does the Forum begin and end?

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You will receive a hotel confirmation number 2 weeks prior to the Forum.