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As more organizations move to the cloud and mature their security programs, they face increasing threats in the form of shadow IT, misconfiguration of cloud identities, and unknown cloud vulnerabilities. To meet these challenges, organizations need more visibility across their cloud operations and workloads. Along with that comes a complementary need for better understanding of shared responsibilities and how to improve collaboration between internal teams, as well with external providers. Join us to hear what we have learned from thousands of hybrid multi-cloud engagements in this developing field, which we are referring to as Cloud Security. The approaches we will share have a goal of helping organizations improve their Cloud Security management around proper configuration, data governance, and risk reduction. All while enabling their organization to evolve and thrive.

“Pay Up, or Else”. The number of organizations who have been faced with this scenario has been steadily increasing over the past several years as ransomware attacks continue to rise — both in numbers and the size of payouts.

The clear and present danger of a ransomware attack looms large among cyber executives and business leaders as the number of vulnerabilities increases daily. According to a 2022 CRA Business Intelligence survey, nearly one in four respondents reported that their organization experienced one or more ransomware attacks in the past 12 months, and almost one out of three of these organizations said the attacker succeeded in gaining access to their systems, encrypting files, and demanding a ransom

According to this survey, many believe that the worst is yet to come and that they are at a significantly higher risk of a cyberattack than ever before – it’s not a matter of “if,” but “when.”

Preparing for the inevitable and defending against the threat of a ransomware attack requires constant evaluation and assessment, and then making the necessary adjustments.

On this panel, our lineup of industry experts will discuss the key security measures enterprises must take, going beyond backup and recovery and anti-malware/anti-virus solutions to include endpoint security, vulnerability management, Active Directory monitoring, credential protection, DNS security tools, SIEM, DLP and encryption, and cloud security software.

In the face of skyrocketing cyber risk, detecting and responding to attacks is no longer enough. Organizations must take proactive steps to prevent threats before they happen, and to recover if compromised. In this session, Darktrace unveil an ambitious new approach to security, with core engines powering AI technologies to prevent, detect, respond, and ultimately heal from attacks across all areas of their digital environment. Together, these engines combine to strengthen organizations’ security posture in a virtuous AI feedback ‘loop,’ which provides powerful end-to-end, bespoke, and self-learning solutions unique to each organization.

During the past 10 years I’ve participated in many security incidents, received confidential readouts of other company incidents, collaborated with top well-known incident response firms as well as government agencies. It’s with these experiences and learnings I’ve applied an overlay of Zero Trust to the problem. Having also delivered Zero Trust strategies at two globally-recognized enterprises we can speak to the reality of the problem and solution.

In 2022 I presented how my Enterprise Security teams delivered Zero Trust at Adobe and Cisco. So, let’s talk about why we prioritized the initiative; a forward thinking strategy that really defended against the attacks we were seeing. During this session we’ll discuss some high-profile security incidents from the past year, reviewing the themes, kill chain, and how or where a Zero Trust strategy might help prevent the attack, slow them down, or reduce risk.

As an example, many high profile hacks all started similarly. Related to an employee or contractor credential theft (or purchase) and an MFA fatigue or bypass. These are NOT highly sophisticated attacks and there are strategies that can save your bacon.

Use of the cloud is continuously growing, not surprisingly so due to its perceived lower costs, greater agility, and ability to increase computing power with increased demand & continuously deploy new applications and software features.

Despite the appeal of cloud, there are many security risks and vulnerabilities and managing these risks has proven to be a big challenge as cyber criminals shift their tactics to cloud data and systems in responses to this increased use of the cloud. According to a CRA Business Intelligence’s September 2022 Cloud Security Survey, misconfigurations, lack of oversight, and little visibility across the organization are among their chief concerns regarding cloud deployments.

If organizations are going to successfully adopt/transition to the cloud, they must ensure security is part of their program. An effective cloud security program includes various process and technology capabilities to effectively keep up with the current threat landscape and vulnerabilities.

Few environments are as fast-changing and rapidly evolving as cloud computing. In a matter of just a few years, growth has exploded, and the cloud’s capabilities continue multiplying. Along with the growth in the cloud is a near equivalent growth in attacks on cloud networks. According to Check Point researchers, attacks on cloud-based networks increased by 48 percent in 2022 compared to 2021. In fact, Gartner says 95% of cybersecurity professionals are concerned about public cloud security. Making matters worse, also according to Gartner, there is a 52% cloud computing skills gap with today’s cybersecurity professional needs and overall, there is a 2.72M shortage of cybersecurity professionals. All of these facts lead to a significant need for a smart, powerful, comprehensive, and complete security platform to manage and secure today’s multi-cloud, cloud-native deployments. Enter CNAPP – Cloud Native Application Protection Platform. In this session, we’ll discuss what CNAPP is, why it’s needed, and several available resources where you can learn more.

We have gotten more and more sophisticated with looking at metadata, behavioral data, network data, etc. everything except where malware actually lives – in files. What happens when you go to the source and look for malware in the actual binaries? APT, supply chain attacks, vulnerabilities become things that are easier to detect and respond to, ultimately giving you a stronger security posture and lowering your risk.

We’ll explore:

• How adversaries evade the most common signals
• How to look at your own data can rapidly detect threats
• How files are the ultimate IR dataset

Despite having distinct differences, data privacy and compliance are deeply intertwined with cyber security. As focus on data privacy and compliance increases, business leaders can expect to see vast changes related to how consumer data is managed, shared, and secured. Policy & laws on data privacy and compliance continue to expand and become increasingly stringent, so it is important for companies and their respective business leaders to consider these areas as they develop & evaluate their cyber security strategies. For instance, last year the SEC proposed amendments to its rules on cyber security, risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure by public companies.

At a more granular level, there are various initiatives to protect specific consumer data and ensure enterprises are compliant in doing so – particularly health data and children’s personal information. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) if passed could greatly impact health data beyond the scope of HIPAA by establishing a national framework to protect & preserve the privacy of consumer data collected by entities not covered by HIPAA. In an American Medical Association survey, about 75% of surveyed patients expressed concern and confusion related to the privacy of their health data and how it is handled. The ADPPA could help clear up some of this confusion by establishing clear expectations. Another critical area is the collection of personal information of children. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) helps put parents in control of how their children’s data is handled and ensures that all entities in possession of this data sustain its confidentiality, security, and integrity.

Maintaining strong data privacy and compliance practices is imperative in preventing sensitive personal data from becoming compromised. This information is extremely valuable to cyber criminals, who seek to utilize compromised data to steal others’ identities or resell such PII.

This panel will look at the latest data privacy policies and implications for what this means for business leaders in the future. Our lineup of experts will lend their insights and offer best practices relating to privacy, compliance, and identity protection.

Learn how to secure hybrid work with Zero Trust and in the process, improve productivity for your IT and security teams, reduce cyber risk, and increase efficiency across your technology stack. Understand how to consolidate multiple point solutions to provide as much visibility and control as possible across your users, devices, and data.

As an InfoSec leader, your world has dramatically changed in just the last couple of years, and the door for risk has swung wide open. Attackers are smart, stealthy and focused on profiting from your high value information and ransomware payments.  And they’re usually a few steps ahead of you.

With cybersecurity top of mind for your Executives and the Board, you need to anticipate questions and be ready with answers. Unfortunately, the conversation we’ve been having around cyber security is ineffective.  The right conversation is centered on business priorities and the company’s appetite for risk so the value of investment choices is clear and informed decisions can be made. The goal is to choose the right level of spend to defensibly protect your company as it operates, grows and expands.

Attend this session and learn:

• What’s driving a significant change in InfoSec priorities
• Why “how” you protect must shift to “how well” you protect
• How to tie InfoSec investments to business priorities

Jason brings with him more than 25 years of go-to-market, customer success and strategic leadership experience at global cyber security organizations. He has served in various senior leadership roles at such companies as Duo Security, where he led the enterprise growth from $3MM to over $150MM in ARR, Luminate Security which he grew from pre-revenue through its acquisition into Symantec and Abnormal Security. He currently sits on several security start-ups boards to provide “been-there-done-that experiences”, guidance to help set up scalable business foundations.  At ArmorCode, as the Chief Revenue and Customer Success Officer, Jason oversees all global growth, service and support responsibilities