Dallas, TX

2 out of every 3 organizations globally fell victim to ransomware in 2023. In a landscape dominated by cyberthreats, fortifying your defenses against ransomware is imperative. As attacks become more sophisticated and targeted, adopting a comprehensive approach to cyber resilience extends beyond data backup.

In this session, we’ll explore multifaceted strategies and share learnings from real world attacks to identify opportunities to enhance your organization’s ransomware resilience. Delving into the realms of cyber resilience, business continuity and incident response, you’ll gain insight into the latest trends in attacks, emerging threat vectors and best practices for hardening your defenses.

Where is Identity (IDM, IGA, SSO, MFA, PAM, and the other acronyms in the Identity bucket) headed? What is driving what we’re doing and what new challenges will we be facing? Starting with the current buzz – how will AI affect Identity? What will the purpose of Identity change into? What do we need to have in place to be ready? It’s not all doom and gloom SkyNet, but it’s also not the same Identity we’ve been doing for 20 years.

In this talk, we will first explain what Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) is – given the ‘acronym soup’ of detection and response solutions (XDR, MDR, NDR, EDR, CDR, etc). Next, we will delve into why mid-market organizations should integrate MXDR into their security strategies – focusing on the specific profiles of security teams that benefit most from its implementation. The presentation will be capped with two to three customer case studies, demonstrating MXDR’s practical impact in real-world scenarios. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of MXDR’s advantages, its applicability to various organizations, and actionable insights from successful deployments.

“Threat intelligence” has become the latest requirement for organizations looking to bolster their security practices. Buy a feed or three, suck them into your SIEM, automate blocking IOCs, and check the box. And in many ways, that addresses a sizable chunk of the tactical and operational value of threat intel. However, a growing number of organizations are realizing that threat intel can also inform strategy: how and why we train our users, where we should be investing our security resources, and what kinds of conversations executive leadership should actually be having to avoid becoming the latest cautionary tale used to sell more feeds. Join Chris Dawson, Threat Intel Lead at Proofpoint, to learn about the increasingly strategic role of threat intelligence modern businesses.

A discussion on using a converged platform approach to satisfy best practice criteria for Zero Trust, Digital Sovereignty, and Post Quantum Computing in Traditional, Hybrid, and Cloud Environments.