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Cornerstones of Trust: June 18th, 2013

Cornerstones of Trust will be coming back to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City on June 18th, 2013. We are bringing our members another efficient, high-value, impactful security conference focused on industry trends and member priorities. COT is about raising the security expertise and effectiveness of our ISSA and InfraGard members. Please take advantage.

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The 2013 Conference Schedule is now available! Click here to view all talks.

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Attendees can also elect to be entered into the drawings where many great prizes will be given away.

Cornerstones of Trust 2013 Theme: Securing Ubiquity and Protecting the Enterprise of Things

With the press of consumerization and the Internet of Things, enterprises are struggling with protecting their business in new and unfamiliar areas. The traditional approach to Information Technology security needs to be reexamined in light of the transformations brought about by ubiquitous mobile access, social collaboration, information explosion, and distributed computing in the Cloud.

Users and customers are expecting choice and rapid change. There’s an increased drive to adopt new technologies, especially around devices and data. Enterprises need to protect this extended platform and the new type of devices interacting on the Internet.

These trends also mean that the traditional corporate perimeter, with clearly identifiable boundaries, has diminished – if not disappeared altogether. There continues to be pressures to leverage a high volume, velocity and variety of information to drive business outcomes. Lots of data - everywhere.

The continual rise of compliance requirements further compounds the situation and leads to added complexity in the business. Complexity that often results in significant blind spots within an organization and forces their security controls to be reactive to the latest threat or fire drill.

Security professionals need to look at the context of the business and the needed security controls in light of these trends. The various security controls are based on foundational security practices as well as new approaches. All of these decisions and strategies are paramount to securing devices and data anywhere while protecting the Enterprise of Things.

Tracks

Your Enterprise is Everywhere
The Paradox of Connectivity
Governance in the Age of Ubiquity
Hands On; Cyber Security in the Connected World

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Featured Keynote Speakers

Bruce Schneier

Submitted by dveuve on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 09:58

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Chief Security Technology Officer, BT

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist He is the author of 12 books -- including his latest best-seller Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive -- as well as hundreds of articles and essays, and many more academic papers. His influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram," and his blog "Schneier on Security," are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, served on several government technical committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is the Chief Security Technology Officer of BT.

John Dickson

Submitted by dveuve on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 14:50

Keynote

Principal, Denim Group

John Dickson is a security professional, entrepreneur, and Principal at Denim Group, Ltd who spends most of his time helping CISOs run software security initiatives. He has over 15 years in the security field in both the commercial and government sectors. He’s an ISSA Distinguished Fellow and a serial ISSA volunteer. He also served as the ISSA Alamo Chapter President in 2010, after which the chapter was recognized as Chapter of the Year. John is also an ex-US Air Force officer who served in the Air Force Information Warfare Center and the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team, and who has been a security consultant in the commercial security arena since. John is currently Chairman of the Texas Lyceum, a statewide leadership group whose alumni include President George W. Bush, Governor Rick Perry, and numerous other statewide elected officials. He is a also a member of the US Air Force Space Command Commander’s Group, and an Honorary Commander for the 67th Network Warfare Wing. More importantly, John is married, with a four-year old and one on the way!