The Cornerstones of Trust conference helps security leaders and security practitioners evaluate trends and develop responses to the challenges like increasing cost pressures, rising compliance complexity, changing threat landscape and emerging technology disruptors.

The current global economy is pressuring businesses to operate more efficiently and effectively. Growth is also inhibited, creating downward pressure on operating costs, and ability to raise capital. All these drive a reduced spend forcing businesses to reevaluate their organization structure, functional processes and portfolio of projects for investment. While overall IT spending in down this year, reports indicate security spending may be flat.

The regional regulatory requirements and consumer expectations continue to increase the complexity for both security and privacy controls. This complexity drives up the cost of compliance. The security and privacy controls need to accommodate the vast regional differences with an increased granularity.

The continuous flow of new threats, both inside and outside an enterprise, drives up risks. Businesses need to continue to prioritize critical areas for protection, whether it's considered security, privacy or compliance related. Most large enterprises need to establish a security foundation encompassing all areas.

Businesses should consider the impact of changing technology on their business. The impacts can be positive or negative, contemplated in expanding circles for impact to the organization, enterprise, and the extended ecosystem. Major trends that security and privacy leaders should consider are consolidation and virtualization, automation, managed services, and "Everything as a Service" (cloud computing).

Security and privacy leaders should examine the threats and opportunities to weather the changing times. We welcome your ideas and topics of interest. The following sections outline the four tracks and thought starters for topics. We're keeping an open mind and look forward to you feedback.

CORNERSTONES OF TRUST MISSION

Cornerstones of Trust acts as a catalyst to bring together the Northern California security community for an ongoing exchange of ideas that address the needs, interests and issues of trust that security practitioners and managers are experiencing today. It's hosted as a cooperative effort of the San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley chapters of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA); and San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard. We encourage contrarian thinkers and practitioners on the front-line to network and share experiences. Selected speakers enjoy complimentary access to the whole conference.

Information Systems Security Association
Silicon Valley and San Francisco chapters
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is an international not-for-profit volunteer organization providing educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skills and professional growth of its members— information security professionals. The primary goal of ISSA is to promote best practices that will ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality of organizational resources. ISSA's membership continues to grow with information security professionals representing a diversity of organizations, including major U.S. and international corporations, leading consulting firms, world-class educational institutions, and government agencies.

Contact ISSA San Francisco Chapter at:
http://www.sfbayissa.com/

Contact ISSA Silicon Valley Chapter at:
http://www.sv-issa.org

San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard
San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard is a partnership between the U.S. Government (led by the FBI and the NIPC) and an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, all dedicated to increasing the security of the United States critical infrastructures. San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard’s goal is to enable the flow of information to support owners and operators of infrastructure assets to better protect themselves and thus enable the United States government in discharging its law enforcement and national security responsibilities.

The San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard Chapter is a dynamic and growing organization in partnership with the FBI San Francisco Field Office.

Contact San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard at:

www.sfbay-InfraGard.org

Membership is free and applications are available online and will be available at the door.