The Security Leaders SummitCentral 2011

Security Leaders Summit - Central

Held on Thursday, March 10, 2011

The InterContinental Hotel Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Agenda

The agenda included: Keynote speakers, interactive discussions, panel discussions, and insights from the central region's leading technology executives.

Time Description  
8:45am - 9:30am Registration Opens with Coffee and Networking in the Sponsor Pavilion Lobby Level – Garden Court III
9:30am - 10:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

Emcee:

Renay San MiguelRenay San Miguel
Chief Content Officer and Host/Managing Editor
Splash Media
Bio

 

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
10:00am - 10:45am

Morning Keynote

 

“Security in the Age of Mobility and Cloud Computing”

Keynote Speaker:

Ted RitterTed Ritter
Senior Research Analyst
Nemertes Research

 

Strategically, cloud computing and mobility are two of the most important areas CISOs must address over the next few years. Security practices are different in a mobile and cloud-based environment. Compliance, governance, data leak prevention, and e-discovery,are just some of the areas requiring a security practice rethink. From his current research and consulting with top level IT executives across the country, Ted will share insights into what he is hearing on drivers, desired outcomes, goals, and plans to achieve results. With a focus on security and compliance, his keynote will highlight the challenges he sees and wrap up with recommendations on how to get out in front of the mobility and cloud computing waves.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
10:45am - 11:00am Break in the Sponsor Pavilion Lobby Level – Garden Court III
11:00am - 11:45am

Insights and Interviews

“What Will it Take for Success in Security Leadership?”

David StanowickDavid Stanowick
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Alliance Data
Bio

 

Dustin WilcoxDustin Wilcox
Chief Information Security Officer
Centene Corporation
Bio

 

The challenges to organizations and the dynamics of change are forcing the constant rethinking of a security leader’s view of what success means to the organization. In this session, Insights and Interviews, David Stanowick, VP, Chief Information Security Officer of Alliance Data and Dustin Wilcox, Chief Information Security Officer of Centene Corporation, will share their thoughts on what it will take to be successful in this fast paced environment.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
11:45am - 12:15pm

“The Current and Future Threat Landscape – The Latest Online Attacks Targeting Organizations And How To Safeguard Against Them”

 

Michael MontecilloMichael Montecillo
Senior Threat and Intelligence Researcher, Managed Security Services Intelligence Center
IBM Corporation
Bio

 

The threats that IT security experts face in safeguarding their environments are constantly increasing in their frequency and complexity. In this session, Mike Monticello, Senior Threat and Intelligence Researcher within the IBM Managed Security Services Intelligence Center, will share results of their newly-released study.  This study specifically focused on all aspects of online threats that affect Internet security at organizations around the world and what organizations are doing to protect their enterprises against attack.

You'll hear the latest insights including:

 

  • What do hackers know about security environments and where are they targeting their latest attacks?
  • What techniques are hackers launching to try to bypass existing security methods?
  • What can your organization do to protect against these ever-changing threats and emerging vulnerabilities?

 

This session will deliver the latest details on the current and future threat landscape from the world-renowned IBM X-Force research and development team, which culls data from their database of 45,000 computer vulnerabilities, 150 million daily intrusion attempts, 40 million spam and phishing attacks and 10 billion web pages and images to assemble a complete picture of the threat landscape. Mike will share insights into how the enemy targets systems and provide information to better understand the latest countermeasures being used by top organizations to repel these constant network, desktop and server attacks. This unique session is specifically designed to help organizations understand the changing nature of the threat landscape.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
12:15pm - 1:15pm

Lunch and Networking in the Sponsor Pavilion

Lobby Level – Garden Court III
1:15pm - 3:00pm

Executive Roundtables

 

Based on survey input, these interactive roundtables will focus on the latest topics that are relevant and timely to the attendees.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
3:00pm - 3:15pm Break in the Sponsor Pavilion Lobby Level – Garden Court III
3:15pm - 3:45pm

Panel Discussion - “What’s Keeping CISOs Up at Night”?

For this panel, questions and discussions will focus on the challenges that rise to the top of a CISO list, challenges that each of our panelist see moving to the top at some point and why, and how are these CISOs preparing to deal with these challenges.

 

Panelists:

John IatonnaJohn Iatonna
Vice President of Information Security
Edelman
Bio

 

Caleb MerrimanCaleb Merriman
Chief Information Security Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota
Bio

 

Gene ScrivenGene Scriven
Chief Information Security Officer
Sabre Holdings
Bio

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
3:45pm - 4:15pm

Best Practice Presentation:  “Adapting to Mobility’s Growing Security Challenges”

 

Ray BiondoRay Biondo
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Inc.
Bio

 

In this session, Ray Biondo, Vice President, Chief Information Security of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, will discuss how his organization is adapting to the fast paced mobile environment and the challenges it brings to his company. Ray will also share insights into how he continues to evolve his strategies for access and identity management and key areas of focus in mobility for him in the future as his company’s CISO.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
4:15pm - 4:45pm

Best Practice Presentation:  “The Expanded Footprint of Today’s CISO”

 

Richard DoroughRichard Dorough
Chief Information Security Officer, Textron Information Services
Textron, Inc.
Bio

 

As organizations push to bring in new technologies and capabilities, more demands are being placed on the CISO to bridge security that envelops both the old and the new. In this session, Richard Dorough, Chief Information Security Officer of Textron, will discuss how he is managing his organization through changes in business needs, economy, technologies, and threats as his “footprint” of responsibilities continues to expand. From his viewpoint, the existing landscape has not changed but instead, new landscape is being added. This session will focus on the challenges and the successes he has seen at Textron.

Lobby Level – Malachite Ballroom
4:45pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks
5:00pm - 6:00pm Reception in the Sponsor Pavilion with Prize Drawings and Complimentary Security Leadership Book to Each Guest Lobby Level – Garden Court III