The Security Leaders SummitWest 2011

Security Leaders Summit - West

Held on Friday, October 28, 2011

The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Information on the Security Leaders Summit for 2012 will be updated in the near future. Please be sure to check back for updates. Below is information on our 2011 Summit.

 

The Security Leaders SummitSM - West 2011 was held Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco. Attendees represented the west region from organizations including Axciom Corporation, Applied Materials, Ariba, BlackRock, Blue Shield of California, East West Bank, eBay, Hyatt Hotels, Intermountain Healthcare, Jamba Juice, Lawrence Livermore Labs, McKesson, Pacific Gas & Electric, Restoration Hardware, Robert Half International, Safeway, St. Luke's Health System, Sutter Health, The Clorox Co., Twitter, University of California at Berkeley, and Well Fargo & Co. to name a few.

The Summit offered an extraordinary opportunity to spend time with some of the most successful leaders in the industry. Focusing on key issues and opportunities for success on topics such as mobility, cloud, governance, and big data, the one-day Summit provided attendees the opportunity to collaborate, share best practices, and challenge their thinking. Be sure to visit the photo gallery.

Summit Recap

Richard Warner Richard Warner, Summit Emcee and CEO, What'sUp Interactive, kicked off the morning session with opening comments that included a brief overview of some of the latest impacts to the security industry that have made recent news.

 

 

Neil Jones Neil Jones with IBM, Platinum sponsor of the Summit, shared at little bit of insight on the recent news of their new CEO, Ginni Rometty, who will take office in January.

 

Mike WilsonMike Wilson, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, McKesson Corporation was the morning Keynote Speaker. Mike leads the security and IT risk management functions for the Corporation and is focused on maturing risk management and security functions to provide more value to their sponsoring organizations. Mike shared his insights into the "digitalization of healthcare" and the unique security challenges this industry faces.

 

 

Insights and DialogueIn the session, "Insights and Dialogue", emcee Richard Warner posed questions to the the guests about Gartner's recent projected top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012 and their possible impact to security organizations.

 

 

Sponsor PavilionGuests enjoyed networking during the morning break in the Sponsor Pavilion.

 

 

Mike Montecillo Rated as one of the top sessions by Summit attendees, Mike Montecillo, Senior Threat and Intelligence Researcher with IBM Corporation, Platinum Sponsor, covered highlights from the recently published IBM X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report which paints a picture of state of internet security threats.

 

Execuitive RoundtableWith the Summit hosts leading nine different roundtable topics in the afternoon Executive Roundtable sessions, it was standing room only for some of the tables, especially where mobility topics were discussed.

 

 

Chris KingChris King, Director of Product Marketing at Palo Alto Networks, Gold sponsor, explored the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with social networks and provided recommendations on how enterprises might safely enable these applications.

 

Ariel SilverstoneThe afternoon sessions wrapped up with Ariel Silverstone sharing his insights into the "mobile tsunami" and the perfect storm that he sees on the horizon as organizations try to prepare themselves for a complete paradigm shift in how mobile devices will be viewed in the future.

 

 

Evening ReceptionDiscussions and great networking continued as guests enjoyed the evening reception.

 

 

Platinum Sponsor

IBM presented their latest findings from their soon to be released "Emerging Attacker Trends" created by their Managed Security Services Intelligence Center. To receive a copy of the report, visit http://www-03.ibm.com/security/landscape.html. For additional information, please contact Neil Jones, nkjones@us.ibm.com.

 

 

Gold Sponsor

Founded by security visionary, Nir Zuk, Palo Alto Networks, offers real innovation in the firewall, enabling unprecedented visibility and control of all applications and content—by user, not just IP address—at up to 20Gbps with no performance degradation.

The Definitive Firewall Buyers Guide The firewall has been a mainstay of network security, but the needs of organizations are changing rapidly. How is the firewall evolving to meet the challenges of today's dynamic environments? Cut through the noise and hype, check out the buyers’ guide from Palo Alto Networks with a forward from IANS – It is the definitive resource guide that talks about the key requirements, generating an RFP and performing formalized testing.

BusinessWeek: Building a Firewall for the Facebook Generation Palo Alto Networks is updating the corporate firewall to handle modern Web services like social networks, Skype, and Google Docs. Read this BusinessWeek article to find out how.

For more information contact Zhanna Tam at 408-718-5611 or at ztam@paloaltonetworks.com.

 

 

Silver Sponsor

Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions. Blue Coat offers solutions that provide the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. This application intelligence enables enterprises to tightly align network investments with business requirements, speed decision making and secure business applications for long-term competitive advantage. To learn more about Blue Coat, please visit http://www.bluecoat.com or download information: Download the latest research and reports (Zip 1.7MB)

 

 

Participating Sponsor

Lumension Security, Inc., a global leader in endpoint management and security, develops, integrates and markets security software solutions that help businesses protect their vital information and manage critical risk across network and endpoint assets. Lumension enables more than 5,100 customers worldwide to achieve optimal security and IT success by delivering a proven and award-winning solution portfolio that includes vulnerability management, endpoint protection, data protection, antivirus and reporting and compliance offerings. Lumension is known for providing world-class customer support and services 24x7, 365 days a year. More information can be found at www.lumension.com

Location

The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
600 Stockton Street at California Street,
San Francisco, California 94108
(415) 296-7465

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