In today’s digital world it is more important than ever to have a business regime for managing and securing the personal information of your clients and customers. It is not enough to address privacy and security issues when they arise — the key is to have a privacy management program in place before systems are built.

Join British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham for an engaging discussion about how CISOs can be leaders in privacy management. Commissioner Denham will share a new tool that will change the way your business views privacy and security, with case examples and best practices that will be your road map to success.

The security industry has demonstrated an enduring resiliency and ability to innovate that has made IT safe enough to transform the world. Today we face harsh realities. Never have we witnessed so many high-profile cyberattacks than in the past year and never have the attacks been as targeted. So, what do we do now? Just as our adversaries have taken advantage of the sheer speed and availability of information on the Internet, we must do the same. In this session, Branden Williams will share how we can unearth the wealth of intelligence buried within those very same infrastructures and show how we can use that intelligence to our advantage. Williams discusses how we must change our conventional approach to security to an intelligence-driven approach, in order to continue to build a trusted digital world.

The threat environment has changed rapidly and what we once thought of as theoretical is now a reality. Things we thought couldn’t be secured, or didn’t need to be secured, are now essential to a secure environment. We’ve seen a rise in advanced persistent threats, which have been effective in targeting organizations worldwide. Critical infrastructures were not a major concern for most — until Stuxnet hit and left organizations scrambling. Now, with the explosion of embedded devices, we’re seeing an explosion of threat vectors. We must secure all of these, while the bad guys only need to find one way in.

McAfee's VP of North America Technical Operations, Charles Ross breaks the myth that certain things don’t need to be secured and that certain things aren’t securable. He will discuss a new approach, which encompasses going into the hardware, ensuring real-time updates and strong, clear metrics for success.

With an organization’s data, strategy and reputation hanging in the balance, CISOs are constantly challenged to maintain an effective security strategy on shoestring budgets. How do they know they are investing money on the right things? While security metrics and dashboards adequately communicate the basic state of an information security program, leadership ultimately wants to know that you are correctly prioritizing threats. By implementing threat intelligence programs, Dave Tyson believes that combining signals and human intelligence will lead to a greater optimization of security investments, turn security into a strategic advantage and create clear executive briefing information that will speak the language of business.

Session discovery topics:

• Expert opinions
• The many advantages of leveraging SIEM
• Implications for the future of risk management

When Jim Attridge was named CISO of the Vancouver Winter Olympic games in 2007 — three years before the event — he was given a high-level security strategy and instructed to assemble the right staff and build the right tools to enable that strategy. What followed was a frantic three years of planning to provide elite security for both the corporate and games’ networks, while providing a staggering variety of nearly real-time content to end users. Attridge will share his teams’ successes, failures, strategies and lessons learned from securing this high-profile, global event and the unique information security risks that he encountered along the way.

Session discovery topics:

• Behind the scenes of IT security at the Olympics
• Rethinking standard anti-virus security for the new age of attacks
• The value of building from the ground up

The explosion of mobile device technology and the signifi cant business opportunities they provide, have CISOs working in overdrive. All too often, attempts to restrict the usage of personalized devices fl y out the window as soon as an executive brings their personal tablet to work. Like email and the internet before it, mobility is now pervasive throughout the corporate world. While the possibilities that these devices and technologies afford appear to be increasing at an exponential rate, so too, are the user-endpoints, creating an endlessly complex environment for CISOs to manage — let alone, secure. Join Steve Biswanger, Larry Carson, Jo-Ann Smith and moderator Michael Leung as they discuss the present and future challenges of managing and securing mobilized devices and how leveraging your mobile security strategy can expand your role as a business leader.

You are invited to join CISO discussion leaders and moderator Wade Williamson in this interactive executive boardroom. Discussions will include how enterprise applications, users and their devices intersect with security and productivity. Also covered will be strategies for embracing new technologies without taking on new risk.

Session discovery topics:

• Keeping your enterprise productive while defending it from a new breed of sophisticated threats
• Internal users and external threats can skirt your security using enterprise applications
• The impact of the growing popularity of SSL to enterprise security and end-user privacy
• Practical security strategies to enable technologies while combating threats

Due to the format of the Executive Boardroom session, there are a limited number of seats available. Seating priority will be given to CISOs. To reserve your seat, please contact Ron Schroter at 503-972-2166, or ron.schroter@evanta.com. Sponsor participation is limited to Boardroom sponsor attendees only.

Organizations are looking to leverage the most advanced technologies to stay competitive, which is eroding the traditional enterprise network perimeter at an alarming rate. Join Ken Haertling as he examines the evolving trends that positively and negatively influence the rate of erosion. Bringing the unique perspective as both a user and supplier, Haertling will discuss factors such as offshoring, cloud computing, virtualization and BYOD as they affect organizations worldwide. He will provide an analysis of real world examples to demonstrate how most corporations lack the necessary tools to keep pace in this rapidly changing environment. In this dynamic and enthusiastic close to the day, Haertling challenges you to enable the agility of the business while maintaining security.