Date: Thursday, July 23


Session One: 10 AM EST/ 3PM GMT

Session Two: 2 PM EST/ 11AM PST

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Topic Description:

According to a recent survey conducted jointly by MISTi and NetWitness of over 80 top CISOs, the majority believe they have purchased the appropriate technologies to prevent data losses and potential damage associated with the future onslaught of cyber attacks.

In reality, most CISOs have only prepared for a cyber war of the year 1995.

Unfortunately, existing “defense-in-depth” approaches predominantly rely upon antiquated security technologies such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. In the cyber war of 2009, CISOs are facing advanced persistent threats from sophisticated organized crime rings, state-sponsored groups and savvy insiders. Fifteen year old technology solutions and rigid thinking just are not going to keep your organization safe.

Join Eddie Schwartz for an informative look at why organizations need to move beyond the current defense-in-depth and perimeter based approaches to a more agile, real-time architecture that increases their continuous awareness and ability to react effectively to today’s cyber threat landscape.

During this live and interactive one hour webinar you will explore:

• The current threat crisis in cyber security and why many organizations have basically been ignoring significant attacks for over a decade

• Why current IT security models (such as perimeter protection) and risk metrics (such as counting vulnerabilities) are broken and obsolete

• What the top CISOs are doing to move their organizations to a strong defensive posture that can deal with the cyber threats of 2009 and beyond, close the protection gaps in their existing security investments, and protect customer and citizen data.

Meet our speaker:

Eddie Schwartz | Chief Security Officer | NetWitness Corporation

As Chief Security Officer for NetWitness, Eddie Schwartz is responsible for the alignment of the NetWitness product strategy with the evolving operational threat management needs of government and commercial organizations. Prior to joining NetWitness, Mr. Schwartz served as CTO of ManTech Security Technologies Corp, Senior Vice President of Operations of Guardent Inc, acquired by Verisign), and EVP of Operations for Predictive Systems (acquired by INS). Mr. Schwartz also worked as Chief Information Security Officer at Nationwide Insurance, as a Senior Computer Scientist for CSC, and a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State.