September 9, 2008 | How to Stop Advanced Persistent Threats from Evading Detection

Join Amit Yoran, NetWitness Chairman & CEO, to learn about both the technology and operations-related proven solutions to tackle the advanced persistent threats on your network.

Topic: How to Stop Advanced Persistent Threats from Evading Detection
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Time: 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST

Co-hosted with WhiteHatWorld


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Topic Description:

Many of today's network advanced persistent threats are evading detection by your perimeter defenses - whether you know it or not. That's because most organizations have developed an over-reliance upon perimeter-based, network-layer focused point solutions. The flawed assumption is that deployed network countermeasures will have signatures or profile-based foreknowledge of a given threat. As proven through numerous serious security breaches over the last few years, however,most signature and log-file-based security solutions are already entirely obsolete.

This Webcast focuses on the true nature and sources of today's most difficult threats. The webcast describes proven solutions, both technology and operations- related, required to solve this problem. We will describe an effective operational plan of action consisting of the use of automated reporting and alerting, and interactive threat analysis applications built upon a distributed full packet capture and session reconstruction infrastructure.

This Webcast will describe an approach that will enable your organization to detect and stop designer malware, zero-day attacks, and non-signature-based threats to improve overall network visibility, and to detect the leakage and exfiltration of valuable corporate data. We will employ specific technical case studies and demonstrations to highlight the value of such an approach.

Attendees will learn:

  • The technical reasons that advanced persistent threats are evading current perimeter-based point solutions such as IDS, log monitoring and flow-based technologies.

  • The true nature and sources of threats facing public and private organizations and the gaps in current network visibility.

  • Advanced techniques for next generation network monitoring using full packet capture and session reconstruction, and the network visibility improvements provided by this approach.

  • Specific examples of adversary exploits (demonstrations)similar to trends observed within organized crime groups and state- sponsored attacks.

Meet our speaker:

Amit Yoran | Chairman & CEO | NetWitness Corporation

Amit Yoran, Chairman & CEO of Netwitness Corporation, prior to NetWitness served as Director of the National Cyber Security Division of Homeland Security. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder and CEO of Riptech until its acquisition by Symantec in 2002. Mr. Yoran has also served on the Boards of numerous security technology companies. He earned an MS from George Washington University and a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point.



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