Agenda

2005 Detroit IT Security Summit Agenda

8:00	AM	Continental Breakfast and Networking
8:30	AM	Welcome Christopher Cameron, CEO, Cofounder, Smart Collector
8:40	AM	Keynote Presentation "Rethinking the Perimeter - Affordable, Effective Security in a Borderless Environment" Ridgley Evers , Managing Partner Tapit Partners Download Powerpoint here
9:45	AM	Panel One: Financial Services Security Avoiding the Bullseye Banks and financial institutions have born the brunt of recent cyber attacks. From phishing to denial of service (DOS), to extortion and direct physical attacks against their IT infrastructure they are on the front lines of the cyber war. These panelists will bring direct experience from the battle ground to light. The moderator, Kenneth Schaeffler CSO, Corporate Information Security Services Comerica Bank, will guide the discussion to topics that are immediately applicable to everyone engaged in addressing cyber security threats. Panelists: Nino DiCosmo, CEO Autoweb Dr. Phyllis Schneck, VP Strategic Development, CipherTrust, Inc. Roger Pilc, CEO Whale Communications K. Scott Vowels, VP Security, Comerica.
10:45	AM	Break
11:00	AM	Panel Two: Latest Threats What's on the horizon? A panel of industry experts that can use their deep knowledge of the threat space to predict what attendees should be thinking about today to be prepared for next year's threats. Are spear phishing, DDOS, custom Trojans, something to worry about? What sort of products-services-changes will be needed to counter these threats? The moderator, David Bloom, CTO of Optimization Group will lead this panel to reveal the things that should be keeping you awake at night. Panelists: Pankaj Parech, CTO/Founder iPolicy Networks Jim Overbeck, Regional Sales Manager, Fortinet Jim Fulton, VP Marketing, GreenBorder Michael Graff, Director, BigFix, Inc.
12:00	PM	Lunch and Keynote Presentation "Countering Cyber Extortion. Tales from the Front Lines " Barrett Lyon , CTO and Founder, Prolexic Technologies Download the PDF here (10.4 MB) SPONSORED BY:
1:15	PM	Panel Three: "Meet the Security Bloggers " This panel brings together industry experts that have successfully created a following in the blogosphere. Their comments on daily events in the security space lend an immediacy to analysis that is changing how people become informed about critical security issues. The panel is not about blogging though. The participants will be engaged by the moderator, Bob West of EchelonOne in a lively discussion of recent security issues. Mr. West will get them to provide actionable security advice based on their extensive experience in the security field. Adam Shostack: www.emergentchaos.com Richard Stiennon: www.threatchaos.com Michael Murray: blog.ncircle.com Ed Vielmetti: vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum
2:15	PM	Panel Four: Securing Our Infrastructure Real Threats, Real Actions. Rather than address threats from dirty bombs and attacks against public infrastructure this panel will address the looming threat against every organization as state sponsored attacks target banks, manufacturers, and individuals for economic and intellectual property gain. Moderator: James L. Hartwell, Acxiom Corporation. Panelists: David C. Miller Information Security Officer, Covisint Eric M. Pless, Senior Vice President – Marketing/Business Development - MidWest Financial Credit Union J. Stott Matthews, Founder and principal of Spectrum Computer Forensics and Risk Management LLC Tom Gillis : SVP, Worldwide Marketing, Ironport Jody Saarmaa, Senior Director Product Marketing and Industry Solutions, Liquid Machines, Inc.
3:15	PM	Keynote Presentation "Threat Chaos, Cybercrime Turns to Targeted Attacks" Richard Stiennon , VP of Threat Research, Webroot Software Download Powerpoint slides here
4:00	PM	Wine and Cheese Networking Afterglow SPONSORED BY:

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