Critical Hygiene for Preventing Major Breaches (RSA Conference 2017)

Microsoft's Incident Response teams investigate major breaches week after week and almost always see the exact same pattern of attacks and customer vulnerabilities. Microsoft and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) will share step by step recommendations to defend against these attacks, including information on cybersecurity solutions that Microsoft has open-sourced to protect our customers.

Detailed Presentation :

(Source : RSA USA 2017)

Speakers :

Tony Sager, Mark Simos, Jonathan Trull

Tony Sager is a Senior VP and Chief Evangelist for the Center for Internet Security. He leads the development of the CIS Critical Security Controls, a worldwide consensus project to find and support technical best practices in cybersecurity. Sager also serves as the Director of the SANS Innovation Center, a subsidiary of the SANS Institute. Sager retired from the National Security Agency (NSA) after 34 years as an information assurance professional. He started his career in the Communications Security (COMSEC) Intern Program, and worked as a mathematical cryptographer and a software vulnerability analyst. In 2001, Sager led the release of NSA security guidance to the public. He also expanded NSA’s role in the development of open standards for security.

Mark Simos is Director of Business Strategy and Offerings for Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group where he is part of a group of cybersecurity experts who create and deliver unique cybersecurity services and solutions to Microsoft’s customers. These services and solutions leverage the company’s deep cybersecurity and enterprise IT expertise, unique cybersecurity knowledge as hyper-scale cloud provider, partner capabilities, and experience helping customers investigate and recover from attacks. Simos is a recognized expert in security with real-world experience delivering solutions to detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats. He has presented at numerous conferences and has led the development of security assessments, reference architectures and public guidance.

As Global Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity, Jonathan Trull leads Microsoft’s team of worldwide chief security advisors to provide thought leadership, strategic direction on the development of Microsoft security products and services, and deep customer and partner engagement around the globe. Trull joined Microsoft in 2016 as an experienced information security executive bringing more than 15 years of public and private sector experience. He was Vice President and CISO with Optiv, where he developed and executed the company’s information security strategy and program. Prior to Optiv, Trull was the CISO for Qualys where he was responsible for securing the infrastructure and products. Trull was also the CISO for the State of Colorado.

 

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