SANS Institute

EMC Lunch & Learn

- Wednesday, July 12th: 12:30pm - 1:10pm
- Located in Virginia A
- Demonstrating Effective Security and Compliance with EMC log Management Solutions
- Bret Hartman, Information Security CTO, EMC Corporation

EMC is helping organizations effectively manage the growing volume of log and audit data in their enterprise as part of our information-centric security strategy. Listen to how EMC partners to provide best of breed log management solutions to solve what has become a critical information management problem in the data center. Also, learn why EMC's Centera is becoming the de facto standard platform for storing audit data with guaranteed data integrity and compliance features built-in. Please join us to hear how several EMC customers have recently benefited from adopting these joint EMC/partner log management solutions.

ArcSight Lunch & Learn

- Wednesday, July 12th: 12:30pm - 1:10pm
- Located in Virginia C
- Beer and Business: Discuss with the Experts What's Brewing in Log Management
- Glen Sharlun, Director, Strategic Application Solutions, ArcSight

See ArcSight in Action and most importantly participate in a lively discussion with our customers to discover how they use ArcSight to tame the log management beast. Log files impact everything--from compliance, to security to insider threat--join us and ask the experts how they tamed the beast.

EventTracker Cocktail Reception

- Wednesday, July 12th: immediately following the Vendor Panel
- Located in the Delaware Room
- Experience the magic of logging-in-depth

Join EventTracker for refreshments and magical entertainment to experience the magic of logging-in-depth up-close and in person. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss implementation tips, techniques, and benefits with actual customers - Daniel Reid, CIBC Bank & Trust and Rick Rutherford, Fresno County.

SenSage Lunch & Learn

- Thursday, July 13th: 11:45am - 12:25pm
- Located in Maryland B
- Comparing Apples and Oranges: Challenges of Event Log Management and Analysis in a Complex Enterprise
- Jim Hansen, SenSage, Senior Technical Product Manager

Internal threats and increased regulatory mandates faced by today's business and government organizations necessitate even greater demand for the collection, retention and analysis of various types of "logs". These logs provide records of discreet events taking place within the context of applications, systems and networks. The correct interpretation of the varying logs is crucial to gain visibility on user and system interaction, as well as to resolve systemic problems and security violations.

Join SenSage for this informative Lunch & Learn program concerning enterprise event log management complexity. This session will introduce some of the key challenges and solutions in creating a unified log management system.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the following:

• data acquisition
• log parsing
• normalization strategies and techniques
• methods of correlation
• issues concerning coverage, performance, scale and evolving requirements

LogLogic Lunch & Learn

- Thursday, July 13th: 11:45am - 12:25pm
- Located in Maryland A
- Selecting a Log Management & Intelligence Solution, Best Practices & Common Pitfalls
- Anton Chuvakin, Director of Product Management

Spend an hour with the Log Management & Intelligence leaders to discuss best practices for selecting a Log Management & Intelligence Solution. Should you build, buy, outsource or combine strategies? What are the ten most important things you should ask your Log Management & Intelligence vendor? What are the best practices being used by the Fortune 500? When should you expect a return on your investment?

Enjoy a complimentary lunch, learn lots and be in the drawing to win an iPod video. All attendees will receive an LMI Primer Kit from LogLogic.