Vendor Events

Vendor Welcome Reception

Monday, February 4th: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

This informal reception allows you to visit exhibits and participate in some exciting activities. This is a great time to mingle with your peers and experience firsthand the latest in information security tools and solutions with interactive demonstrations.

During the reception you will see important tools and services in a relaxed environment, providing an opportunity to have one-on-one discussions with technical experts from these organizations. You will also be entertained by a popular local band "Never Say Anything." Plan to attend and have a great time!

Vendor Tabletop Expo

Monday, February 4th: 12:00pm - 1:30pm and 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Throughout SANS Silicon Valley 2008 vendors will be hosting a number of events including presentations, a one-day vendor solutions expo and various receptions. Experience the latest in network security tools, meet industry leaders and share your thoughts on developments you would like to see in the pipeline.

Net Optics, Inc. Hands-On Demo, Cocktail Brief
Title: "Taps in IT Network Analysis and Security Monitoring"
Speaker: Dan McCarthy, Business Development
Date: Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 * 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Net Optics presents an overview on the value and features that are inherent to Test Access Port (Tap) technology and how Taps are used in network analysis and security monitoring. Learn how both IT network and security professionals can share a common point into the network.

Dan McCarthy is responsible for Business Development at Net Optics. In this role he works with OEM's, End-Users and Resellers to develop passive monitoring solutions for customer networks. He is well versed in the entire Net Optics product line and is a frequent speaker for Net Optics.

Core Security Lunch and Learn Presentation

Title: "Efficient Vulnerability Management with Penetration Testing"
Speaker: Tim Byrne- Sr Systems Engineer, Core Security Technologies
Date: Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 * 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Room: Salon AB

This talk will be an opportunity for attendees to see a live demonstration of automated penetration-testing. In just minutes attendees will see CORE IMPACT safely exploit vulnerabilities in a target network, replicating the kinds of access an intruder could achieve, and proving actual paths of attacks that must be eliminated.

Tim is a Sr. Systems Engineer for Core Security Technologies, providing pre-sales and post-sales support and training for the Core Security Technologies Impact user base. Mr. Byrne has over 10 years of experience working with network and software management tools in addition to over 5 years on Software Security Management. He was also a Systems Engineer with Primus, Groove Networks, and Hewlett Packard specializing in Network Traversal and Software Security management.

Join Cisco Security Experts at SANS Silicon Valley 2008!

Date: February 5, 2008 * 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Room: San Jose Ballroom
Location:
Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, CA
1350 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Threat Landscape and Threat Defense Solutions
Presenter: Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist

Kicking off the discussion will be Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist for Cisco. Gray joined Cisco after serving as the Director of X-Force Operations, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS). Gray also spent 20 years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation where he served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Intelligence Division, with responsibility for global counterintelligence investigations. He has investigated cases involving financial institutions, government agencies, commercial businesses and colleges, and universities. He was also assigned to the investigation of the September 11 attacks. He continues to work closely with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the White House. Gray will be providing first-hand knowledge on security threats during this session as he will address how spammers, phishers, worm writers and hackers interact with this new crime element and how you can prepare your infrastructures to stave off these relentless attacks and protect critical business assets. Additionally, Gray will touch on chatter in the underground and threats to our critical infrastructures including voice and wireless networks.

Cisco NAC Deployment and Solution
Presenter: Russell Rice, Director, Product Management

Rice will be discussing Network Admission Control (NAC), first outlining the market drivers for NAC along with current and potential levels of adoption. The bulk of the discussion will focus on the NAC solution: spanning key components, their purpose and role, and outlining deployment considerations. The tail end ponders how NAC will evolve over the coming years as adoption, demands, and solutions continue to mature.

As a Director of Product Management at Cisco, Rice is responsible for the strategy, planning, partnering, and marketing of NAC and the Cisco Security Agent (CSA). With over 12 years in the network security industry, his teams architected Cisco SAFE network security best practice design guidelines.

Cenzic Lunch and Learn Presenation

Title: Application Vulnerability Assessments Using a Non-Signature Based Approach
Speaker: Prashanth Ravishankar, Director of Technical Services, Cenzic, Inc.
Date: Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 * 12:30pm - 1:15pm

This will be a discussion on how application vulnerability assessments can be performed using Cenzic's Hailstorm line of products. Application security testing strategies will be discussed via the Hailstorm web and fat client interfaces. Attention will be paid to using available browser resources to uncover vulnerabilities and handling state during the testing process.

Prashanth has nearly a decade of experience in the security industry focusing on holographic and quantum cryptography, and more recently web application security. In his role at Cenzic, Prashanth heads up the remote penetration testing arm of Cenzic, working to test a variety of applications from Fortune 1000 organizations.