The Evolution of Network Security, and how Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) enable the Layered Security Era

  • Wednesday, 20 May 2015 3:00PM EDT (20 May 2015 19:00 UTC)
  • Speakers: David Hoelzer, Icaro Vazquez

Another day with another cyber-attack in the news, and more valuabledigital assets being stolen. As a networking security professional, youknow that this scenario is happening with increasing frequency - witnessmajor companies such as Sony, Anthem, and Target being attacked, and thetremendous damage done to them and to their reputations. The securityindustry is under tremendous pressure to evolve and stay one step ahead ofthe relentless new and varied attacks by bad actors, whether individualsor government-sponsored. In the past, the focus was on perimeter defense,and security didn't seem as difficult and complex as today. Join SANS andVSS Monitoring for a webinar that covers the evolution of enterprisenetwork security from the stone age of defending the perimeter, to thecurrent state-of-the-art layered security architecture. In this webinar,we will discuss real world scenarios and use cases, as well as options for\lean forward" security, in order to avoid being the latest enterprisethat finds itself in the news for the wrong reasons.