Amit Yoran has been serving as Chairman and CEO of NetWitness since November of 2006. Prior to NetWitness, he was appointed as Director of the US-CERT and National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security, and as CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Formerly Mr. Yoran served as the Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services at the Symantec Corporation. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder of Riptech, a market leading IT security company, and served as its CEO until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2002. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force in the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team. Mr. Yoran serves as a commissioner on the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and numerous other industry advisory bodies.
Topic:
“Today’s Reality: Living in Compromise to Advanced Persistent Threats”
Abstract: Many of today's network-based, advanced persistent threats evade detection by security teams. Although many organizations have implemented a broad array of security technologies, sophisticated adversaries are taking full advantage of the network visibility gaps that remain. This session focuses on the true nature and sources of today's most difficult threats, and describes solution characteristics, both technology and operations-related, which are required to detect these invisible threats. Mr. Yoran will discuss a strategy that will enable your organization to detect and stop designer malware, zero-day attacks, and non-signature-based threats to improve overall network visibility, and to detect the leakage and exfiltration of valuable organizational data. The session will cover case studies from the commercial and public sector to illustrate more effective operational methods for monitoring enterprise infrastructures and reducing risk at the application and content/context layers by performing advanced analysis of full packet captures.