CyberThursday Webinar: Thwarting Advanced Database Attacks

Presenters:
James C. Foster - Ciphent, CEO
Phil Neray - Guardium VP Security Strategy
Joe DiPietro - Guardium Director of Technical Sales Engineering

Session Agenda:

The world has grown increasingly hostile and the motivations for data theft have risen while the resources available to counter fight hackers and data theft have diminished. Now more than ever, databases are under attack and it is imperative to understand the threats and how to protect your organization’s data.

The Federal Government has increased awareness on the critical nature of database security - President Obama’s cyber security initiatives include securing and monitoring sensitive information at the core. Securing the database has emerged as a top priority.

In this session, Ciphent and Guardium will cover the anatomy of the top 3 advanced database attacks and how to effectively counter and safeguard their information.

Speaker Bios:

James C. Foster
Ciphent, Chief Executive Officer

James C. Foster is the Chief Executive Officer of Ciphent. Mr. Foster is a well known entrepreneur and has had the honor of holding executive management roles with several successful start-up companies to include Foundstone (acquired by McAfee), Guardent (acquired by Verisign), and Information Security Magazine (acquired by Tech Target Media.) Prior to his tenure with Ciphent, Mr. Foster was responsible for the business development channel program, vendor management, and global service operations for CSC's Managed Information Security Services and Solutions. As Deputy Director of Global Security Solutions, James played a pivotal role in the instantiation of a business development sales channel program. James has 14 years of software development and security experience to include working as the Director of Research and Development for Foundstone, Chief Scientist and Advisor for Guardent, Deputy Director of Global Security Solution Development for Computer Sciences Corporation, and a Security Research Specialist for the US Navy.

Mr. Foster has gained global recognition for his accomplishments in the IT Security and Software Development arenas, as evidenced by his residence on the Mitre OVAL Board of Directors. Mr. Foster serves as a Contributing Editor at both Information Security Magazine (acquired by TechTarget) and SearchSecurity.com and is a well published author with over fifteen published books, multiple reaching best seller status - to include, without limitation: Snort 2.0, Snort 2.1, Buffer Overflow Attacks, Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding, Ultimate Programming Security Desk Reference, and Writing Security Tools and Exploits. His numerous contributions to print media, coupled with his speaking appearances at Microsoft, the National Press Club, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won him accolades as one of the world's foremost IT Security and Technology experts.

Mr. Foster graduated from Capitol College with a Bachelors of Science in Software Engineering. He holds an MBA, PP in Globalization from Northeastern University and is a Post-Graduate Fellow in International Business and Global Operations from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Foster has also attended Harvard, Yale, and resided in the Wireless Security Research Forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joe DiPietro
Guardium Director of Systems Engineering

Joe has over 20+ years experience in security and network design and implementation. Prior to Guardium, he worked at security pioneer Check Point Software for 8+ years. Previously, Joe was corporate systems engineer for SynOptics Communications (now Nortel Networks) and a member of the company's World Wide Technical Counsel (WWTC). Joe holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, a Master of Arts degree, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Phil Neray
Guardium Vice President of Security Strategy

Phil Neray has more than 20 years of technology experience. He was previously senior director of worldwide strategic marketing for the Symantec Application and Infrastructure Management business unit, and started his career as a field operations engineer with Schlumberger working on remote oil rigs in South America. He has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors) degree from McGill University, where he graduated with distinction.