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is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for
their presentation is provided or available."
Thomas Mann, 1896
A Business Forum Round Table Luncheon
The Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel
in Costa Mesa, California
Information Security
With Experts provided
by:
Cisco Systems,
Inc.

Those accepting our invitation
to attend included:
Director of Information Protection -
Automobile Club of
Southern California *
Information Protection Analyst
- Automobile Club of
Southern California *
Information Technology Corporate Audit Manager -
WestCorp, Inc. *
Chief Network Architect -
Navigant International
Corporation *
Information Security Officer -
Pacific Life Insurance
Company *
Senior Technical Consultant
Experian *
Senior Security Engineer �
Experian *
Manager of Information Security
- Experian *
Director Information Systems -
Garden Grove Unified School District *
Information Technology Manager
- Clarion Corporation of
America *
President/CEO -
E-Novative, Inc. *
President -
Federal Technology
Solutions, Inc.
Chief Technology Officer -
CKE Restaurants, Inc.*
President -
Gordon W Moore &
Associates *
Director of Risk Management -
Remedy Temp, Inc. *
Senior Principle Systems Engineer -
Thales Raytheon
Systems Corporation *
Executive Director of Information Technology -
Orange County
Department of Education
Information Services Manager -
Rancho Santiago
Community College District
Contact
for further Information:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Kevin Flynn
Senior Security Manager
408-526-6877
[email protected]
For the
benefit of those of our members and supporters who could not attend the meeting we present the following white papers, with contacts
Cisco
Threat Defense System Guide
How to Provide
Effective Worm Mitigation
Contributed by Cisco
Systems, Inc.
The network today is a critical business asset. It not only allows the smooth
running of business applications, it also enables the easy delivery of data,
voice, and video. As a result, companies are increasingly concerned with keeping
their network running and applications online while protecting one of their most
critical assets — their information. In order to protect your business, you need
to protect your network. In recent years, not only has the number of
network and computer attacks been on the rise, but also the level of complexity
and sophistication with which they strike. The most commonplace and perhaps most
damaging of these attacks are called “worms.”
Building a Self-Defending Network
Contributed by Cisco
Systems, Inc.
Increasingly,
mission-critical business applications and services are deployed on open
networks with substantial connections to the public Internet. Without
appropriate security policies, processes, and products, Internet connectivity
can compromise the very gains in productivity that help make today’s
companies more profitable and that enable them to serve a larger and more
diverse customer base. Security
enables enterprises to confidently extend the network to customers, partners,
and remote/mobile employees, thus increasing revenues sources, efficiency of
business processes and employee productivity.
In
some industries, data privacy and the threat of litigation has become a
government mandate. U.S. healthcare providers must comply with the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), U.S. financial services
providers are governed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and U.K. companies must
adhere to the Turnbull Report on Internal Control for public companies, as
well as the Data Protection Act of 1995.
Technology Best
Practices for Endpoint Security
Contributed by Cisco
Systems, Inc.
As technologies such as high-speed networks,
switching, and end-to-end encryption are more widely adopted, providing desired
security at the network level becomes a major challenge. One important place to
enforce security is at the endpoint, where data resides and the potential for
damage is greatest. Today, businesses are confronted with the availability of
several point products, each attempting to solve a part of the endpoint security
problem. These include distributed personal firewalls for protection against
network-borne threats, antivirus scanners for detection of file-based threats,
and audit or integrity products for detection of malicious configuration
activity. These technologies do not address new attacks that are carried over
existing protocols to attack applications, or new content-based attacks that
attack systems before vendors are able to release and distribute signatures and
other responses. This document outlines the technology best practices for
endpoint security solutions, to help organizations make informed decisions when
choosing endpoint security products.
Network Admission Control
Contributed by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Network
Admission Control (NAC), an industry initiative sponsored by Cisco Systems, uses
the network infrastructure to enforce security policy compliance on all devices
seeking to access network computing resources, thereby limiting damage from
viruses and worms. Using NAC,
organizations can provide network access to endpoint devices such as PCs, PDAs,
and servers that are verified to be fully compliant with established security
policy. NAC can also identify noncompliant devices and deny them access, place
them in a quarantined area, or give them restricted access to computing
resources. NAC is part of
the Cisco Self-Defending Network. Its goal is to create greater intelligence in
the network to automatically identify, prevent, and adapt to security threats.
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