Threat Predictions 2012
This presentation will take look closer at the emerging IT security threats we are faced with in 2012, ranging from the latest mobile attack vectors to advanced targeted custom malware. Jonas Thulin, who currently works for Fortinet, have spent the last 15 years focusing on how organizations can best deal with the ever increasing risk to company resources by both external and internal IT security threats.
Session2 – Peter French
Enterprise Information Security Challenges
Overview: A window into key Information Security challenges faced in small to large enterprises. With each issue highlighted we will explore the various challenges each point presents.
The challenges we will explore are as follows:
· IT Skills & Knowledge Level – Common problems and risk areas associated with available skills
· Removable Media Control – Malware propagation through USB
· Free Antivirus – Worth every penny?
· BYOD – Bring Your Own Device Security: No Laughing matter…
This information has been drawn from interactions within our client base and has been distilled for a broader audience.
About the Speakers
Jonas Thulin has almost 30 years of experience in the IT industry. He started programming in his teens in 1975, and he has been fulltime employed in the IT industry since 1983. Starting out as a software developer in the early eighties in Denmark, his career in IT has evolved from system designer through data communication specialist, product manager, project manager and solution designer to senior solution architect specializing in security, enterprise architecture and IT strategy providing architectural assistance and IT strategy consultancy to large enterprise clients. He currently works as a Business Development Manager for Fortinet, a leading security vendor. The last 20 years he has been living and working in Cape Town, South Africa.
Peter French is the Enterprise Sales Manager of ESET Southern Africa and is responsible for managing ESET’s key corporate accounts. Prior to his appointment as Enterprise Sales Manager of ESET Southern Africa in August 2011, Peter held various key positions within the organisation since September 2007. Passionate about information and globalisation, Peter has a technologically comprehensive background in ICT Security.
Specialties: Antivirus and malware, networking, security, desktop and server hardware, firewalling, virtualisation, client services, technical consulting and support, project management, solution consulting and architecture, sales, negotiation, mobile software, the internet and its MANY applications and possibilities.
