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Date :	05/17/2012
Time :	11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Location :	Maggiano’s Little Italy in Plano
Speakers :	A.N. Ananth, CEO of Prism Microsystems Dean Trumbull, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global DataGuard
Speaker Bio :	A. N. Ananth, CEO, EventTracker by Prism Microsystems As the co-founder and CEO of Prism Microsystems, Ananth was one of the original architects of the EventTracker product offering, Prism’s enterprise log management solution. With an extensive background in product development and operations for telecom network management, he has consulted for many companies on their compliance strategy, audit policy, and automated reporting processes. He is a leading expert in IT compliance with over 20 years of experience in IT-control and operations, and speaks frequently on these topics. He was involved in product development for various companies including Ciena, Westinghouse Wireless and Equatorial Communications. He holds a MSEE from the University of Texas and remains active in strategic product direction at Prism. Dean A. Trumbull, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dean A. Trumbull is a seasoned senior executive, software architect, and US patent holder with over 24 years of experience in both telecom and computer industries. Before joining Global DataGuard in February 2004, Mr. Trumbull served as a Division General Manager for Intel Corporation (1999-2003) developing standards-based hardware and software technology for the telecommunications industry. Prior to that, Mr. Trumbull served as Vice President and General Manager at Dialogic Corporation (1997-1999) developing computer telephony components. Mr. Trumbull began his career in 1980 at Intecom (Dallas) designing software and systemic architectures for the telecommunications industry, and helped pioneer Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technology that was later sold to Cisco Systems. Mr. Trumbull was also part of a successful IPO at Melita International (Atlanta), serving as Vice President of Engineering (1994-1997). While at Melita, he evangelized open systems architectures for telecommunications, developed the first commercially available Voice over ATM computer telephony card, and was awarded U.S. Patent 6,118,763 for transmission of voice over an asynchronous network.
Presentation title :	Threatscape 2012: Finding Advanced Persistent Threats with 'Big Data' Analysis and Correlation
Presentation Description :	Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are sophisticated assaults, carried out patiently over time by professional cyber-thieves who maneuver around traditional defenses, such as firewalls, and anti-virus software, in order to steal valuable or highly sensitive data. But how do you get actionable information that identifies when an APT is attacking your organization? Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald believes that the use of ‘big data’ offers new hope in advanced pattern detection that’s crucial for actionable insight into APTs.   At this luncheon, EventTracker by Prism Microsystems and Global DataGuard will discuss today’s threat landscape and how automated ‘big data’ analysis and correlation can help to identify patterns within existing data to pinpoint unusual or new behavior that may be indicators of an APT.