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Thursday, May 15, 6:30 PM

"Internet Security Solutions"
Jody Gibney, product manager for the Norton security product line at Symantec, will discuss the state of Internet security and potential solutions for users to protect themselves online. Jody will discuss how Symantec combats cybercriminals, identity theft and other online dangers, and will also discuss consumer vs. corporate solutions. She will open the presentation up for questions and answers and will encourage dialogue about the relative safety of the Internet and the Internet security solutions business.  (Note: this discussion will be more vendor-focused than most NAISG presentations.)

Thursday, June 19, 6:30 PM

"Encryption Strategies: Protecting Sensitive Data at Rest & in Motion"
Almost every day it seems there is a new security breach that puts individual privacy at risk. While not long ago governments were trying to limit the use of encryption because of national security concerns, today an increasing number of privacy regulations specifically call for the use of encryption in order to protect data. A growing majority of individual states also have their own privacy laws which require disclosure when a breach occurs and consumer data is not protected.
 
Back in 1992, PGP was at the forefront of the encryption industry and the company is the leader today. Of all encrypted e-mail, for example, the vast majority is encrypted by PGP. Over the years, however, PGP has developed technology that allows customers to protect data almost regardless of where the data resides, whether in e-mail or stored on laptops, desktops, USBs, other mobile devices, backup tapes, etc.
 
Information security organizations recognize that having an encryption strategy to protect data at rest and in motion makes sound business sense. The difficulty has always been trying to integrate a combination of disparate technologies that don’t provide a centralized architecture, therefore requiring a host of different hardware with separate deployments, individual policies, key management and non-centralized reporting. The bottom line with this tactical approach to encryption has been very high deployment and ongoing administration costs.
 
Encryption platforms allow organizations to address encryption requirements in a strategic way. This presentation from Ray Zamagni, Client Services Manager for PGP Corporation, will review key considerations when developing and enforcing an encryption strategy.