Interested in securely managing shared privileged accounts such as Windows Local Administrator, Unix Root, Oracle Sys/System, SQL-Server SA and Cisco Enable? Existing identity management tools such as single sign on and directories do not address these identities which are the most powerful and sensitive in the organization. Mismanagement of these accounts may lead to their exploit, loss or exposure, failed audit, security catastrophe, and a long recovery process.

Identity Management for Privileged Accounts includes the following requirements:

• Frequent and automatic password changes of shared privileged accounts
• Never have to remember shared/generic passwords again
• Strong auditing of privileged passwords usage to ensure accountability
• Remove clear text passwords embedded in scripts, and automatically change them

Speaker Bio: David Adamczyk, Director

The new generation of Internet applications is flooding today’s corporate networks, and the focus is on collaboration, communication, and knowledge sharing. This, in turn, is creating a new “social enterprise” where traditional boundaries are disappearing and users are taking control of the network away from IT. Despite corporate and IT policies that prohibit use of certain applications, many high risk applications are still being used “under the radar” by Internet-savvy employees that know how to circumvent IT security controls. Unfortunately, traditional firewalls and related security devices are ineffective in addressing this problem. And as Internet traffic continues to increase on corporate networks, you will continue to lose visibility and control of applications and users. This creates a high risk network environment that can seriously impact business security and employee productivity. Palo Alto Networks innovative next generation firewalls are empowering IT organizations with an unprecedented level of user-based application visibility and control, allowing them to safely leverage Internet applications to support a “social enterprise” strategy that is good for your organization. This talk will explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with enterprise 2.0 applications on behalf of the security professional.

Speaker Bio: Alfred Lee, Product Line Manager, brings to Palo Alto Networks a strong track record in network security product management. Before Palo Alto Networks, Alfred was a Senior Global Product Manager at Trend Micro, where he was responsible for the Network VirusWall product line and all hardware products. Prior to Trend Micro, he was the first Product Manager at Fortinet, where he managed the entire hardware product line, intrusion prevention and URL filtering functionality.

Check Point, who has been in the business of Risk Management for 17 years, and is an industry-leading, pure-play security company, offers a few easy tips on improving your company's security posture without spending a fortune.