The Changing Security Threats Landscape

Starts: Thursday 13 May 2010, 3:30PM

Finishes: Thursday 13 May 2010, 5:30PM

Venue: Uni Pub, Level 3, Uni Pub, 17 London Circuit, Canberra

Topic: The Changing Security Threats Landscape - The presentation will cover the following issues:

• Defining 'real time' protection
• Protecting against the 'non vulnerability' attacks
• Protecting against 'zero minute' attacks
• Defining the challenges in regards to security consolidation and total cost of ownership

Bots, HTTP flood attacks, Trojan horses, Worms, application specific vulnerabilities, application and network floods, brute force attacks - they are all out there, multiplying every day. Millions of opportunities ready to shut down, exploit or misuse your business network - resulting in anything from a mere workday nuisance to a national security threat. The motivation of hackers has evolved from notoriety to financial gain. Zero-minute threats have exploded with vulnerabilities being sold instead of being disclosed. Of more concern is a new breed of 'stealth attacks', non-vulnerability threats which do not exploit any software design flaw and go undetected below existing network security radars. And thus, protecting the network perimeter alone is no longer sufficient in a world where boundaries are increasingly erasing and threat sources are rapidly multiplying. The deployment of standard network security tools is no longer sufficient against non-vulnerability attacks and zero-minute attacks, as standard signature protections and rate-based protections cannot detect attacks such as these that aim to shut your network down or misuse your applications.

Presenter: John Dubber, Radware

John Dubber is the subject matter expert for the security solution line of business for Radware is Australia & New Zealand. He has a wealth of experience derived from years working both directly in network and security positions, as well as in advisory capacities to both federal government and the Australian finance sector. His focus on Security, Risk and Business Continuity is further supported by a Masters in Networking.