Sponsor: Crossroads
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner, Inc.
Speakers: John Pescatore, Rob Sims
Type: Audio (33 minutes)
"In this current economic climate, U.S. businesses can't afford to give their customers any reason to go elsewhere," said Anyck Turgeon, Chief of Market Strategy and Security at Crossroads Systems. Ms. Turegon further adds, “… a data breach can seriously wound a company's bottom line and reputation. This begs the question, when are organizations going to get proactive about protecting their critical data?"
Join industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Crossroads Systems, Inc., as they discuss solutions for protecting your data at rest, and show you why it’s less expensive to protect your data than it is to deal with even one data leak.
TOP DATA SECURITY TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THIS PROGRAM
- The good, the bad, and the ugly of data security
- How compliance is driving the need to secure data at rest, specifically SOX, PCI/DSS, HIPAA, CA1386 and other state privacy disclosure laws
- A deeper look into the hard costs and potential penalties of non-compliance
- Methods for applying protection to the application, network and device
- Key business technology trends that are increasing the demand for data-at-rest encryption including Software as a Service and Cloud Computing
- Questions you should ask to best protect your data and find the right solution
- Encryption appliances that provide compression and robust encryption for stored data, at wire-level speed, to satisfy regulatory requirements and protect stored data from unauthorized data access, theft, accidental misplacement, or loss
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About John Pescatore
John Pescatore is a vice president and research fellow in Gartner Research. Mr. Pescatore has 28 years of experience in computer, network and information security. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Pescatore was senior consultant for Entrust Technologies and Trusted Information Systems, where he started and managed security consulting groups. His previous experience includes 11 years with GTE, as well as employment with NSA and the U.S. Secret Service.
About Rob Sims
As an international storage and data protection veteran with in-depth engineering expertise, Rob joined Crossroads Systems' development and operations team in 1999. Given his outstanding business acumen, success and leadership, Rob rose quickly to the position of President, CEO and Board member. Rob currently leads the Crossroads' corporate vision and growth strategy. An accomplished speaker and technologist, Rob brings more than 20 years of hands-on experience in IT design, development and manufacturing, operational management and engineering. Amongst his numerous accomplishments, Rob is a recipient of the Technology Industry's 2008 Most Valuable Performers Award and has been honored with numerous industry recognitions including the Stevie Award Top Executive finalist. Prior to joining Crossroads, Rob managed the advanced manufacturing and product test organizations at Kentek Corporation. Rob also managed the manufacturing, engineering and quality organizations at Exabyte.
