Don’t Be Scared … Protect Your Data!
In today’s IT landscape, the threat model is constantly changing and drastically. The theft of data for purposes of accessing personal customer information is no longer the main driving motivation of bad actors – they are turning to threads aimed at large financial gain. In addition to attacks aimed at holding data for ransom, attacks can also be founded in political activism with the distinct purpose of data destruction in order to interrupt or destroy business. Join us to learn about these threats and how you can increase the probability of recovering your most critical business data in light of these new threat models.
We will review:
- Overall threat landscape today
- The cost these threats wreak on business
- Application dependency mapping to identify risks
- Assessing current backup infrastructure
- Strategies to protect your backup data where it cannot be deleted or modified
Tony is the Principal Solutions Architect at Bellarmine University’s Information Technology Department. With 10 years of experience he is considered a jack-of-all-trades, assisting with managing the University’s network, security, & wireless infrastructure; server & virtual environment; and designs solutions using PowerShell whenever possible. Tony is an avid technology nerd and race car fan with more knowledge than any one person should have.
Ben Powell is a Technical Specialist at Microsoft, focusing in the voice, video and collaboration space. He has spent the past 12 years working in the UC and conferencing space, including Microsoft, Tandberg, Cisco, and Polycom. He is a Louisville local, but is originally from the Washington DC area.
Mike Erps is the Unified Communications Solutions Manager for North America at AudioCodes. In his role, he manages key alliance partner relationships to ensure alignment of roadmaps in both the short and long term.
Jacques is a local Senior Premiere Field Engineer at Microsoft, specializing in identity and security. He also has extensive experience in Azure technologies and hybrid implementations.
Russell is a Senior SharePoint Consultant at HMB. Having worked in SharePoint for seven years in three different capacities, Russell can answer almost everything on the topic. He is also involved with LouMUG, and wishes to bring SharePoint Saturdays back to the ‘Ville in the future.
Jason Hulsewede is a Partner with Virtual Telecomm and has been in the Technology Industry since 2003. Jason is a graduate of the University of Louisville and lives in Louisville with his wife Kate and two children, Holland and Buck.
Mark White founded Virtual Telecomm in 2004 and is a pioneer in the technology space with building and leading a team to support complex technology solutions. Virtual Telecomm is leading the way with helping clients design and deploy SD-WAN, UCaaS and security solutions that meet the demands of Corporate networks for voice, data and security.
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