The 2014 IDR Summit is officially in the books, and we at FireEye wanted to be the first to say, “thank you,” for making this year’s summit our most successful yet. We brought cybersecurity experts and practitioners from around the world together to learn about and discuss the most pressing cybersecurity issues facing organizations today. Here are some of the highlights:
- Kicking off the conference on Tuesday, Mark Weatherford shared his unique insights on the changing landscape of cybersecurity. To watch a recording of Mark’s session, click here.
- Jen Weedon, Manager of Threat Intelligence for FireEye Labs offered attendees insight into the latest threat trends including shifts in the threat landscape, threat groups’ techniques and the activity’s impact. To view the recording of her presentation, click here.
- Providing an overview of FireEye’s Threat Prevention Platform, CTO Dave Merkel showed how the integrated components of the platform can significantly improve an organization’s security posture. To view the recording, click here.
- With high profile security breaches, the retail industry has recently captured headlines. Jason Rebholz, senior consultant at Mandiant, a FireEye Company, discussed the tactics that targeted financial attackers use and how you can help protect your network. To view the recording of his session, click here.
- Richard Bejtlich, chief security strategist, moderated an expert panel discussion entitled, “Beyond SIEM: Enterprise Security Monitoring.” An interactive session focusing on audience interaction, this panel discussed topics like: data collection priorities, deriving context from events and integrating threat intelligence to improve detection and speed response. To view a recording of this panel discussion click here.
If you enjoyed our virtual summit, please join us in Washington, DC on October 7-8 for MIRcon 2014. MIRcon features authorities on incident response, malware analysis, reverse engineering and computer forensics sharing experiences and approaches to benefit each attendee.
Security professionals can expect high-value networking and peer-to-peer engagement. Participants will see new technology demonstrated and discuss ideas and receive recommendations about how best to defend against and respond to sophisticated attackers. Register for MIRcon 2014.
This year’s summit could not have been possible without our sponsors. Thank you to all of our sponsors: Hewlett Packard, Bradford Networks, Imperva, McKinsey & Company, Guidance Software and Accuvant for helping us make this year’s IDR Summit a success.
