ISSA Central Plains Chapter
April 7^th,  2017

Central Plains Chapter Meeting:

"The Changing Face of Network Security Management", Allen Hebert, Gigamon

Allen Hebert is a Senior Systems Engineer and Corporate Blogger with Gigamon. With over 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry, Allen Hebert serves as a senior technical member of Gigamon's Field Sales Team providing support for Texas and Louisiana customers. Allen has extensive experience in Network Architecture, Network Management and Cybersecurity design and implementation. Allen sits on the board of the Capitol of Texas Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). Prior to Gigamon, Allen held various senior system engineering positions and consulting roles at Brocade, AT&T, Marconi, IBM Global Services and Motorola. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from St. Edward's University in Austin, TX.

Allen will be presenting on the Changing Face of Network Security Management

In recent years, huge strides in network management have been made with the advancement of visibility tools, application layer filtering, and centralized management, yet many networks are running with the same tools and methodology that were used 15 years ago. This talk will provide an overview of the ISO standard of FCAPS for network management, provide insights of how to best deploy new network security tools, and show the value of a comprehensive network management framework in the field of Cybersecurity.

The challenge for security and performance monitoring of the computing environment is providing these tools visibility across all the areas of the network that need to be monitored. Traditionally, these tools have been deployed inline at the connection to the Internet or in monitor only mode, they are connected to a SPAN port on a switch or router.

Device based management of your computing environment is no longer sufficient, the next generation of performance and security tools require visibility into the packets passing through the network. Employing the use of a Traffic Visibility Platform provides the means to aggregate all sources of network traffic (inline Bypass, SPANs, TAPs, Virtual), sending the right data to the right tool through filtering, cleaning up the data streams by transforming the packet flows and lastly sending the data to all the tools or tool groups that need to see those packets.

The computing environment is not only an essential component of every major energy company, it can also provide a competitive edge and be a differentiator in the industry. The ability to deploy new cybersecurity tools in a timely fashion is key to not only protecting your company from cyber attacks, but also saves time and money.

The objective of this talk is to help cybersecurity professionals, CISOs, and CIOs understand the importance of effective management of the computing environment from a performance and security perspective, and understand how the tools have evolved over time and how beneficial a Traffic Visibility Fabric is to accomplishing their business goals.

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit international organization of information security professionals and practitioners.  It provides education forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. We hope the ISSA will provide a chance to interface with other IT professionals and further your awareness of security practices and technologies.

This meeting is open to the general public with no expectations of membership.

Date:      Friday, April 7th, 2017
Location: Friends University Business & Technology Bld (New Location)

               Corner of Hiram & Maple, Wichita, KS 67213
Time:     1:00 pm until 3:00 pm