Most infosec teams operate in a constant state of pressure, making initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion difficult to enact. This webinar will cover tactics functional managers can employ to structure their processes and work expectations for team members in a way that allows individuals from diverse backgrounds, who think differently, to work effectively as a team.

Manually verifying policy compliance is time consuming, inaccurate, painful and expensive for security teams, leading to missed problems that often lead to security incidents. In this webinar, IANS Faculty member Dave Shackleford will provide strategies for policy automation and tools to do it with – specifically how to: ID which policies can be automated. Build strategies for automation that take advantage of cloud-based tools that are...

Ransomware and phishing attack methods continue to evolve, as do protection techniques. In this webinar, IANS Faculty member Chris Nickerson will provide updates on what has changed this past year, including: Case studies from the news: What victims did wrong and what they did right Tools and techniques to use if an initial attack is successful A look at how tactics differ for small teams vs. large teams How to account for ransomware attacks -...

Threat actors have taken advantage of new attack vectors created by everyone’s shift to remote operations. To combat these threats, IANS Faculty member Anton Chuvakin will guide security teams on how to: More proactively monitor for social engineering and client-side attacks using realistic testing tools Enhance fraud detection and monitoring via a more vigorous review of corporate expenditures Use dark web breach lists and publicly avai...

Attacks against video, messaging and document-sharing tools continue to skyrocket. This webinar will guide security teams on more effective methods to beat back the ongoing barrage, including how to: Work with your ISPs to ensure they are providing the proper DDoS protections Determine viability of 3rd-party CDN security support Defend against attacks against VPNs via TLS connections and private AD certificates Pinpoint and adopt new, alternat...

In this webinar, IANS Faculty Member Aaron Turner will provide an in-depth look at the M365 configurations that the Dark Halo attackers used to gain access to sensitive US Treasury communications. Based upon dozens of IANS client engagements, he will provide a framework to prioritize the remediation of Azure AD and M365 service configuration settings to reduce the risk of similar attacks against IANS customers.

Security teams are concerned that their incident/event management needs have grown beyond the scope and sophistication of mainstream SIEM tools. They seek a better understanding of alternative options or major enhancements available in the marketplace. To that end, this webinar will explore: Important changes in the SIEM space, including advancements in how some vendors combine EDR and NDR Alternative to SIEM (example: signing on with an MSSP)...

This regional in-person symposium has been updated to a virtual event and is intended for practitioners from the Seattle metro area. Interest in open source tools to use across security domains in a broader, more cost-effective manner has increased as companies struggle to maintain security programs amid an economic downturn. But before diving in, they must understand how these tools would work in their environment. This virtual symposium help...

This regional in-person symposium has been updated to a virtual event and is intended for practitioners from the Philadelphia metro area. The strongest security organizations move beyond merely reacting to incidents and fighting fires. They are self-aware, recognize their weaknesses and create roadmaps to move their programs from current to enhanced states. They establish a culture of continuous improvement and keep their eyes on the horizon a...

It was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many of us plan, deploy and manage security teams, policies and technology. In this webinar, IANS Faculty Adrian Sanabria and IANS Research Director Bill Brenner review the key lessons of 2020 and look ahead to what 2021 has in store for InfoSec.