NERC CIP Experts to Detail Strategies for Safeguarding Critical Cyber Assets in Informative Webinar
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July 2009 Deadline Fuels Industry Need for Compliance Guidance, Objectives,
Realities and Solutions
POST FALLS, Idaho--(Business Wire)--
Executives from TriGeo Network Security and Earthling Security, Inc. will host
an informative webinar detailing the North American Electrical Reliability
Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) mandate and
strategies that energy businesses can put into practice to achieve compliance
prior to the July 2009 deadline.
The webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET), will
feature expert commentary and insight from Yusuf Ahmed, president and security
thought evangelist of Earthling Security, Inc. and lead security consultant and
project manager at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Michelle
Dickman, president and CEO of TriGeo Network Security.
Ahmed played an integral role in helping FERC achieve its internal compliance
requirements. Dickman has decades of IT security experience, helping businesses
proactively defend their networks from malicious cyber attacks.
Attendees will learn about:
* Potential attacks, cyber warfare and national energy infrastructure safety
* Strategies and tactics to mitigate cyber attacks
* The CIP standards and where they apply
* Strategies for implementing CIP standards and FISMA controls
* The difference between compliance and protection
* How Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) can proactively protect
critical infrastructure
WHO: Yusuf Ahmed, lead security consultant and project manager at FERC
Michelle Dickman, president and CEO, TriGeo Network Security
WHAT: NERC CIP: Compliance Objectives, Realities, Solutions
WHEN: Wednesday, May 27th, 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET)
WHERE: Register at http://www.trigeo.com/register/expert_series.htm
Immediately following Ahmed`s presentation, Dickman will present a live product
demonstration showing precisely how the collection, management and analysis of
log data plays a role in many of the NERC CIP requirements and helps to actively
protect your network.
About TriGeo Network Security
TriGeo Network Security delivers enterprise security information and event
management (SIEM) designed specifically for the needs of the midmarket. TriGeo
SIM is the only real-time SIEM appliance that automatically identifies and
responds to network attacks, suspicious behavior and policy violations. This
award-winning product combines real-time log management, event correlation, USB
detection and prevention with powerful active response technology. TriGeo SIM is
both a unique network defense technology and an "Audit-Proven" compliance
solution that meets the security monitoring and log management requirements
imposed by PCI, GLBA, NCUA, NERC CIP, FDIC, HIPAA, SOX and more.
TriGeo has hundreds of customers across key vertical markets including financial
services, healthcare, government, utility, retail and media/entertainment.
TriGeo SIM has won numerous awards including three SC Magazine Awards, the 2007
Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award, the
Bank Technology News #1 ranking in the 2008 FutureNow List, and the SC Magazine
Best Buy of 2006 award for Event Management. The Company is a member of the PCI
Security Standards Council and PCI Security Vendor Alliance and is represented
by partners worldwide.
For additional information about TriGeo and its products, services and partners,
please contact TriGeo at 1 (866) 664-9292 or at www.TriGeo.com, and visit the
TriGeoSphere blog at blog.TriGeo.com.
Corporate Ink Public Relations
Dan Brennan, 617-969-9192
dbrennan@corporateink.com
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