eSeminar: Cybersecurity and Data: Securing the Crown Jewels (Databases) of your Organization
Government Computer News presents Devon Bryan, director of cybersecurity operations for the IRS and (ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau member, in this recent eSeminar, where he discusses ways to secure Sensitive But Unclassified data and Personally Identifiable Information.

Attendees learn tools, tactics, techniques and procedures for instrumenting their enterprises for known and previously undiscovered sources/repositories of SBU/PII, as well as techniques for securing them.

GCN technology editor Patrick Marshall moderates the eSeminar.

Bringing Better Business Value to Mergers and Acquisitions
Alex Cullen and Glenn O’Donnell from Forrester Research discuss how to properly prepare for major network changes that result from M&A and the critical steps to take the guesswork out of IT consolidation. Practical methods about how to conduct due diligence both pre-deal and post-merger, develop a sound network consolidation strategy and preemptively address potential security and network availability risks will be provided. Experts from Lumeta will present approaches for gaining global network visibility prior, during and after integration processes in order to drive a successful, swift and safe M&A integration.

Independent Verification and Validation: Keeping Defenses Aligned with Policies
Network changes that are intended to increase security can easily cause defenses to become misaligned with policies instead. A properly implemented Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) program enables agencies to rectify this issue before it becomes a much bigger problem. IV&V is a vital step in any large information security project, providing an independent project evaluation by a detached entity that is not enmeshed in project details or assumptions. Lumeta and Intelligent Decisions will discuss how to automate system reviews to save time and costs, quickly identify risks and potential problems, prioritize remediation, and ensure the integrity and availability of systems and data through Network Assurance.

How Vulnerable is Your Network? Performing a Network Health Check
The network is constantly changing, whether through growth, M&A activity, response to compliance requirements, or general operational needs. As a result, it can easily become difficult to keep track of all network assets, as well as any resulting vulnerabilities that arise. In this On-demand Webcast, learn how, with global network visibility, you can more effectively deploy new business services, maintain existing service levels, minimize network security risk, and improve audit performance. How to develop a network risk profile, gain an objective understanding of network risk, and document the operational state of the changing network will be discussed.

Supporting Federal Network Transitions: Maintaining Availability, Security, and Compliance while addressing Networx, IPv6 and the Trusted Internet Connections Initiative
Agencies face numerous mandated deadlines in the move to Networx, adopting IPv6 and in addressing the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) initiative, all of which require complete visibility into network connectivity and behavior. In this Webcast, you will learn about key transition success factors and best practices for scoping requirements and anticipating risk, plus how to assess your organizations’ current infrastructures and capabilities, accurately estimate needed infrastructure changes, and limit security risks.

Networx Transition Best Practices
The transition to Networx represents the largest service migration ever undertaken by the federal government. An accurate network baseline is an essential component of a successful Networx transition. In this On-demand Webcast, Networx transition best practices will be discussed, which include gaining a complete understanding what devices and security controls are on the network - and how they are configured throughout the transition and post-transition.

Preparing for IPv6 - Assuring the Self-Defending Network: Today and Tomorrow
Building a self-defending network to reduce risk through greater automation of information security is critical to delivering next generation e-gov solutions while improving FISMA scores. Yet organizations often lack visibility into network connectivity and behavior required to eliminate gaps in security architecture and proactively eliminate threats. Experts from Cisco and Lumeta show you why measuring risk from a network perspective is an important complement to your existing system and data level security efforts, and how you leverage this information as part of a complete information assurance strategy.

IPv6 Transition Best Practices
Experts from Cisco and Lumeta present critical migration success factors and best practices for assessing readiness and risk. To plan IPv6 migration, without introducing risk into the infrastructure, organizations need an accurate picture of their IPv4 network including network assets, and the connections across the enterprise or between enterprises and beyond. Agencies require network visibility to identify inadvertently enabled IPv6 resources, as well as to determine if connectivity between IPv6 devices and other resources creates vulnerabilities.  Understanding what devices and security controls are on the network – and how they are configured throughout the migration lifecycle – is critical for maintaining security while in the process of IPv6 migration. 

Network Assurance & Regulatory Compliance: Closing the Gap between Policies & Defenses
In this Webcast, Khalid Kark, Senior Analyst for Forrester and experts from Lumeta discuss how measuring and quantifying risk from a network perspective supports ongoing compliance initiatives. Demonstrating the effectiveness of security controls is a critical component of all leading policy frameworks such as COBIT, NIST, and ISO17799 - as well as the industry specific mandates they support, such as FISMA, Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, HIPAA, and BASEL II. In reality, these “controls” are nothing more than the network and security devices that define boundaries and limit traffic. Unfortunately, most organizations fail to measure the effectiveness of security controls based on how traffic moves across the enterprise or between enterprises and beyond.

Network Assurance: The Missing Piece of the Risk Management Equation
Paul Stamp from Forrester Research discusses the importance of an emerging paradigm known as network assurance. Network assurance complements host and device based security solutions to round out the risk management equation by measuring the impact of network change on security, availability, and compliance. Experts from Lumeta Corporation will then present actionable strategies for building a network assurance program.

IPsonar and Network Risk Assessment
Learn how a Network Risk Assessment can highlight network anomalies, vulnerable devices, insecure Internet access, and a network's true perimeter.

5 Steps to a Successful Vista Migration: How Network Assurance Minimizes Business Risk
In this Podcast, experts from Lumeta talk about how to make the most of your Vista migration. Learn how to measure your migration progress against a baseline in order to minimize potential negative impact to your business. Plus, gain an understanding of how to align network connectivity with security policies, learn which network assets can support Windows Vista and Longhorn, and how to deploy and measure group policies in order to support security and availability requirements.