IT Summit - Fall
Monday-Tuesday, October 22-23, 2018

SynerComm's 16th Annual IT Conference, at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

Registration Closed

Agenda is subject to change.

Time Activities
12:30PM
Check In / Registration
12:30PM - 6:00PM
Solution Fair Expo
12:30PM - 7:30PM
1:00PM
Keynote: SynerComm Practice Areas Findings and Opportunities for Improvement
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Room: Serenity
By: Mark Sollazo, Lisa Niles, Bill Curtis, Brian Judd, Marc Spindt
SynerComm
1:50PM
Delivering the full promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network
1:50PM - 2:30PM
Room: Clarity
By: Michael O'Brien - Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales
Silver Peak Systems
Next Generation End Point Protection... What's the Real Story
1:50PM - 2:30PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Grant Moerschel - Sr. Director Solution Engineering
SentinelOne
Getting Off the Threat & Vulnerability Management Treadmill
1:50PM - 2:30PM
Room: Serenity
By: John Dasher - Vice President of Product Marketing
RiskSense
2:30PM
Break
2:30PM - 2:45PM
2:45PM
Thought Leadership Roundtable
2:45PM - 4:40PM
Room: Harmony
Adopting Cloud - Enterprise Wide Security Model Planning
2:45PM - 3:10PM
Room: Prosperity
By: John Schmidt
SynerComm
CIS Top 20 Overview with Self-Assessment Worksheet
2:45PM - 3:10PM
Room: Serenity
By: Lisa Niles
SynerComm
3:15PM
A Journey to the AWS Cloud - Key Use-cases & Lessons Learned from the Trenches
3:15PM - 3:40PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Aaron Howell - Systems Engineer
SynerComm
Segmentation - What/how/why
3:15PM - 3:40PM
Room: Serenity
By: John Schmidt
SynerComm
3:45PM
DA 101: Protecting your Domain Admin Account
3:45PM - 4:10PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Justin Gardner - Information Assurance Consultant
SynerComm
Vision/Strategy: Pick a framework and stick with it.
3:45PM - 4:10PM
Room: Serenity
By: Jeff Lemmermann - Information Assurance Consultant
SynerComm
4:15PM
Leveling Up Your SIEM
4:15PM - 4:40PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Kyle LeDuc
SynerComm
4:40PM
Break
4:40PM - 4:55PM
4:50PM
A Series of Avoidable Events
4:50PM - 5:00PM
Room: Serenity
By: SynerComm Center of Excellence Investigative Team
SynerComm
5:00PM
Keynote: Industry 4.0 and SmartOffice of the Future
5:00PM - 5:45PM
Room: Serenity
By: Dr. Bill Mitchell, Todd McLees - Foxconn VP - Business Operations, Strategic Partner to Foxconn
Foxconn
5:30PM
Food & Refreshments
5:30PM - 7:30PM
7:30PM End
Time Activities
7:30AM
Solution Fair Expo
7:30AM - 3:25PM
8:15AM
Keynote: SynerComm Practice Areas Findings and Opportunities for Improvement - Part I
8:15AM - 8:30AM
Room: Serenity
By: Mark Sollazo - President, CEO
SynerComm
8:30AM
Keynote: Emerging Tech Trends: AI and TechLash and 5G... Oh my!
8:30AM - 9:25AM
Room: Serenity
By: Karl Gouverneur - Vice President Digital Workplace, Corporate Solutions and Head of Digital Innovation
Northwestern Mutual
9:30AM
Keynote: SynerComm Practice Areas Findings and Opportunities for Improvement - Part II
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Room: Serenity
By: Lisa Niles, Bill Curtis, Brian Judd, Marc Spindt
SynerComm
10:00AM
Break
10:00AM - 10:15AM
10:15AM
Securing Applications & Workloads for Public Cloud & Hybrid Deployments for AWS, Azure and GCP
10:15AM - 10:55AM
Room: Clarity
By: Tom McKenzie - Cloud Security Specialist
Barracuda Networks
Visibility and Control of Cloud Applications
10:15AM - 10:55AM
Room: Harmony
By: Darren Mehl - Principal Sales Engineer, CISSP, AWS CSAA
Forcepoint
Deception Technology, Luxury Item or Life Line?
10:15AM - 10:55AM
Room: Serenity
By: Gregg Kalman - AVP Sales North Central
Attivo Networks
11:00AM
The DNA of trust & of avoidance. Our greatest threats to security!
11:00AM - 11:40AM
Room: Clarity
By: Eddie Doyle - Head of New Customer Engagement
Check Point
Dark Web 101: What Every Security Professional Should Know
11:00AM - 11:40AM
Room: Harmony
By: Troy Dixler - Territory Manager
Intsights
The 1/10/60 Minute Challenge: A Framework for Stopping Breaches Faster with EDR
11:00AM - 11:40AM
Room: Serenity
By: Scott Taschler - Director of Product Marketing
CrowdStrike
11:45AM
Lunch
11:45AM - 1:00PM
Room: Woodland Dreams Ballroom
1:00PM
5 Steps to Network Automation
1:00PM - 1:40PM
Room: Clarity
By: Derick Winkworth - Product Marketing Engineer
Juniper Networks
TCVM: A New Approach to Targeting Risk with Context-Aware Vulnerability Management
1:00PM - 1:40PM
Room: Harmony
By: David Anteliz - Senior Sales Manager
Skybox Security
Today's Malware Stealth Techniques and How to Prevent Them
1:00PM - 1:40PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Dan Wolff - Director of Endpoint Product Marketing
Bitdefender
Post Ransomware Crisis: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned to Protect Your Organization
1:00PM - 1:40PM
Room: Serenity
By: Christopher Kudulis - Systems Engineer
Forescout
1:45PM
Vision/Strategy: Pick a framework and stick with it.
1:45PM - 2:10PM
Room: Clarity
By: Jeff Lemmermann
SynerComm
Adopting Cloud - Enterprise Wide Security Model Planning
1:45PM - 2:10PM
Room: Harmony
By: John Schmidt
SynerComm
Tweaking and Tuning your Infrastructure: Use what you have, better.
1:45PM - 2:10PM
Room: Prosperity
By: James Murphy
SynerComm
CIS Top 20 Overview with Self-Assessment Worksheet
1:45PM - 2:10PM
Room: Serenity
By: Lisa Niles
SynerComm
2:15PM
Gauging your information security program: Top N effectiveness measures
2:15PM - 2:40PM
Room: Clarity
By: Bill Curtis - Managing Consultant of Information Assurance
SynerComm
A Journey to the AWS Cloud - Key Use-cases & Lessons Learned from the Trenches
2:15PM - 2:40PM
Room: Harmony
By: Aaron Howell - Systems Engineer
SynerComm
If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It
2:15PM - 2:40PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Ron Gustafson
SynerComm
Plugging the Leaks: Resurrecting DLP
2:15PM - 2:40PM
Room: Serenity
By: John Schmidt
SynerComm
2:40PM
Break
2:40PM - 3:00PM
3:00PM
Eureka, I Secured IT! - Information Security Fools Gold
3:00PM - 3:25PM
Room: Clarity
By: Jeff Lemmermann
SynerComm
Risk Assessment: Identify and Prioritize Information Systems Risks
3:00PM - 3:25PM
Room: Harmony
By: Bill Curtis - Managing Consultant of Information Assurance
SynerComm
Operation: Treat your IT like cattle, not like pets.
3:00PM - 3:25PM
Room: Prosperity
By: Marc Spindt
SynerComm
Segmentation: What/why/how
3:00PM - 3:25PM
Room: Serenity
By: John Schmidt
SynerComm
3:30PM
SOARing to New Heights: Now you SIEM, now you don't.
3:30PM - 3:55PM
Room: Clarity
By: Marc Spindt
SynerComm
Adversary Simulation: Combining the Best of Audit and Penetration Testing
3:30PM - 3:55PM
Room: Harmony
By: Brian Judd - VP Information Assurance
SynerComm
Identity Management: Critical Security Control OSI Layer 8
3:30PM - 3:55PM
Room: Inspire
By: Lisa Niles
SynerComm
Securing your SDLC: It's time to catch up
3:30PM - 3:55PM
Room: Prosperity
By: William Kiley - Managing Consultant of DevSecOps
SynerComm
4:00PM
Keynote: Closing Remarks, Q&A, and Raffle
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Room: Serenity
5:00PM End