BeyondTrust CTO Marco Peretti to Present the Principle of Least Privilege at RSA Conference 2007.Least Privilege A basic principle in information security that holds that entities (people, processes, devices) should be assigned the fewest privileges consistent with their assigned duties and functions. Pioneer to Discuss Eliminating Administrative Rights for Windows Users without Sacrificing Productivity PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- BeyondTrust Corporation, the leading provider of Enterprise Least Privilege Management solutions, today announced that Chief Technology Officer Marco Peretti has been selected to lead a Peer2Peer discussion at the upcoming RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. 2007. The event will take place at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. from Feb. 5-9, 2007. Who: Marco Peretti, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , BeyondTrust Corporation What: Peer2Peer Presentation: "Implementing the Security Best Practice of Least Privilege" Where: RSA Conference 2007 - Orange Room 238 - Moscone Center - San Francisco, Calif. When: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, 1:40 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there Presentation Details The Principle of Least Privilege In computer science and other fields the principle of minimal privilege, also known as the principle of least privilege or just least privilege, requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment every module (such as a process, a user or a is a security best practice developed by the Department of Defense over 30 years ago. It states that each subject in a system should be given the most restrictive set of privileges necessary to complete their authorized tasks in order to limit the damage resulting from accident, error or unauthorized use. This principle takes on even greater importance in today's enterprise computing environments, where properly limiting user privileges can play a key role in reducing both the threat of data breaches and infection from malware. During a Peer2Peer discussion, "Implementing the Security Best Practice of Least Privilege," Marco Peretti will moderate an interactive discussion among network and security practitioners to address the following items: * Implementing the principle of Least Privilege in a Windows environment * Microsoft Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC (User Account Control) The management of user accounts in Windows Vista. Because malware has greater control of the computer when it is running in administrator mode, UAC was designed to enable more users to run their computers as a standard user rather than as ) in the enterprise * Successfully promoting Least Privilege to end users and management. Peretti, an enterprise security expert, has over 15 years experience engineering security solutions. As CTO of BeyondTrust, Peretti developed a dynamic per-process privilege management system to enable Least Privilege on Windows over two years ago. Before joining BeyondTrust Peretti founded SecureWave, an endpoint security software developer, and NeoValens S.A., a Windows security provider. RSA Conference is helping drive the information security agenda worldwide with annual industry events in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Throughout its 16-year history, RSA Conference has consistently attracted the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for conference attendees to learn about IT security's most important issues through first-hand interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. As the IT security field continues to grow in importance and influence, RSA Conference plays an integral role in keeping security professionals across the globe connected and educated. For more information about this presentation or to schedule meetings with BeyondTrust's experts at the RSA Conference 2007, please contact Dave Bowker at 781-684-0770 or email BeyondTrust@schwartz-pr.com. About BeyondTrust BeyondTrust Privilege Manager was the first product to allow administrators to assign permissions to applications and tasks, enabling the security best practice of Least Privilege in Windows environments. BeyondTrust Privilege Manager has won many prestigious awards, including "Excellence in Management of Least Privilege - Customer Trust 2006" (Info Security Products Guide), "Best of TechEd teched adj. Variant of tetched. 2006 - Security Finalist " (Windows IT Pro/SQL Server Magazine), and "Best Product of 2005 - Policy Management" (MSD (MicroSoft Diagnostics) A utility that accompanied Windows 3.1 and DOS 6 that reported on the internal configuration of the PC. A variety of information on disks, video, drivers, IRQs and port addresses was provided. 2D People's Choice Security Award). For more information, visit www.beyondtrust.com. |
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