Configuresoft CTO to Discuss Virtualization and Its Impact on Security & Compliance at Forrester Security Forum; Dr. Dennis Moreau Will Outline Technologies and Methodologies Toward Sustaining Compliance within Virtual Environments.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence, today announced that Dennis Moreau, Ph.D., CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , will be presenting "Virtualization and Security Configuration Policy and Compliance" at the Forrester Security Forum on September 8th at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forum focuses on current security best practices, examines impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. security threats and explores the necessary next steps toward building security risk management discipline. In his session, Dr. Moreau will address emerging virtualization technologies and its impact on compliance. "While virtualization technologies hold out the promise of better IT asset utilization, more agile IT asset allocation, and a more secure and consolidated IT infrastructure, they also introduce new complexities into IT configuration policy compliance efforts," said Dr. Moreau. "Compliance must be addressed in the context of both host and guest configuration policies. Policy consistency and configuration compatibility at the application, service, operating system and virtual asset level will emerge as core assessment issues."
Who: Dennis Moreau, Ph.D., CTO, Configuresoft, Inc.
What: "Virtualization and Security Configuration Policy and
Compliance"
When: Friday, September 8, 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET
Where: Forrester Security Forum, InterContinental Buckhead,
Atlanta, GA
More info:
http://www.forrester.com/events/overview/0,9089,1471,00.html
About Dennis Moreau, Ph.D. As a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Configuresoft, Dennis Moreau specializes in the application of leading edge technologies to the solution of complex problems in the Information Technology management domain. His primary focus is in developing enterprise scale solutions to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness for systems management, security compliance and configuration optimization. He works actively with the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ) and MITRE on the development of security configuration policy compliance standards, serving on MITRE's OVAL Advisory Board. Dr. Moreau holds a doctorate in Computer Science and speaks regularly at IT management and security conferences worldwide. About Configuresoft Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 12 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve , Basel II, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. , and industry standards such as ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com. |
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