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SIM's First Week on the Job: Which Events Matter; Q1 Labs to Speak at SANS Network Security 2006 on Training Intelligent Event Correlation Systems.


WALTHAM, Mass. -- Q1 Labs, a leading network security management company, today announced that Craig Chamberlain Chamberlain may refer to:
  • Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure
  • Chamberlain (band), an American indie rock band from Indiana, 1996-2000
, principal security consultant, will be presenting at the 2006 SANS Network Security Conference. The annual SANS Conference will be held in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , NV, from October 2 - 3, 2006.

SIM vendors often describe their solutions as effective, efficient, and robust, yet even with proper tuning the solution most often consumes more time and resources than was planned or allocated. A SIM can bombard bom·bard  
tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards
1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.

2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage2.

3.
 network and security administrators with hundreds of thousands of alerts, many of them false positives. Getting a SIM to deliver valuable and actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action.

An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it.
 information as quickly as possible and replacing quantity of alerts with quality of information are both critical for true effectiveness. Intelligent tuning techniques can transform a SIM from a resource-sink into your most valuable network defense mechanism.

At the conference, Craig Chamberlain will deliver a "Lunch and Learn" presentation on training intelligent event correlation Event Correlation is the processes involved with reducing a large number of incident alerts to a much smaller, more manageable number within automated monitoring and incident/problem management in a Support Management System.  systems to know which alerts matter.
Who:    Craig Chamberlain, Principal Security Consultant, Q1 Labs Inc.

What:   SIM's First Day on the Job

When:   Wednesday, October 4 at 12:30 pm

Where:  SANS Network Security Conference, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas,
        NV


Conference attendees may pick up an invitation at the Q1 Labs booth #326.

About SANS

As the leading organization in computer security training, the SANS Institute The SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Networking, and Security) is a trade name owned by the for-profit Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies. SANS provides computer security training, professional certification, and a research archive.  is known for providing intensive, immersion immersion /im·mer·sion/ (i-mer´zhun)
1. the plunging of a body into a liquid.

2. the use of the microscope with the object and object glass both covered with a liquid.
 training designed to help you and your staff master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and networks. We also develop, maintain, and make available at no cost the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security and operate the Internet's early warning system - the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in government agencies, corporations, and universities around the world who invest hundreds of hours each year in research and teaching to help the entire information security community. www.sans.org

About Q1 Labs

Commanding a unique position at the nexus of security and networking, Q1 Labs is redefining network security management. Q1 Labs' flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , QRadar, integrates previously disparate network and security functions into one solution. This convergence ties the impact of security threats directly to specific business assets and services, reduces acquisition and operation costs and increases accuracy. Q1 Labs' installed customer base ranges from government agencies and financial institutions to universities and healthcare providers. Please visit http://www.q1labs.com or call (781) 250-5800 for more information.
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