Information security is no longer a mysterious function carried out by IT staff. Rather, it has made its way into the boardroom, falling under what seems to be increasingly stringent compliance oversight. Yet the data breaches keep occurring. Why is this? The solutions to our information security challenges are right before our eyes. Many principles have been around for decades. Yet, not unlike government politics, people often get in their own way when it comes to getting things done with security. In this keynote presentation, Atlanta, Georgia-based independent information security consultant, expert witness, and author of Hacking For Dummies, Kevin Beaver, will explore why we’re experiencing these roadblocks and provide ideas on what you can do to minimize their impact on your security program.

About the speaker

Kevin Beaver

Security Consultant at Security ConsultantPrinciple Logic, LLC

Kevin Beaver, CISSP is an information security consultant, writer, professional speaker, and expert witness with Atlanta, Georgia-based Principle Logic, LLC. With over 26 years of experience in IT and 20 in information security, Kevin specialises in performing independent security assessments to help businesses minimise their IT risks, take the pain out of compliance, and uncheck the checkboxes that keep creating a false sense of security. He has written/co-written 12 books on information security, including the best-selling Hacking For Dummies and The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance. Kevin has also written over 800 articles and guest blog posts on information security and serves as a regular contributor to various websites including TechTarget’s SearchSecurity.com, Ziff Davis’ Toolbox.com, and IBM’s SecurityIntelligence.com. Kevin can be reached at www.principlelogic.com and you can connect with him on LinkedIn and on Twitter at @kevinbeaver
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Session

Why Organizations Keep Getting Breached….Still, in 2015.

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