WALTHAM, Mass., June 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black, the leader in endpoint threat prevention, detection and response, today announced that chief security officer Nick Levay will participate on the Dell SecureWorks-hosted panel "Your Earliest Possible Warning System – Understanding Endpoint Security" at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in National Harbor, Maryland on Monday June 23.
Dell SecureWorks' Advanced Endpoint Threat Detection (AETD) solution leverages the Bit9 + Carbon Black endpoint sensor to ensure that its clients have continuous, real-time visibility into all activity on every endpoint and server.
About the Panel
An organization's employees are a threat actor's most desirable and easily exploited target, ultimately gaining access to your entire network. At this panel, you will hear from a panel offering perspectives on endpoint security from Dell SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team, the CISO office, and the IR expert in the field. Visibility into the by-products from keystrokes, contextualized with intelligence is critical to pinpoint exactly where you are compromised and who may be behind it while accelerating incident response efforts.
What: Panel: "Your Earliest Possible Warning System–Understanding Endpoint Security"
When: Monday, June 23, 2014, at 10:45 a.m. EDT
Where: Gaylord National, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Md., "Potomac C" room.
About Nick Levay
As CSO for Bit9 + Carbon Black, Levay's responsibilities include managing the company's security operations center (SOC), setting security strategy, and ensuring that in-house security and threat intelligence functions are aligned with product development. In addition to his operational role at Bit9 + Carbon Black, Levay is a leading voice in the security community regarding best practices for running security programs and implementing cutting-edge technology.
Previously, Levay worked for the Center for American Progress (CAP), an influential Washington, D.C., think tank, where he was director of technical operations and information security.
About Bit9 + Carbon Black
Bit9 + Carbon Black offers the most complete solution against the advanced threats that target your organization's endpoints and servers, making it easier for you to see—and immediately stop—those threats.
Carbon Black's lightweight endpoint sensor, which can be rapidly deployed with no configuration to enables detection and response in seconds, combined with Bit9's industry-leading prevention technology, delivers four key benefits:
- Continuous, real-time visibility into what's happening on every computer
- Real-time threat detection, without relying on signatures
- Instant response by seeing the full "kill chain" of any attack
- Prevention that is proactive and customizable
Thousands of organizations worldwide—from 25 Fortune 100 companies to small businesses—use Bit9 + Carbon Black to increase security, reduce operational costs and improve compliance. Leading managed security service providers (MSSP) and incident response (IR) companies have made Bit9 + Carbon Black a core component of their detection and response services. With Bit9 + Carbon Black, you can arm your endpoints against advanced threats.