IDC IT Security & Business Continuity Roadshow 2007 April 30, 2007

May 01, 2007
09:00 Registration & Breakfast
09:30 IDC Welcome Address
09:35 Managing 5 C's
Complexity, Connectivity, Compliance, Continuity and Costs
Vinay Nair, Senior Analyst, IDC UAE - Middle East

The uptake of IT Security and Business Continuity solutions in the Middle East and Africa mirrors the region's rapidly growing markets. Businesses and government agencies are investing heavily in everything from basic hardware and networks to managed services and mobility solutions. As a result, spending on IT security and Business Continuity solutions will more than double by 2010, as organizations seek full solutions that address all aspects of the IT environment from the hardware to the people that use it. Organizations are rightfully being encouraged to develop holistic strategies to prepare the entire organization from external and internal threats and from disruption at any level. However, this approach creates its own challenges, with multiple stakeholders, processes and systems needing consideration.

IDC's IT Security & Business Continuity Roadshow 2007 will explore the developments in business continuity and highlight the crucial aspects of business continuity and security, from infrastructure and storage to software:

* Identifying business-critical processes
* Understanding and quantifying threats
* Consolidation and virtualization: making the most of your storage assets
* Compliance: Embracing Data and Network Protection Regulations
* Managed security services
* Mitigating the effect of downtime
* Application and Web Application Security
* Mobility and Wireless Network Security
* Preventative Security and Intrusion Detection
* Encryption Tools and Challenges
* Identity Theft and Management
* Proactive threat management

10:05 You're in Control: Manage Complexity, Achieve Agility, Secure Your Environment
Mohammed Arif, Product Manager, Microsoft

Every day, IT managers face demands to manage costs, complexity, and compliance while enabling their organization with a flexible infrastructure to tackle new business opportunities. At the same time, they face increasing challenges in securing information and controlling access. System threats are more advanced and frequent – while the workforce becomes more mobile and the boundary between internal resources and external partners blurs.

Mohammed Arif, Server Product Manager, will outline Microsoft’s broader vision that focuses on the convergence of management and security solutions, through which businesses can connect people, processes, and technology to optimize their productivity. Microsoft’s introduction of it System Center and Forefront technologies help companies take action today to create an IT environment that is well managed, secure, and efficient.
10:45 IT-Security –Securing your DIGITAL ASSETS
Gunnar Siebert, Executive Vice President, Secude Middle East

Many laptops and mobile devices are lost or stolen and with this you are loosing a lot of data, which are your digital assets. How to secure them?What are the needs and the situation for traveling or so called “mobile” people? We will show the risks we experience today and what is the right solution to solve these problems with Best Practices, what other companies are doing and the trend in IT-Security. IT-Security must be easy to use but SECURE.
11:05 Coffee Break
11:25 Managing the Business Continuity Risk
Senthil Kumar, Partner, Moore Stephens Al Nisf

In today’s world, there are increasing reasons and threats that affect or disrupt the business operations of an organization. Depending on the nature of business and customer expectations, the consequences of such disruptions vary and are far-reaching. It may affect an organization’s ability to deliver continued services to its customers. Successful organizations proactively build resilience to such threats by establishing a Business Continuity Management (BCM) program. This program enables them to have a structured approach in assessment of threats, its potential impact and the approach towards developing recovery strategies and resumption planning.

Senthilkumar, Partner – IT audit and consultancy services in Moore Stephens Al Nisf & Partners has assisted several clients in developing such BCM programs and solutions. In this event, he will highlight the BCM lifecycle covering all aspects and phases of the program in reference to the recently released British Standard BS 25999-1: 2006 on Business Continuity Management.
11:45 Security Virtualization Technology
Assad Haddad, Regional Director, COMSEC International

As security is moving forward, consolidation is becoming more and more important. Users are looking more toward a virtual security infrastructure that allows them to optimize their investment and offer new services to customers.
11:55 Raffle Draw by TDI
12:05 Summary & Close
12:15 Lunch
13:00 You're in Control
Launch of Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft System Center Management & Security Solutions

Microsoft’s vision for the integration of management and security solutions has been realized through the launch of its new products – Microsoft Forefront and System Center. System Center is Microsoft’s family of IT management solutions that helps you proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize your physical and virtual IT environment. Forefront is Microsoft’s comprehensive line of business security solutions that helps you protect information and control access to your environment.

The highly anticipated “You’re in Control” launch event will take you through a technical deep-dive of these solutions. You will also have the opportunity to avail of interactive sessions with Microsoft experts, receive many giveaways that also include trail software, and partake in an entertaining closing ceremony that ends with a raffle of exciting prizes to be won!
16:00 Closing

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