July 2017 - Next Gen Threats vs. Next Gen Security

Date: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 - 11:30am
Topic: 

From ransomware to rootkits, old school security cannot keep pace with today’s advanced attacks. Learn why these threats work and how to protect against them.

Prevent: stop ransomware before it strikes by addressing the attack methods of attacks used by advanced persistent threats
Detect: quickly and easily detect and isolate attacks
Respond: laser in on critical alerts and address them with simple to understand security intelligence

Speaker: 
Marty Ward, Headshot

Marty Ward
VP, Product Marketing Sophos

Marty Ward serves as vice president of product marketing for Sophos where he is responsible for worldwide go-to- market strategy, planning and marketing efforts for the all business units. He has more than 25 years of software industry experience in marketing, product management, engineering, sales and customer support. Prior to joining Sophos, Marty has had executive arketing and product management roles at McAfee, Symantec, Asempra, Veritas Software, and Sun Microsystems. Marty started his career as an engineer at IBM before moving into engineering management. Marty holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pennsylvania State University.