Email is critical. Instant messaging, blogs, wikis, and VoIP usage are on the rise. Attacks against these services are guaranteed to interrupt your business, threaten communication and prevent your organization from protecting sensitive information. And guess what: the threat landscape for 2010 isn’t pretty as hackers continue to equate messaging systems to dollar signs. Securing your messaging systems is about as imperative as it gets. So what’s your next step?

Companies face complicated buying decisions when it comes to messaging security; most importantly, whether to implement an on premise solution, a SaaS offering in the cloud, or a combination of the two. The thought of having all email communication routed over the internet is unnatural to any security professional. At the same time, it is common knowledge that SaaS will reduce costs and overhead and if done right is one of your safest bets to guard against emerging threats.

In this half-day seminar, independent expert Diana Kelley provides an overview of the messaging security landscape including details on the emerging threats to messaging systems, and explains the benefits and pitfalls of implementing messaging security in the cloud versus on-premise. Attend and understand how messaging security SaaS improves reliability, provides robust access control, malware scanning and content filtering. Plus, Kelley clearly explains where encryption fits into the puzzle and how SaaS impacts compliance.

Spend a couple hours out of the office -- at no cost to you or your organization -- and discover:

• Top messaging security threats of 2009 and what to expect for 2010
• The myriad of benefits to managed messaging security from cost, to compliance reporting, to portability, to the alert process, scalability and availability
• How messaging security in the cloud integrates with internal, established identity and access management policies
• Essential questions to ask before you sign: Are logs protected with encryption, file integrity monitoring, and tamper proofing/tamper evidence protection? What kind of reporting is in place regarding access to their messaging systems? Are unique IDs and hierarchical administrative duties in place?
• How to design a compliance-proof service level agreement
• The core functionalities of messaging security technologies: anti-virus scanning, anti-spam filtering, encryption, DLP and many more
• How to factor in the “hidden” costs: Is mobile support included? Archive and retrieval?
• How to quantify the impact of system downtown, exposure and loss
• SaaS and compliance: how to ensure your off-premise solution exceeds all compliance and reporting requirements of an in-house one
• And so much more

And don’t think you are just hearing the theoretical side to SaaS, Kelley concludes with a SaaS-in-Action session where she walks you through real-world case studies of how companies of all sizes are leveraging cloud-based security to improve response time and save money. Additionally, Kelley provides insight into their specific challenges, the implementation process, the results and most importantly the mishaps and lessons learned along the way so you can learn from those who have gone before you.

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About Diana Kelley, Partner, SecurityCurve

Diana Kelley has 17 years of experience creating secure network architectures and business solutions for large corporations and delivering strategic, competitive knowledge to security software vendors. She founded SecurityCurve in April 2003 and returned as a partner in January 2008. Before returning to SecurityCurve she was the vice president and service director for the Security and Risk Management Strategies (SRMS) service at Burton Group. Prior to joining Burton, Kelley was the executive security advisor for CA's eTrust Business Unit where she was responsible for advising customers on strategic security solutions.

Kelley speaks frequently at major conferences, including RSA, WiFi Planet, BlackHat, InfoSec World, NetWorld/InterOp, The Internet Security Conference, and ComDex. She has been quoted in publications such as Information Security Magazine Online and The Wall Street Journal as a security expert. She co-authored the book Cryptographic Libraries for Developers and has authored numerous White Papers and research documents.

About Ron Poserina, US Head of Enterprise and Partner Services, Symantec Hosted Services

Ron Poserina has been working for Symantec Hosted Services since 2003 where he is responsible for the technical presales and client enablement teams within the America’s enterprise client group. Poserina was influential in driving the rapid adoption of SaaS within enterprise organizations during his previous five years at MessageLabs (MessageLabs was acquired by Symantec in 2008). He carries over 13 years experience working for a variety of large and small technology companies in technical roles. Previously, Poserina worked as a solutions architect for a small financial software company in New York City. he also provides technical expertise for the North America Sales, Product and Marketing teams.

About Symantec Hosted Services
Symantec Hosted Services is the world’s leading provider of hosted services for securing and managing email, Web, and IM communications. Over 21,000 organizations and over 9 million end users in 99 countries employ Symantec Hosted Services to protect against viruses, spam, phishing, inappropriate Internet use, spyware and other organization-damaging threats. More information available at www.MessageLabs.com

About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com

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