Overview

August 18

Today’s ransomware attacks are growing in sophistication, enabling cybercriminals to focus on critical targets like state and local governments and services. Once bad actors make their way into your network, they move strategically to gain access to Active Directory — the "keys to the kingdom" — without setting off alarms.

These types of attacks can be avoided, detected or halted with tools that recognize early signs of trouble. These powerful solutions scan for risk indicators that point to potential exposure or compromise, notifying users of critical vulnerabilities.

Industry experts will join Government Technology and Semperis on Thursday, August 18 at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern to talk about how state and local governments can best protect themselves in this evolving threat landscape. Sign up now to join the discussion and get insights into:

Emerging attack trends
How to detect potential vulnerabilities
Actionable steps to mitigate risk

Speakers

Gil Kirkpatrick

Chief Architect, Semperis

Gil Kirkpatrick is the Chief Architect for products at Semperis, a leading provider of cyber preparedness, incident response, and disaster recovery solutions for enterprise directory services on-premises and in the cloud. Gil has been building commercial products for enterprise IT for a very long time, focusing primarily on identity management and security-related products. He has been named a Microsoft MVP for Active Directory and Enterprise Mobility for each of the last 17 years, and is the author of Active Directory Programming, as well as the founder of the Directory Experts Conference. At Semperis Gil builds products to prevent, detect, and recover from cyber-attacks on enterprise hybrid identity environments. Gil speaks on cyber-security, identity, and disaster recovery topics at IT conferences around the world.

Mark Weatherford — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Mark Weatherford is a globally recognized information security professional with experience at some of the world’s largest public- and private-sector organizations. He was appointed as the first deputy under secretary for cybersecurity at DHS in the Obama administration and was chief information security officer for the state of Colorado and for the state of California under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the energy industry, he was VP and chief security officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, where he worked daily with Congress and electric utilities across North America on cybersecurity standards, regulations, and policy issues. He also served as a principal at The Chertoff Group and was VP and chief cybersecurity strategist at vArmour. Most recently, he was the VP and global information security strategist at Booking Holdings, the world’s largest online travel business with offices and employees in almost every country in the world and whose major companies include Booking, Priceline, Kayak, OpenTable and Agoda.

Webinar

Detect Possible Ransomware and Blackmail Attacks Before They Strike