Creative Associates held a
Cyber Security Event on Thursday, September 20,
2007. This half-day meeting will be conducted by
recognized cyber security experts and industry
leading information security and compliance firms.
Attendees will be briefed on the current information
security threat landscape and will receive guidance
for meeting those threats and complying with
regulatory requirements, including PCI,
Sarbanes-Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
and Federal Information Systems Management Act.
Information technology is already pervasive in the
workplace and almost every aspect of our lives - and it is becoming
increasingly so. With this increasing dependence on information technology,
there is a need to move beyond "react, fix, and patch" and to embrace
proactive strategies and practices.
We are faced with a second growing challenge - complying
with a growing list of regulatory requirements that carry significant
non-compliance fines and penalties. This certainly is a separate challenge:
IT security does not equate to compliance.
Attendees heard from IT security experts
addressing both of these challenges, but they will also be able to interact
with these experts as well as representatives from leading companies in
these areas. Among these companies were WatchGuard, IBM, McAfee, and AirTight
Networks.
Since all work and no play is never a good thing, the
attendees were also entertained by Carolines on Broadway with a special
private comedy show.
This event was of great interest and relevance to
all attendees including individuals in sectors that included finance and insurance, healthcare,
government, industry, utilities, media and communications.
