2022 Q1 Spotlight on Cybersecurity - Ascent Conference

Agenda

11:00 am
Ransomware Risk in 2022: See Into the Wild
Ransomware attacks are increasing but because in many cases the ransom is paid and few details are leaked, the mechanics of ransomware attacks are poorly understood. How do these attacks work and what are the different stages?
Paul Paget
CEO
Black Kite
Watch On Demand
12:00 pm
Driving Situational Awareness in Your Digital Supply Chain
It’s no longer acceptable to assume that the third and fourth parties your business depends on are operating securely. Even if they’ve given you the answers you were looking for in an assessment or survey, can you really trust those responses? Whether it’s a vulnerability in a widely used platform or an exposure through an open-source tool, supply chain security incidents have made headlines around the globe – how can you stay ahead of supply chain threats? Join our session to learn about: -Steps to take for increasing visibility of supply chain threats -Identify risky vendors in your ecosystem -Building an action-oriented third-party risk program
Jonathan Ehret
VP of Strategy & Risk
RiskRecon
Watch On Demand
1:00 pm
Developing a Plan to Mitigate the Risk of Human Error
The risk of human error is greater than ever in today’s enterprise environment. Research shows that there is regularly an overlap in responsibility, where multiple stakeholders have access to the SaaS app settings. And, the majority of data breaches are caused by human error. So how can CISOs overcome these challenges?
Roger Grimes
Data-Driven Defense Evangelist
KnowBe4
Rutul Davé
Co-Founder & CTO
Maxwell
Adrian Ludwig
Chief Trust Officer
Atlassian
Karl Schulmeisters
VP of Engineering
Interactio
Watch On Demand
2:00 pm
How the Work-From-Home Shift Impacts SaaS Security
In the remote-work world, SaaS apps have become an enticing vector-of-choice for bad actors.
Dror Liwer
Co-Founder & CMO
Coro
Watch On Demand
3:00 pm
Container Orchestration is Here, What Does it Mean for Security?
The use of containers to deploy and manage production applications is a growing trend across most business sectors. But with technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, there can be a lot of buzzwords that obscure what’s going on from a security standpoint. What do security teams need to be thinking about as they adopt containers and what are some of the pitfalls they’ll encounter?
Rory McCune
Cloud Native Security Advocate
Aqua Security
Watch On Demand
4:00 pm
Mind the SaaS Security Gap: Moving from Visibility to Observability
Fireside Chat: Even with the best dashboards, seeing doesn’t always equate to deeply observing and correlating data. How do you really observe the potential security gaps in your SaaS landscape so that you can take meaningful, purposeful action?
Carey Davidson
Head of Third-Party Risk Management
OneTrust
Taylor Johnson
Director, Product Management – Security Posture
Tugboat Logic
Watch On Demand

Speakers

Paul Paget

CEO
Black Kite

Jonathan Ehret

VP of Strategy & Risk
RiskRecon

Dror Liwer

Co-Founder & CMO
Coro

Rory McCune

Cloud Native Security Advocate
Aqua Security

Rutul Davé

Co-Founder & CTO
Maxwell

Roger Grimes

Data-Driven Defense Evangelist
KnowBe4

Adrian Ludwig

Chief Trust Officer
Atlassian

Carey Davidson

Head of Third-Party Risk Management
OneTrust

Karl Schulmeisters

VP of Engineering
Interactio

Taylor Johnson

Director, Product Management – Security Posture
Tugboat Logic

Sponsors

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Sponsorship Opportunities

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For those who have never attended one of our conferences, here’s how registration works, and the timeline:

  • We want to create the highest quality cybersecurity conversation possible. To do that, attendees are limited to cybersecurity professionals (preferably) in the SaaS or tech space. If that’s you, please read on.
  • Once you submit the registration form, we do a quick check to ensure that you fit the audience profile.
  • You’ll get a confirmation email once approved, usually within 48 hours ( we have a lot of sift through but will respond to you either way).
  • After that we’ll follow up with your unique login to attend the actual virtual event.

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