Managing risk and securing information: your contribution to the success of your organization!

We are living in challenging times. Money is tight, and cyber-risks are increasing. As an information security or risk professional, you have a special contribution to make to the success of your organization. Traditional emphasis has been on effectiveness in preventing security breaches and incidents, but the focus is increasingly turning toward the efficiency with which this can be achieved. It might sound like alchemy, but you have an important duty to simultaneously improve security, while reducing costs.

This year's Gartner Information Security Summit emphasizes the role of the individual practitioner, which is becoming increasingly specialized. What should you be doing, and what are the best practices of your peers? The event will provide the information and networking opportunities to help you do your job better.

What's New at the Gartner Information Security Summit?

Practical, Actionable Know-How
In the present climate, your value relies not on who you are but on what you can deliver effectively. This year's agenda features five presentations telling you the "how-to" approaches for effective programs in IAM, DLP, GRC, vulnerability management and your overall security structure.

Rising Compliance Issues
The agenda deals directly with incoming regulatory requirements such as Solvency II, IFRS and SEPA, including cross-border issues and gives an exclusive analysis of how you should go about preparing for other compliance challenges.

Frameworks for the Organization
This year's agenda features a demonstration of ITILv3 for security, a real-world case study of ISO27001/ISO27005 in action and the implementation of a risk management framework.

Advanced Practitioner Insight and Professional Development
Take your organization and your own career to the next level...Let Gartner help you with everything from a full self-assessment workshop, our maturity benchmark session showing global organizational standards and how to advance up the chain, an advanced workshop on risk management and a Gartner guide to how you can make best use of security qualifications and accreditation for your CV.

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Security Challenges Addressed

In 2009 the security team is faced with more challenges than ever - it is your expertise and your choices that will guide the organization round the pitfalls. The Gartner Information Security Summit will help you:

Threat 1: 'Enemies on the inside'
Unsettled times means unsettled employees with access to your data...Your answer?
Summit Solution - "User and Resource Access Monitoring to Improve Security"

Threat 2: Your critical data has gone mobile
Even the US President has demanded his mobile email...Your organization's approach?
Summit Solution - "Secure Remote Access For Non-Securable People: Access Protection in an Outsourced, Contracted, Partnered World"

Threat 3: Tight budgets so make your case
The CIO has tightening the leash can you defend your budget priorities?
Summit Solution - "Report to the Board: Five Practical Tips to Link Risk and Security to Corporate Performance"

Threat 4: Solvency II, IFRS, SEPA...
Incoming compliance requirements must be tackled imminently...Your starting point?
Summit Solution - "Managing Compliance in a Pan-European Environment"

Threat 5: Risk management has been found wanting
When key stakeholders ask, can you prove your effectiveness?
Summit Solution - "The IT Security Manager's Guide to Enterprise Risk Management"

Threat 6: More attacks from more sources
The downturn has spurred an increase in the number of threats...Your response?
Summit Solution - "Protecting the Endpoint from the Malware Pandemic"

Threat 7: Sophisticated and well-targeted
Your high-value data is top of attackers' shopping list...Your reaction?
Summit Solution - "Planning for DLP Deployments for Compliance and Intellectual Property Protection"

This is the essence of the forthcoming Gartner Information Security Summit: over 50 sessions, pioneering keynotes and targeted case studies tackling your priorities, strengthening your tactics and developing you in your role.

Subjects to be covered in the 2009 agenda include:
Risk management, data-loss prevention, identity & access management, compliance threats, web security, mobile and wireless security, application protection, GRC tools and processes and many others.