Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem Summit (CDES) + Top Golf

What is the Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem and why it matters to you? You will explore the current benefits and roadmap. Learn more https://cybersecuritydefenseecosystem.com/

What you need to know about the latest government regulation requirements and how exactly do you and your clients get into compliance as well as stay compliant moving forward? You have choices. Third-party organizations can help but there are also tools to help you manage the process. In this session you will explore the options and some automated ways to help you manage this complex process.

If compliance matters to you and it should depending on where you do business, then this will help a lot!

Staying on top of the latest in data security assessments and analytics is mission critical in risk management, saving time and costs.

This area is undergoing constant innovations as several vendors try to solve this massive problem.

1. How do you locate. identify and classify all of your data, wherever it resides?

2. How do you analyze and classify the various types of data to determine the level of security protection each requires.

3. How do you perform forensics after a data breach to know exactly what and how much data has been compromised to guide your legal reporting, insurance and mediation requirements.

How do you REALLY know if your current security stack, process and people are producing the optimal cybersecurity protection for you and your clients?

How do you choose the most appropriate and effective technology stack with so many moving parts in maintaining the best possible cybersecurity protection?

It's far easier said than done. The ramifications of selecting or keeping the incorrect stack (even one component) might be catastrophic for both the MSP and the client.

Even if you start with the proper technology stack, as solutions improve and hackers evolve, components of your technology stack may lose efficacy and become obsolete. Other technologies may be a far superior replacement.

How can you determine if your current cybersecurity stack is working properly? Do you base it on whether or not you are hacked? Hacked is bad? Not hacked is good? Maybe run an expensive PEN testing service?

Failure in your technology stack can be a ticking time bomb...

To properly understand, you must monitor performance using real-time data. What does each tool's "performance probing" data indicate? How do you find the weak links and gaps that needs to be filled?

New tools are assisting in the monitoring and identification of possible problems in each component of the technology stack. You will learn how to "pen-test" your actual cybersecurity technology stack in this session.

At the end of the day, all channel partners want to sell more and keep their customer longer. Today, you will get the inside scoop from the experts who have done it.

Why is this important? If you conduct some research, you may discover that end-users would seriously consider switching managed service providers if the rival could demonstrate that they can give significantly superior cybersecurity protection.

Maintaining your competitive edge is crucial to customer retention. To accomplish this, you must stay on top of the technology stack, people, and processes, while keeping your clients updated! That requires proper reports to demonstrate what you are doing to keep earning their money each month! It also requires you to continually improve the security posture of your clients and sometimes that may require you to make the case for them to invest more.

How can you deliver the most useful automatically generated reports to your clients? How can you use these reports to improve the security posture while also making the case for further customer investment?

In this session, we will look at how you can use tools to automate reporting and keep your clients happy while improving their protection and increasing their investment!

So many "experts" give advice and what you should do and not do. In this session you will hear from a speaker who has done this before and wrote a book about it.

Learning just one thing can help you save a lot of time and effort. To wrap this up, we will have a question and answer period for you to ask anything.

This is the only part of the event where participating vendors get to each make a 3 minute pitch about their solution. They will all be around for the entire day so you can seek them out to explore further and become a partner.

You will get the "on-mile" high overview of the various vendors solutions and business tools. You will vote for a winner and have a chance to win some cash. Note which vendors and tools seem to fit well with you then meet them in the afternoon in their golf bay to explore further, have a drink and play some games. No pressure!

Exhibitors will be hosting their exclusive golf-bay area to showcase their solutions and do some fun golf games. Everyone will be networking. Drinks and shacks will be available.

Usually, whomever is staying back will end up at the bar or for dinner to carry on the conversations.