WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --
Who: Charles Kaplan, chief security strategist, Mazu Networks, Inc., the
leading provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems.
What: Kaplan to present during the annual Gartner IT Security Summit.
His presentation will discuss how Network Behavior Analysis (NBA)
systems provide the visibility needed to improve network and
security operations. Attendees will learn how NBA systems
dramatically reduce the time to troubleshoot network and security
issues and provide critical information for accurate network
planning. The presentation will also discuss how NBA systems
enable organizations to optimize their network infrastructures to
support their businesses, secure their internal networks and
maximize application availability.
This year, the Gartner IT Security Summit will focus on Security
3.0, which enables companies to act proactively, reduce the cost of
regulatory compliance and more effectively protect valuable
customer data. The Summit will provide information on how to build
on-target strategies and protect organizations both now and in the
future.
Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
When: Kaplan will present on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
from 12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. EDT.
For more information and to request an invitation, visit
http://www.gartner.com/.
Speaker Biography:
Charles Kaplan, Chief Security Strategist
As chief security strategist at Mazu Networks, Charles Kaplan provides
strategic guidance and support for the company's engineering, marketing and
sales teams. Drawing from 15 years of information security experience, and
participation in developing the security programs at more than 1,000
companies, Kaplan is a recognized expert at architecting, implementing,
maintaining and managing effective and balanced security programs.
Previously, Kaplan was the chief information security officer for
VeriSign Managed Security Services (MSS), where he served as a thought
leader, strategist and evangelist for the organization. Prior to joining
VeriSign, Kaplan founded and led norSEC, a highly successful pioneer in the
now established Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) space. Kaplan also
co- founded and served as CTO for Xevo, a fast-growing Internet software
company devoted to the Application Service Provider industry, and
co-founded and served as lead consultant at Ingress where he serviced
numerous Fortune firms and government agencies, including DuPont, Marconi,
Prudential Securities, The Bureau of Prisons, and The Department of Health
and Human Services.
Kaplan has been frequently quoted in the press and has been a noted
speaker for numerous events and audiences, including IS Associates,
Community Jewish Philanthropists, TechTarget, UNIX Expo, Internet Expo,
Internet World, the Pentagon, the FBI and universities. He also served as a
content editor for O'Reilly & Associates, and had work published by IDG
books. Kaplan's frequent speeches and articles focus on Internet and
network security, threat definition and protection, firewalls and security
by design.
About Mazu Networks, Inc.
Mazu Networks provides continuous global visibility into how users,
applications, hosts and devices are behaving on a network, and detects if
there are meaningful changes from their typical behavior that indicate a
network performance issue, a security threat, or an application problem.
Through Mazu, enterprises understand usage patterns, consumption rates and
dependencies between users, applications and network infrastructure. Only
Mazu offers continuous global visibility; passive, agent-less deployment,
automatic and custom behavior analysis; and superior integration with
network and security products. Mazu's customers optimize their network
infrastructure to support their business, secure their internal networks
and maximize application availability. For more information, please visit
http://www.mazunetworks.com.
SOURCE Mazu Networks, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.mazunetworks.com
http://www.gartner.com
CONTACT:
Karen Regan, +1-617-354-9292 ext.148,
karen.regan@mazunetworks.com, or Carol Lee, +1-617-354-9292
ext.104, carol.lee@mazunetworks.com, both of Mazu Networks, Inc.
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