LONDON, UK: Proofpoint, Inc. has announced its participation at the upcoming RSA Conference from April 20–24, 2015 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. In addition to exhibiting, two Proofpoint experts will lead discussions to give participants a closer look at the evolving threat landscape through real-world examples and case studies.
On Tuesday, April 21, Dan Nadir, Proofpoint’s vice president of Product Development, will lead a session outlining the key facts about social media threat vectors, security and compliance. On Friday, April 24, Wayne Huang, Proofpoint’s vice president of Engineering, will moderate an expert roundtable on the future threats of Bitcoin. Below are additional details:
Briefing Session: The (anti)Social Network: Key Facts About Social Media Threat Vectors, Security and Compliance – Forty percent of Facebook accounts and 20 percent of Twitter accounts claiming a Fortune 100 brand name are unauthorized, and Fortune 100 brand channels experience one compromise per business day. In this session for executives, CISOs and brand professionals, Dan Nadir, vice president of product development, for Proofpoint will share details on social media as a threat vector, including breach causes and protective measures.
Conference Track: Bitcoin's Future Threats: Expert's Roundtable Based on 150 Case Studies – Bitcoin's future threats: what’s real and what’s not? In this intermediate Hackers & Threats Advanced conference track, moderator Wayne Huang, Proofpoint’s vice president of Engineering, will lead the expert roundtable through an overview of key case studies on remote exploitation, mining resources theft, wallet theft, fraud or scam, crime or terrorism, insider threat, DDoS, phishing, coin loss, software bug or human error, social engineering, 51 percent attack and government bans. Expert panelists include Charlie Lee, creator, Litecoin; Danny Yang, founder and chief technology officer, MaiCoin, Inc.; Fyodor Yarochkin, senior threat researcher, VArmour, Inc.; and Kristov Atlas, Bitcoin security researcher.