How to Protect and Reduce Your Attack Surface at the Edge

On-Demand Webinar (45 min)
With Brad LaPorte, Gartner Veteran

Overview:

Join cybersecurity expert and Gartner Veteran Brad LaPorte for an in-depth exploration of modern cyber attack surfaces and strategies to safeguard your organization. This webinar will provide comprehensive insights into understanding, reducing, and protecting your attack surface, particularly at the edge.

Key Topics:

  • Understanding the Attack Surface:
    1. Examine the evolving components of the attack surface, including cloud environments, edge devices, and remote workforces.
    2. Delve into categories such as digital, external, cloud, internal, and end-user assets, based on Gartner’s framework.
  • Reduction vs. Protection:
    1. Learn the distinction between reducing exposure and enhancing protection.
    2. Explore methods to identify and eliminate potential vulnerabilities while fortifying defenses.
  • Top 9 Actions for Security:
    1. Reduce Points of Exposure: Implement strategies like encryption and micro-segmentation to minimize vulnerabilities.
    2. Enhance Visibility: Gain real-time insights into network activities to proactively address threats.
    3. Unified Security Policy Management: Centralize policy enforcement across all network segments.
    4. Adopt Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA): Enforce strict access controls and identity verification.
    5. Enhance Legacy Infrastructure: Use software-defined network overlays to secure diverse locations.
    6. Integrate Threat Prevention and Detection: Utilize advanced technologies for real-time threat mitigation.
    7. Extend Zero Trust to Devices: Ensure only authorized devices access your network.
    8. Device Posture Check: Regularly assess device security compliance and vulnerabilities.
    9. Secure Applications and Workloads: Implement robust access controls and monitor for Shadow IT.

Benefits of Attending

  • Gain a thorough understanding of today’s complex security landscape.
  • Access practical tools and templates to implement effective security strategies.
  • Learn how to leverage modern SASE and SSE platforms for comprehensive protection.

Who Should Attend

This webinar is essential for IT professionals, security leaders, and decision-makers tasked with protecting organizational assets from cyber threats.

Register Now to secure your spot and enhance your organization’s cybersecurity posture. For additional information, visit Versa Networks to explore their solutions for holistic attack surface protection.