CounterTack Executives Addressing Key Market Themes at Industry Events: The Most Dangerous and Emerging Cyber Threats, How to More Efficiently Respond to Incidents, and DevOps

WALTHAM, MA–(Marketwired – Mar 24, 2014) – CounterTack, a pioneer in delivering real-time endpoint threat detection, context and visibility around targeted attacks, today announced its spring line-up for speaking engagements. The company’s experts will join fellow security professionals at several industry events to discuss how to counter the increasing number of cyber threats facing organizations today. CounterTack’s thought leaders will address a number of critical topics relative to the security industry over the next few weeks.

Events will include SecureWorld Boston, the 11^th Annual Canadian Financial Institutions Computer Incident Response Team (CFI-CIRT) Professional Development Day, Interop Las Vegas and IANS New York.

An overview of speaking engagements:

• Sr. Director of Security Strategy and Marketing of CounterTack, Thomas Bain, will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Emerging Threats” at SecureWorld Boston on March 25, 2014 at 1:15 p.m. ET with TrendMicro, Radware, OpenDNS, Checkmarx, Zixcorp and FishNet. The session will address the threats currently facing the industry and what is on the horizon for cyber security. You can visit CounterTack on the exhibit floor at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
• CounterTack CTO Michael Davis will present strategies on how enterprise organizations can turn the tables on persistent attackers by incorporating attackers’ own methods in their security approach at the 11^th Annual Canadian Financial Institutions Computer Incident Response Team (CFI-CIRT) Professional Development Day on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in Toronto. CounterTack is sponsoring the event.
• Davis will also lead a workshop entitled “The DevOps Challenge,” at Interop 2014 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 1 at 2:15 p.m. PT. The workshop is part of the InformationWeek Conference and will address such questions as “Are you really ready to pounce when your company smells opportunity? Or do you struggle to keep up with infrastructure change?” Davis will address the growing popularity of DevOps, how to implement the methodology within your company and tools to make the transition easier.
• CounterTack is sponsoring the IANS New York Information Security Forum, March 31 – April 1, 2014 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. SVP of Sales Kirk Appelman, and Director of Deployment Engineering Wade Lance will present a session entitled “Moving Beyond Prevention: Combining Situational Awareness with Scalable Security Analysis.” For more information about the event, visit here.

About CounterTack
CounterTack’s real-time endpoint threat detection and response platform, Sentinel, delivers unprecedented visibility and context to enterprise security teams around targeted, persistent threats. CounterTack dramatically reduces the impact of advanced attacks, providing real-time, behavioral-based intelligence on attacker activity upon infiltration, so organizations can defend their business leveraging Sentinel’s contextual attack evidence for a rapid, prioritized response.

By combining ‘stealthware’ technology and Big Data analytics, CounterTack turns the tables on attackers, giving security teams and incident responders an advantage over their adversaries to make better security decisions with real-time, automated, forensic-level analysis. CounterTack is revolutionizing how companies defend their endpoints — across the enterprise. To learn more, visit www.CounterTack.com.