In 2013, it seemed that not a week went by without at least one announcement of some kind of serious security breach. The year was a massive challenge for service providers who have faced rapidly escalating threats to their infrastructure and the security of their customers. Massive DDoS attacks, SQL injection vulnerabilities and the potentially disastrous Heartbleed vulnerability are only a few examples of major incidents to strike hosts in the past year. Equally disturbing were instances where Drupal announced a security breach of its servers and MongoHQ revealed that a hacker had breached Amazon Web Services S3 storage accounts, gaining access to several client databases.
As hackers become adept at bypassing traditional security walls and increasing sophisticated at evading detection (e.g., The New York Times incident), what role do hosting providers play in finding solutions to these problems?
The solution is for hosting providers to become security providers. Leading security experts specializing in the hosting industry will discuss this paradigm shift and answer questions in an open forum. Panel members include: Hemant Jain of Fortinet, Jeffrey Lyon of Black Lotus Communications, Steven Ciaburri of Rack911, and Vann Abernethy of NSFOCUS Inc., Shay Rapaport of Fireblade, and Piero DePaoli of Symantec.
The panel is the last scheduled educational session at HostingCon 2014, taking place on Wednesday, June 18th from 11 a.m. until noon. It’s guaranteed to be a thought-provoking and lively way to mark the end of the educational sessions. Finish up the day with a networking lunch and make your way to the Exhibit Hall for the afternoon! The floor plan for the Hall has been pretty much finalized — take a look here.
But you can’t do that unless you are registered. Luckily, there’s still time to register for this year’s HostingCon.
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by Frances Krug
