Knowing your Online Enemy: Breaking down Bots

Thursday October 29, 2014
TIME: 4:00pm ET/ 1:00am PT



 
 

Online enemies are currently trying to penetrate websites for vulnerabilities. In order to retain customers’ loyalty, organizations need to improve their online bot monitoring to prove they are properly dealing with security threats. Identifying these attacks are the first step in solidifying your online security presence. Finding out who your attackers are, how they work, and what they want, is critical in order to permanently stopping them.


What Attendees will learn:

  • What bots are and how they interact on you website
  • Identify risk indicators of online bot attacks and malicious behavior
  • The importance of being able to deal with a bot attack when it happens
  • How new security technologies and products are overcoming these obstacles
  • How to better defend your organization due to an improved knowledge of your online attackers

Who should attend:

  • Security professionals who directly deal with malicious online threats and activities
  • Website mangers who are worried about the content, data, and listings shown on their site
  • Organizations who think they are immune to online bot attacks

 
 


 
 
Presenters:

Rami Essaid

CEO & Co-founder, Distil Networks

Carl Ford

Rami Essaid is the CEO and Co-founder of Distil Networks, the leading public and private cloud security provider that blocks malicious bots attacking websites. With over 11 years in telecommunications, network security, and cloud infrastructure management, Rami continues to advise enterprise companies around the world, helping them embrace the cloud to improve their scalability and reliability while maintaining a high level of security. Rami is a frequent contributor to industry and news publications such as The Washington Post Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, and “Money with Melissa Francis” on Fox Business.

He pitched at the annual SXSW Interactive HATCH Pitch competition where he was named the winner and has since been a regular judge for the competition.
Rami attended North Carolina State University where he studied Computer Engineering. Upon graduation he launched his first company, a mobile communications start-up resulting with him making a successful exit. Rami was recently selected as one of the most promising CEO’s to watch by Under30CEO. His current company, Distil Networks is frequently in the press with their bot blocking accomplishments and groundbreaking features.



Moderator

Peter Bernstein
Senior Editor, TMCnet

Carl Ford

Peter Bernstein is a seasoned writer and professional with deep experience in the communications and IT industries. As a top-level industry analyst, Peter has keynoted major technology events and has been cited numerous times by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Business Week, Fortune Magazine, ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld, Communications Week, among other publications.

 
     
     
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