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Venafi, United Airlines to Present at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH and NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 06/11/12 -- Venafi, the inventor and market leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions, today announced that United Airlines and Venafi will present at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. The session, titled "Key Management Takes Off at United Airlines for Improved Security and Agility," will provide a real-world case study, best-practice recommendations and cover lessons learned. Speakers will also address the operational, security and compliance risks of poor key and certificate management and suggest remediation strategies. As the world's largest airline with global operations, United Airlines leverages thousands of cryptographic keys and certificates for secure business computing. The use of SSL certificates has grown within United -- through organic growth, new platforms and M&A activity -- at a tremendous rate. Costly events highlighted critical flaws in manual processes, and drove efforts to increase critical system availability. Through thoughtful planning and investigation United has gone from reactive to becoming a proactive force for automated PKI management and security best practices. This session details lessons learned and best practices. Learn more at the Gartner website: http://agendabuilder.gartner.com/SEC18/webpages/SessionDetail.aspx?EventSessionId=1029 LOGISTICS: WHAT: Key Management Takes Off at United Airlines for Improved Security and Agility WHERE: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center National Harbor, MD (Washington, DC Metro Area) Showfloor Theater B Session Type - Theater Presentation WHEN: Monday, June 11, 2012 7:20 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. EDT Visit Venafi at Booth 30. Register to go to the summit online: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/security/register.jsp Visit additional EKCM case studies online: http://www.venafi.com/about/case-studies/ SOCIAL LINKS:Get social with Venafi, interact on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Venafi Twitter: @Venafi LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/venafi YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Venafi Blog: www.venafi.com/about/blog/About VenafiVenafi is the inventor of and market leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions. Venafi delivered the first enterprise-class solution to automate the provisioning, discovery, monitoring and management of digital certificates and encryption keys -- from the datacenter to the cloud and beyond -- built specifically for encryption management interoperability across heterogeneous environments. Venafi products reduce the unquantified and unmanaged risks associated with encryption deployments that result in data breaches, security audit failures and unplanned system outages. Venafi also publishes best practices for effective key and certificate management at www.venafi.com/best-practices. Venafi customers include the world's most prestigious Global 2000 organizations in financial services, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, aerospace, healthcare and retail. Venafi is backed by top-tier venture capital funds, including Foundation Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and Origin Partners. For more information, visit www.venafi.com. Media Contact: Joe Franscella Trainer Communications 925-271-8213 Email Contact Source: Venafi [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |