[August 01, 2019]

Awake Security to Lead Interactive Sessions at BSides Las Vegas and Black Hat 2019

Awake Security, the only advanced network traffic analysis (NTA (News - Alert)) company that delivers a privacy-aware solution, has announced details regarding its upcoming presence at BSides Las Vegas and Black Hat 2019. Principal Threat Researcher David Pearson will lead a session at BSides and Vice President of Marketing Rudolph Araujo will participate in an interactive panel at BlackHat to discuss security and privacy risks and vulnerabilities associated with IoT devices on enterprise networks, as well as how to use packet capture (PCAP)to break down application-layer protocols. Company executives will also be available to demonstrate and show why the Awake Security Platform is the #1 security solution being evaluated by Global 1000 Companies and was recognized as the Gold Best Company of the Year in the 2019 Network Products Guide IT World Awards program, along with receiving honors across multiple other categories.

Awake Security is dedicated to helping organizations understand its true attack surface-from traditional IT assets to cloud, OT / IoT and other unmanaged devices, users, and applications. Attendees at Black Hat will have an exclusive opportunity to immerse themselves in a demo of the latest version of the Awake Security Platform. They will experience first-hand how the Awake platform detects mal-intent and insider attacks that easily evade traditional malware detection and how it responds rapidly and decisively to any threat with full context and forensics, while reducing remediation costs.

Awake will participate in the following sessions at BSides Las Vegas and Black Hat 2019:

Event: BSides Las Vegas
Presenter: David Pearson, principal threat researcher, Awake Security
Location, Date & Time: Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas, NV on August 6, 2019 @ 8:00 AM. Full details can be found here.

Session Title: Knowing the Unknown: Using PCAP to Break Down Application-Layer Protocols
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to reverse engineer real application-layer protocols via a deep technical dive into the network traffic of a common remote access application The workshop will culminate with an example of identifying connections between attacker traffic in the real world.

Event: BrightTALK Interactive Panel
Panelist: Rudolph Araujo, vice president of marketing, Awake Security
Date & Time: August 7^th, 2019 @ 1:30 PM. Full details and registration can found here.

Session Title: IoT Security in 2019: Risks and Cyber Resilience
Industry experts on this panel will discuss the impact of IoT on enterprise security, how to assess the IoT risk, most common IoT vulnerabilities and how to address them, and recommendations for improving IoT security.

EVENT: Awake Security and Webroot Discussion
Speaker: Rajdeep Wadhwa, VP Product Management, Awake Security
Location, Date & Time: Booth 760 on August 7^th, 2019 @ 4:35 PM.

Session Title: Defending from Behavioral Threats Targeting your Ever-Expanding Attack Surface
During this session, speakers will discuss the application of artificial intelligence to discover and classify devices-from workstations and servers to IoT and mobile devices-without the need for any third-party logs or agents. Attendees will learn how this foundational asset understanding enables detection and response of multi-stage, blended attacks including non-malware and insider threats. Finally, speakers will cover how human expertise and threat intel heuristics from organizations like Webroot can be combined with machine learning into an expert system that delivers advanced security skills to your team.

At the show, Awake and SentinelOne will be on-site discussing details of their recent partnership, which provides customers with deeper visibility into imminent threats and more actionable data than ever before by integrating network and endpoint perspectives. Awake will present at SentinelOne's booth #222 on how this partnership enables security teams to act on their conclusions and isolate compromised devices to rapidly contain possible breaches.

Awake will also host several networking events throughout the week including the Hydrate, Rejuvenate and Wake Up Club Awake suite at the Mandalay Bay and a CISO networking dinner at one of Las Vegas' finest dining establishments. To get the party started, Awake is taking over The House of Blues featuring special guest Crowd Theory - the Strip's ultimate party band. The party kicks off on August 6^th at 8:00 PM.

To secure your spot today, please visit https://awakesecurity.com/awake-at-blackhat/.

About Awake Security
Awake Security is the only advanced network traffic analysis company that delivers a privacy-aware solution capable of detecting and visualizing behavioral, mal-intent and compliance incidents with full forensics context. Powered by Ava, Awake's security expert system, the Awake Security Platform combines federated machine learning, threat intelligence and human expertise. The platform analyzes billions of communications to autonomously discover, profile and classify every device, user and application on any network. Through automated hunting and investigation, Awake uncovers malicious intent from insiders and external attackers alike. The company is ranked #1 for time to value because of its frictionless approach that delivers answers rather than alerts and recognized as the #1 information security solution being evaluated by global 1000 companies in Enterprise Technology Research's (ETR) Summer 2019 Emerging Technology Study.

Awake is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA (News - Alert) and backed by Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures. Learn more at https://www.awakesecurity.com and follow Awake on Twitter (News - Alert) (https://twitter.com/awakesecurity), LinkedIn (News - Alert) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/awake-security) and Facebook (News - Alert) (https://www.facebook.com/AwakeSecurity).

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