When:  Thursday November 10, 2011

Where:  Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), 121 NW Everett St., Portland, OR

Doors open at 11:45 AM; Presentation is from 12:00 to 1:00 PM

Topic:  Understanding Virtualization and Control Considerations

The presentation will focus on virtualization technologies that are becoming more prevalent in organizations and provide cost savings and efficiencies.  At the same time, the security of the virtual components is not always fully understood and the implications of the new technology are not always considered when handling critical data and services.  The presentation will provide an introduction to virtualization, discuss the benefits of virtualizing the environment and then provide some guidance and considerations for security and controls within a virtual environment.

Speaker: Adam Shnider, CISSP, CISM, CISA, QSA Managing Director, Coalfire Systems, Inc.

Adam Shnider is the Managing Director of the Pacific Northwest and Western Region Delivery Service Practice at Coalfire Systems. Adam has extensive experience in information security, IT audit and enterprise risk management. His experience includes serving clients in compliance efforts for PCI, FFIEC, GLBA, HIPAA and SOX.

Mr. Shnider has served over a hundred clients by delivering security implementations and audits utilizing information security industry standards for organizations that are implementing cutting edge technology solutions such as virtualization and cloud computing strategies for cost savings and scalability. Adam has also assisted clients in designing and implementing information security programs and architectures for a variety of industries, applications and platforms.