Prioritising Security in a Virtualised Environment

• Security implications of virtualisation – how and where security checks should be implemented when employing a virtualised environment
• Virtualisation is viewed as a viable, cost-effective solution – but at what cost to the security of your infrastructure?
• How to safeguard access to your sensitive client data

Speaker: David Abercrombie, Head of Global Server Protection Services, IBM

• The pros, the cons, the blind spots of virtual computing – encompassing virtualiastion, software as a service (SaaS), storage in the cloud, etc
• New developments and trends to safeguard against virtual attacks
• Pitching the case: virtualisation’s critical role in driving business

Panellists:
Mark Gay, CTO, GE Capital
Peter Koller, GM Enterprise Architecture, Commonwealth Bank
Terry Gaze, EGM Personal Insurance, Suncorp
Eric Thoo, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner

Atul Thapar, CIO, APAC, ResMed

Moderator: Gavin Keeley, CTO, Hollard

• Tips to understanding what should be virtualised and how to best virtualise it
• How to optimise virtualisation in augmenting your data centre
• Cutting costs: how virtualisation can reduce power usage and increase operational efficiency

Speaker: Brett Bennett, CTO, Zurich Financial Services Australia

• Virtualisation as a modernisation catalyst (Efficiency & Effectiveness)
• Virtualisation as a strategic change agent, beyond cost benefits (Disruption)
• Virtualisation as an on-ramp to cloud services (Business Outcomes)

Speaker: Anubhav Saxena, Head Customer Advocacy, USA and AVP, HCL Technologies

• Find out how cloud-based models are emerging in the data management discipline
• Gain insight into the essential practices to effectively link information requirements with your plans to drive business impact
• Learn how you can advance the strategic role of information

Keynote: Eric Thoo, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner

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