October Chapter Meeting

Speaker: Mr. JD Sherry, Chief Strategy Officer

Organization name: Remediant

Remediant is a modernized privileged access company with a focus on stopping lateral movement and ransomware, while keeping deployment fast (single VM, ms per endpoint) and management lightweight (150,000 endpoints with 1 FTE). Remediant can wrap around existing vault solutions or completely replace, depending on your objectives.

We focus on authorization (what you can do) vs. authentication (who you are) for a big reason: it reduces the value of privileged credentials in the hands of an adversary. Even if an attacker is able to compromise an administrator's credentials, they will not be able to use the account to move laterally / steal information / compromise systems.

Subject/Title: PAM Over Brunch: A Weekend Rush Deployment & Using PAM for IR

Abstract of the Subject/Title:

How Privileged Access solutions can and should be used when it comes to Incident Response, supported by a case study of how a Fortune 500 medical device firm rapidly deployed PAM globally and contained a breach - all over a weekend.

Bio: JD Sherry, Chief Strategy Officer, is a seasoned technology executive and is responsible for providing vision and awareness regarding the latest trends in cyber security, risk and compliance. Well-versed in enterprise security and data center architecture, as a former practitioner and CEO, JD has successfully implemented large-scale public, private and hybrid clouds emphasizing security architecture best practices to meet strict compliance standards.

Over the last decade, he has established himself as a trusted senior advisor for the protection of Payment Card Industry (PCI), Health Information Privacy Act (HIPAA) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data. Mr. Sherry interfaces regularly with TV/media/press to provide expert insight on the state of cyber security and how individuals and organizations can adequately protect themselves from loss. JD has held Top Secret clearance and has an M.B.A/IT degree from Jones University and a B.S. degree from the University of Nebraska.