Webinar: Defending Against Cyberthreats: Are You Keeping Up?

BOULDER, Colo., May 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy-six percent of organizations around the globe were compromised by a successful cyber attack in in 2015—up from 62 percent in 2014. Smart CIOs and CISOs must strike a balance between threat prevention and detection investments, as both are critical in the fight against today's sophisticated threats.

Steve Piper and Mike Reagan will explore the findings of the 2016 Cyberthreat Defense Report and offer advice on how organizations can improve their security posture.

Piper and Reagan will provide a 360-degree view of the threats, response plans, processes and investments that organizations around the world are making in 2016. This view will reveal the current security posture, perceptions about cyberthreats and the future plans for improving security and reducing risk of today's organizations.

During the webinar, participants will gain:

• Insights into how IT security professionals perceive cyberthreats
• What they're doing to defend against threats
• How security information and event management (SIEM) can be implemented within an organization to increase confidence and decrease the time it takes to detect and respond to cyberthreats

About the presenters:

Steve Piper is an information security researcher, marketer, author, and analyst with over 20 years of high-tech experience. He is co-founder and CEO of CyberEdge Group, an award-winning research and marketing consulting firm serving IT security vendors and service providers. Prior to CyberEdge, Piper held senior-level marketing roles at Sourcefire, NetIQ and Citrix. Piper holds a CISSP certification from (ISC)² and has authored over a dozen books on topics related to information security, network infrastructure, and Big Data.

Mike Reagan, LogRhythm's chief marketing officer, brings a successful track record in marketing, business development and sales management in the security, storage, networking and software industries spanning over 25 years. Before joining LogRhythm, Reagan was vice president of sales and marketing at Vericept. During his seven year tenure, he played a critical role in driving compound annual growth of over 90 percent and establishing the company as a market leader in Data Leak Prevention. Reagan has also held a variety of executive management positions in sales, marketing, channels and strategic alliances at OnStream, Inc., Decisioneering, Inc. (now a division of Oracle) and EMC Corp.

About LogRhythm
LogRhythm, a leader in security intelligence and analytics, empowers organizations around the globe to rapidly detect, respond to and neutralize damaging cyber threats. The company's patented and award-winning platform uniquely unifies next-generation SIEM, log management, network and endpoint forensics, and advanced security analytics. In addition to protecting customers from the risks associated with cyber threats, LogRhythm provides unparalleled compliance automation and assurance, and enhanced IT intelligence.

LogRhythm is consistently recognized as a market leader. The company has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner's SIEM Magic Quadrant report for four consecutive years, named a "Champion" in Info-Tech Research Group's 2014-15 SIEM Vendor Landscape report and ranked Best-in-Class (No. 1) in DCIG's 2014-15 SIEM Appliance Buyer's Guide. In addition, LogRhythm has received Frost & Sullivan's SIEM Global Market Penetration Leadership Award and been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post for three consecutive years. LogRhythm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with operations throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

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