CyberSecurity: A Panel of Experts

Join us for a discussion on defense-in-depth as we cover current and specific challenges surrounding cyber security. Learn how data and private information is being exploited and more importantly how you can protect yourself from these nasty threats. This event will feature some of Washington’s best and brightest cyber security teachers:

1. Cybersecurity – Industry Trends and What Can Be Done
Ransomware attacks, security breaches and compliance fines are increasingly making headlines these days. In fact, they are becoming so common that new breaches don’t cause the kind of alarm that they did in recent years. That is, unless it happens to you and your business. In this presentation we will explore industry trends and what can be done to help minimize your business risk. Focus will be with Medical, Professional Services (Accounting and Legal) and Commercial Real Estate.
2. Is Your Data Protected?
As data breaches continue to threaten the safety of information and corporate infrastructure, risk assessment of data is no longer a nice-to-have—it is a must have. Data mapping, the process of electronically identifying and organizing data, can minimize the impact of a data breach by allowing organizations a clear understanding of the location, format, and security level of their data. This process can help organizations to quickly assess, mitigate, and remediate a plan of action when a breach occurs.
3. Protecting Your Data in the Cloud – One Size Does Not Fit All
Ed Kimm, Managing Partner & CRO of Wowrack
Mr. Kimm is Partner & Chief Revenue Officer. Ed began his career in the Internet and Hosting industry back in 1998 with Compass Communications, an ISP. Compass was eventually acquired by, FiberCloud, a data center colocation company. After the acquisition, Ed then joined Wowrack as Managing Partner, heading its Hybrid Cloud Division. “To stay ahead in tech, you need to have a highly sensitive ear to your customer’s needs and push to continually innovate. I often share to organizations I help advise that ‘one type Cloud does not fit all’ and hosting decisions today are driven by several factors. To find success, it’s also important to find a niche in our marketplace. Becoming a solution for true Hybridization on various Cloud deployment models, and interconnecting those technologies, allows us to meet both the budgetary and workload needs of the companies we serve.”
Bryce Matsuoka, President and CEO of Above Cloud
Mr. Matsuoka brings more than 25 years of business continuity, security and information technology consulting experience to Above Cloud. Consulting Principal with more than 25 years of technology consulting and corporate experience within the healthcare, finance, retail, communications, industrial and public services industries.
Bryce has presented numerous times on the topics of Cybersecurity Intrusion Prevention and Detection, Compliance Services (HIPAA & PCI), Business Resilience and Disaster Recovery and Risk Management Advisory Services. He will be publishing an article in Fall 2016 issue of Physician’s Insurance Magazine titled “Health Care: an Increasingly Common Ransomware Target – Data Breaches: A Guide to Prevention and Recovery.” Mr Matsuoka is a proud member of the Bellevue Rotary Club and enjoys giving back to a variety of charitable causes/programs.
Dean Van Dyke, President and CEO of iBridge LLC
Mr. Van Dyke brings more than 18 years of compliance, information management, customer relations, business process outsourcing, lean six sigma, program/project management, manufacturing, and vendor management experience to iBridge. As the former head of Microsoft’s corporate records and information management team, he gained in-depth global business knowledge and the challenges associated to it. Along with his business experience, Dean served honorably for over fourteen years in the U.S. Navy and Army National Guard. During his tour in the Navy, he served aboard USS Tattnall (DDG-19) and USS Gallery (FFG-26). In 1990, Dean deployed to the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield and in 1991 to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm.
Mr. Van Dyke’s expertise includes development of policies and procedures, retention schedules, on and off-site storage considerations, change management, Lean Six Sigma implementation, curriculum development, project management, statistical analysis, team facilitation, balanced scorecards, capturing voice-of-the-customer and evaluation and implementation of technology solutions. In addition, Dean is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, AIIM Electronic Records Management practitioner, and SharePoint practitioner. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota and his Master’s in Business Administration from Colorado Technical University.
He is an active member of his local community by volunteering his time serving on various non-profit boards that advocate for veterans.
About Wowrack
Wow Technologies Inc (est.2001) is an industry leading Hybrid Cloud IaaS. Wowrack’s (DBA) core expertise lies in enterprise infrastructure solutions (server, storage, compute), with specific knowledge and experience surrounding Healthcare and hosting highly compliant, secure Cloud and data architectures. Wowrack designs custom Cloud strategies that will fit within your organization’s specific IT requirements and budget. Services include data migration, Direct Connect interoperability (to AWS, Azure), network and cybersecurity, Private and Public Cloud hosting, colocation, DRaaS backup/disaster recovery and business continuity, and fully managed services where organizations can outsource their engineering and sys admin needs to Wowrack either in full capacity or on demand.

Wowrack is headquartered in Seattle, WA and has seven data center locations worldwide, serving Seattle, Dallas, NY, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.
About Above Cloud
Ransomware attacks, security breaches and compliance fines are increasingly making headlines these days. In fact, they are becoming so common that a “ho-hum” attitude is becoming prevalent. That is, unless it happens to you and your business. Above Cloud focuses on protecting your data, attaining and maintain your audit-ready state of compliance, and governing the technology impacted by such. We provide IT risk management services (consulting, project management and ongoing maintenance) to take away the stress for you.
About iBridge LLC
We are an information management company. Our business is collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to provide a comprehensive and simplified set of results to our customers to create a competitive advantage through interpretation and use. We integrate and develop new technology solutions, provide business process outsourcing services and combine human and computer intelligence for data-mining, analytics and more. At iBridge, customer success is at the heart of everything we do.

We know how to tame data. For over a decade, we have been working with large data stacks helping global companies leverage data to make informed business decisions. The data Tsunami is paralyzing. Fortunately, we know how to stem this tide and turn it into meaningful information to run your business and drive profitability. We have an enviable history of distilling complex information into results.