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Find out about pre-recorded or live webcasts and podcasts, and in-person events, that can help you learn about Forefront products.

Business Ready Security Webcast Series

As businesses look to drive growth, they need to increase collaboration, sharing and access to information but must do so while protecting their assets and infrastructure. Frequently this must be addressed in the context of shrinking budgets and increased regulatory pressure. In response to these business challenges and opportunities, Microsoft is taking a fundamentally different approach to security. We call it business ready security.

Microsoft is taking a broad view of security. We believe security needs to encompass protection, access and management, all built around identity and integrated with a highly secure, interoperable platform. This notion of integrated, identity-aware protection and access is unique and central to our efforts. The webcasts in this series highlight many of the products that are helping Microsoft deliver the Business Ready Security strategy. Register to learn more.

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (ILM "2") for IT Professionals

May 19, Tuesday
1 PM to 2 PM PST

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A look at the Identity Manager architecture and components from the lens of an IT Pro. This session will cover common deployment topologies and the challenges they present, best practices for managing the product, as well configuration tips and tricks to help ensure a successful deployment.

Speakers:

Brjann Brekkan

Brjann Brekkan Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Brjann is Technical Product Manager for Identity Lifecycle Manager in the Identity and Security Business Group at Microsoft. Brjann manages content creation and product management around ILM. Previously he spent 5 years working for Microsoft in Sweden as a Infrastructure Technical Product Specialist. Brjann moved over to Redmond with his family in January 2008

Protect IM with Forefront Security for Office Communications Server

May 28, Thursday
1 PM to 2:00PM PST

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Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) is a newly released product that provides Office Communications Server customers with comprehensive protection against malware and inappropriate content. This session describes how FSOCS secures an IM deployment using multiple engine malware scanning, file blocking and keyword filtering. Learn more about protecting IM with the RTM release of Forefront Security for Office Communications Server.

Speaker:

Mike Chan
Mike ChanMike Chan is a Senior Product Manager for Forefront Server Security. Previously, he worked on Internet Explorer 7.0 and security for Windows Vista including Windows Defender. Mike has spent most of his career at Microsoft over the past 7 years on projects such as ISA Server 2004, VPN, and security update management. Previous to Microsoft, he was a developer at various companies including Sun Microsystems, VA Linux, Intel and Trilogy.

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering is now Forefront Online Security for Exchange

June 9, Tuesday
1 PM to 2:00PM PST

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As of April 1, 2009 Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering is now Forefront Online Security for Exchange. Forefront Online Security for Exchange consists of layered technologies to actively help protect businesses' inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations. This session will touch on the integration of Forefront Online Security for Exchange with Forefront Security for Exchange Server for a hybrid hosted and on-premise spam protection and highlight our new partnership with Cloudmark™. Learn about Forefront Online Security for Exchange and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed "Stirling".

Speaker:

Mike Chan
Mike ChanMike Chan is a Senior Product Manager for Forefront Server Security. Previously, he worked on Internet Explorer 7.0 and security for Windows Vista including Windows Defender. Mike has spent most of his career at Microsoft over the past 7 years on projects such as ISA Server 2004, VPN, and security update management. Previous to Microsoft, he was a developer at various companies including Sun Microsystems, VA Linux, Intel and Trilogy.

Closing the Web/Network Backdoor: Using Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 to Create a Safe Web Experience

June 11, Thursday
1 PM to 2:00PM PST

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As employees surf the Web, they can accidentally bring in malware or visit sites that are restricted by your corporate policy. Current security solutions may not be able to detect these issues as more and more Web applications encrypt themselves. In this webcast, we describe how Web 2.0 evolves the threat landscape from the network to the content and application layers, and we explain how the Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 can help make sure Web traffic, whether encrypted or unencrypted, stays safe and in accordance to your Web usage policies.

Speaker:

Bill Jensen
Bill JensenBill Jensen is the Product Manager responsible for the Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server) 2006 and the upcoming Forefront Threat Management Gateway. Jensen brings over a decade of experience in the network security field, previously speaking at events such as the RSA Conference, VPN-Con, and CSI NetSec. Prior to Microsoft, Jensen worked at Check Point Software Technologies.

Introduction to Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) integration with RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

June 17, Wednesday
1 PM to 2:00PM PST

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Companies are facing growing risks of data leaks and increase in compliance requirements. There is a need to protect confidential and sensitive information, while still providing access to authorized users. This session will describe Microsoft's recent partnership with RSA to offer improved information protection, based on both content awareness and identity awareness, through the combination of rights management and data loss prevention capabilities. Join us to learn how Microsoft and RSA have integrated their current products to automatically find and protect sensitive information, and how RSA DLP classification technology will be built into future versions of Microsoft products and platform.

Speaker:

David Hastie
David HastieDavid Hastie is a Senior Product Manager in the Microsoft Identity and Security Business Group, where he is responsible for product strategy and planning for information protection technologies such as Rights Management Services (RMS). Previously he was a product manager for the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server and Live Meeting products. David joined Microsoft in 2003, after working for several years in the Real-Time Collaboration and Electronic Design Automation industries in Silicon Valley.

Protecting sensitive information with Rights Management Services

June 18, Thursday
1 PM to 2:00PM PST

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The business challenges that customers are facing related to the security of their data are becoming more pronounced. With information residing in more places and users working in a more mobile fashion, companies are facing growing risks of data leaks. At the same time, business information must still be accessible to authorized users when they need it, wherever they are. The need for information to be used across company boundaries is also growing. RMS addresses the significant customer needs around secure anywhere access for information, with identity-based protection and policy that spans the entire information lifecycle.

Speaker:

David Hastie
David HastieDavid Hastie is a Senior Product Manager in the Microsoft Identity and Security Business Group, where he is responsible for product strategy and planning for information protection technologies such as Rights Management Services (RMS). Previously he was a product manager for the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server and Live Meeting products. David joined Microsoft in 2003, after working for several years in the Real-Time Collaboration and Electronic Design Automation industries in Silicon Valley.
Cristian Mora
Cristian MoraCristian Mora is the Information Protection Product Manager within the Identity and Security Division. Before joining the Identity and Security Division, Cristian was a Senior Security Consultant at the Security Center of Excellence (SCOE), and had been in consulting roles in MCS for over 8 years working primarily on AD RMS, PKI and network security engagements. He is one of the authors of the AD RMS Offering solution.

Simplified Access and Single Sign-on with Microsoft Code Name "Geneva" Overview

June 23, Tuesday
1 PM to 2:30PM PST

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As the world grows more connected, demand is increasing for easy, secure ways to collaborate across companies and over the Internet using familiar tools and applications. In this session learn how to use Microsoft "Geneva" and the claims-based identity model to enable single sign-on, strong authentication, federation, and the ability to flow user identity between applications, and how to collaborate across boundaries using Office, SharePoint, "Geneva" federation server, and AD Rights Management Services.

Speaker:

Cristian Mora
Cristian MoraCristian Mora is the Information Protection Product Manager within the Identity and Security Division. Before joining the Identity and Security Division, Cristian was a Senior Security Consultant at the Security Center of Excellence (SCOE), and had been in consulting roles in MCS for over 8 years working primarily on AD RMS, PKI and network security engagements. He is one of the authors of the AD RMS Offering solution.
James Galvin
James GalvinJames Galvin is a senior product planner in the Microsoft Identity and Security Division. In this role, James markets and guides development of Microsoft Code Name “Geneva” as well as defines the unified access strategy and solutions. Prior to his current role, James worked on the System Center marketing team where he was responsible for System Center Operations Manager and System Center’s ISV partner solutions. Prior to joining Microsoft, James was most recently in product management within IBM/Tivoli’s security group. Before IBM, James worked at Oracle and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. James holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois as well as a MBA and master’s degree in MIS from Arizona State University.

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