January 2014 Monthly Chapter Meeting

TOPIC:  Securing Wired and Wireless Networks with 802.1X

Abstract:

Federal agencies and commercial organizations see the security benefit of only allowing authorized  devices to connect to their wired and wireless networks.  Department of Defense (DOD) requires 802.1X authentication to meet the DISA STIG requirements.  Both Federal and Commercial organizations have the need for secure guest access and BYOD offerings.  To meet this demand, vendors have created scalable solutions using 802.1X as the foundation.  This presentation provides an overview of 802.1X and delves into real world examples showing 802.1X deployment best practices as well as additional options to scalably incorporate guest and device access.  

Speaker: Rob Chee, senior security technologist, Force3

Bio:

Rob is the security practice lead for Force 3.  Rob is a double CCIE (security, routing and switching) with over 15 years of experience in both networking and security.  The 15 years of experience has provided progressively deeper levels of technology expertise and higher levels of leadership opportunities.  Rob has leveraged that experience to become a key technical leader for the Force 3 security practice.  This includes building the network security strategy for Force 3 focused on network security solutions that utilize best of breed security products to meet customer needs.   This includes network security solutions concentrated on network protection, data protection, endpoint protection, and security compliance.