This webinar features two Everforth Apex Cybersecurity SMEs will go beyond what Zero Trust is and explore the keys to making progress with today’s tools. It will be worth a CEU for 6 CompTIA certifications and a CPE for anyone with a CISSP/CISM/etc. certification (see below).
Key topics include:
- What is Zero Trust?
- Paths to Zero Trust in what we’re already doing
- Five ZT moves from your existing toolkit
- Gaining Zero Trust traction and ROI
- Real-world examples
- Conclusion and Q&A
As a Lead Consultant and Practice Manager in the Cybersecurity Practice at Everforth Apex, Derek Mezackheadrick provides subject matter expertise in threat, vulnerability, and GRC spaces within the Cybersecurity solution offering. Derek partners with Everforth Apex’s clients to provide thought leadership and project delivery, as well as assessments of current state, requirement gathering, solution design, and recommendations that adhere to industry standards and best practices. Derek brings 25+years of experience in IT risk, governance, product security, security product research & development, and cryptography. Derek thrives in both technical and leadership, bridging gaps with experience across organization boundaries. As an enterprise developer, Derek aims solutions to automate clients out of today's problems to be able to reach higher security goals. Derek has lead penetration tests and risk assessments against federal, military, and private enterprise clients across several industries. Derek is responsible for 400 intrusion signatures and 2 US patents for security information management and real time threat modeling.
As a leader at Everforth Apex, Ryan Meglathery leverages his extensive experience in information and cyber security to deliver subject matter expertise, strategic advisory and execution, and business/security integration. He ensures seamless integration of security solutions in business operations, helping clients meet compliance requirements, reduce or eliminate risk, and enhance enterprise security ensuring that solutions support business objectives and goals.
Ryan supports clients with specialized expertise in vendor/third-party risk management, process automation and improvement, governance, risk, compliance (GRC), auditing and security assessments. Ryan’s experience spans multiple industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and state and local government. He has served as both a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a fractional CISO across various organizations in these sectors. In his roles as a consultant and security leader, Ryan has led the development and revitalization of security programs, pioneered methodologies and tools for implementing, auditing, and assessing security measures and programs, and delivered executive briefings to boards of directors and other c-level executives.
Ryan has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) for over 20 years, holds an MBA from UVa Darden, and is a former PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and a HITRUST assessor.
CompTIA Certification CEU Credits:
CompTIA has approved this webinar for one CEU for the following 6 certifications: A+, DataSys+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, and Cloud+. Simply use the email confirmation when submitting/self-reporting CEU credit!
Cyber Certification Credits:
CPE credits will be awarded to attendees who participate in this webinar for CISSP, CISM, and other certifications allowing cybersecurity online courses for credit. Attendees are responsible for submitting their own credits for approval. The confirmation email will include all necessary details for self-reporting, including session duration and attendance receipt.