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Leading Analyst Reveals Why Anti-Malware Solutions Aren’t Enough

ATLANTA—August 18, 2010—Damballa Inc., the company transforming the fight against
cyber threats, today announced that it will host a webinar featuring leading internet security experts Andrew Jaquith, senior analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., and Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research for Damballa.  The webcast will present best practices for keeping enterprises free from advanced malware infection.

Jaquith will describe why enterprise security investments are overly focused on preventing compromises, rather than on detecting and responding to them.  In addition, he will discuss the key capabilities that mature enterprises need to aggressively manage risk, react to intrusions and restore their business operations.

Ollmann will explain the dynamics of command-and-control (CnC) administration used by criminal operators and the tricks they employ to defeat perimeter defense systems. He will also cover the behavior of these attacks within enterprise networks, and discuss techniques and tools that make it easier to detect and terminate a breach.

WHAT: Keeping Enterprises Free from Infection: When Anti-Malware Isn’t Enough

WHEN: Tuesday, August 24th at 2:00 pm eastern

HOW: Register at http://landing.damballa.com/forresterwebcast.html

WHO: 
Andrew Jacquith primarily covers data security topics for Forrester Research, where he serves as senior analyst. Jaquith has 15 years of IT and information security experience, and his security research has been featured in publications such as CIO, CSO, and the IEEE journal Security & Privacy.

Gunter Ollmann is a respected veteran in the security space, having held strategic positions at IBM Internet Security Systems, the most recent being Chief Security Strategist. He is a contributor to leading international IT and security focused magazines and journals, and is an expert source on security threats in the media.

About Damballa
Damballa stops crimeware threats that exploit enterprise networks for illegal activity by finding and terminating the hidden communication channels used to control breached computer systems. Damballa solutions protect companies from the devastating effects of botnets, advanced persistent threats, next generation malware, cyber crime, and insider threats. Damballa customers include major banks, manufacturers, ecommerce providers, Internet service providers, government agencies, educational organizations, and other companies typically targeted by organized cyber crime. Privately held, Damballa is headquartered in Atlanta. http://www.damballa.com

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