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Join your fellow Proofpoint users at the Houston Proofpoint User Group!

This interactive event brings together local Proofpoint users, threat researchers, and product experts to review product updates from Proofpoint. You’ll hear from your peers on how they are leveraging Proofpoint and discuss your security-related questions with technical experts, who can help you optimize your investment in Proofpoint technologies.

The User Group will be followed by a networking happy hour, where we’ll enjoy dinner, drinks, and playing everything from the classics, to the newest games in Dave & Buster’s Million Dollar Midway.

At this User Group, we'll be discussing:

  • The latest in Threat Research
  • Proofpoint Managed Services
  • Business Email Compromise & Supplier Risk

Agenda

  • 4:00PM-4:30PM
    Registration
  • 4:30PM-4:40PM
    Welcome and Introductions
  • 4:40PM-5:15PM
    Threat Research
  • 5:15PM-5:30PM
    Proofpoint Managed Services
  • 5:30PM-5:45PM
    Business Email Compromise & Supplier Risk
  • 5:45PM-6:00PM
    Q&A
  • 6:00PM-8:00PM
    Happy Hour, Dinner & Gaming

Featured Host

Greg_Shadle
Greg Shadle | Sr. Sales Engineering Manager, Proofpoint, Inc.

Greg Shadle is the Sr. Sales Engineering Manager for Proofpoint’s South Central Area. He has 27 years of experience in Information and Cyber Security, providing leadership for companies in various sectors, including Financial, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Aerospace, Technology and Retail industries. Greg joined Proofpoint last year, and in this role provides technical advice for cyber security issues for companies all across the South Central Area. He holds active certifications in CISSP and HCISPP.

Featured Speakers

Brian_Reed
Brian Reed | Sr. Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Proofpoint, Inc.

Brian Reed is Sr. Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint. He comes to Proofpoint from Gartner where he focused on a wide variety of topics - cloud security, data security, incident response, insider threats and security awareness. Since 2015, he published over 50 thought-leading research notes at Gartner, including Cool Vendors reports, Market Guides for Digital Forensics and Incident Response Services and Security Awareness Training, Risk Management research, as well as the last two Gartner Magic Quadrants for Enterprise DLP. Prior to Gartner, he spent over 15 years in a variety of business development, product management, sales and system engineering roles, at companies including Sourcefire (acquired by Cisco), HP, McAfee and Internet Security Systems (acquired by IBM). He is well known in the information security industry and has spoken at numerous Gartner events, as well as other industry events globally. Brian also serves as an advisory board member and holds a BA degree from The University of Georgia and an MBA from Kennesaw State University.

Sarah Sabotka
Sarah Sabotka | Sr. Threat Researcher, Proofpoint, Inc.

Sarah Sabotka is a Senior Threat Researcher for the Field Facing Threat Research team (within Threat Research and Detection) at Proofpoint where she focuses on crimeware campaigns and communicating the threat landscape to customers. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Sarah spent four years developing and leading the Global Cyber Threat Intelligence team at Experian, where she was also responsible for leading brand monitoring, threat hunting, vulnerability intelligence, and ad-hoc incident response activities; before that she was a Senior Threat Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Sarah earned a Master’s in Cybersecurity from Utica College, where she specialized in both Threat Intelligence and Digital Forensics, and a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Her interest in threat intelligence began during her tenure as a Cruelty Caseworker for PETA, where she specialized in OSINT collection and digital evidence preservation to investigate Internet-based crimes against animals; she also was responsible for interpreting and communicating domestic and international animal protection laws to support prosecution of perpetrators, and collaboration with law enforcement from multiple different jurisdictions. Sarah holds certifications in both CompTIA Security+ and SANS GCTI – GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence, as well as is a member of the FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association and InfraGard.

Who Should Attend

This event is suitable for Proofpoint customers who are responsible for protecting sensitive data, regulatory compliance, addressing evolving threats, improving/automating security operations, addressing cloud-related security issues, and improving the ability to analyze security data and detect attacks in real time. This event is not open to channel or technology partners.

NOTE: Registration requires a valid email address from your organization’s domain. Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo or any other ISP are not accepted.

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