Technical Sessions
(Please note - February
2012: These are the sessions we presented at the September,
2011 conference; we'll start listing the 2012 sessions in a few
months.)
You can choose to
attend whichever Technical Sessions you wish, from any group. As we get closer to the conference, we'll specify
a specific schedule for these sessions.
Group 1: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Beginner Track
Group 2: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Intermediate Track
Group 3: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Advanced Track
Group 4: Technical Presentations By
CPUG/OPSEC Partners
Group 5: We Help Each Other Out
Group 1: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Beginner Track:
___101 Introducing Version R75: What's New and What's
Different
| "A Look at the Current Major Release"
Tobias Mauer will walk through Version R75 and discuss
what's new and what's different.
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter:
Tobias Mauer,
CPEPE, Support Engineer, Trainer and Consultant at
ComputerLinks GmbH Germany |
___102 Check Point Road Map Analysis
| "What to Expect From Check Point and How
Close is It to Our Needs?"
Valeri will give feedback and analysis of Check
Point's new products and features and will discuss the
Road Map of future developments. He analyze how
these developments fit the field's needs and
expectations.
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
___103 Defending Your Website and Online Reputation
Against a Determined Extortionist
| "How To Protect Yourself and Your Websites
Against a Determined Stalker and Extortionist"
Barry will discuss the history of the internet stalker
and extortionist who's been attacking CPUG and other
websites for five years and the various defenses used.
This talk will cover a wide range of topics, including:
- The Abnormal Psychology of the Internet Stalker
and Extortionist
- Internet Defenses for a Public Discussion Board
and Online Reputation
- Strengths and Failures of the U.S. Civil and
Criminal Legal System
Duration: 60 minutes Presenter:
Barry Stiefel, CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+, Founder and
Administrator of
CPUG and owner of
Information
Engine, Inc. in San Francisco On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "Barry
J. Stiefel" |
___104 Introduction to Endpoint Security E80
| "A look at the software with some guidelines
on how to use it and where some tricky parts are which
you should know about." After a long waiting
period Check Point finally released the software which
was known as 'Ben Gurion'. Ben Gurion delivers ONE
Management to provide ONE client.
We will have a look at this software.
Duration: 120 minutes Presenter:
Tobias Mauer,
CPEPE, Support Engineer, Trainer and Consultant at
ComputerLinks GmbH Germany |
___105 IPv6 Opportunities
| "You Know It's Coming" We are
rapidly running out of IPv4 IP addresses. With
over a decade of improvements and refinements behind it,
IPv6 will soon start working its way into every network
administrator's life. In this presentation, Silvia
Hagen will explain this new addressing scheme and answer
some common questions:
- Why do we want to change away from IPv4, which
appears to be working fine?
- How does IPv6 differ from IPv4?
- Who is already starting to use IPv6 (countries,
industries, networks)?
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter: Silvia Hagen, CEO of
Sunny Connection AG in Switzerland |
Plus more presentations to be announced shortly!
Group 2: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Intermediate Track:
___201 Application Control: Overview, Analysis, Criticism
| "What Is Application Control and How Do We
Make the Best Use of It?" Overview of
Application Control Blade Functionality: Expectations,
Reality, and Limitations.
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
___202 Disaster Recovery In Version R75: Six
Methods Demonstrated
| "Live Explanation and Demonstration of
Disaster Recovery In Version R75"
Using our old friend VMware, Barry do explain and do a
live demonstration of disaster recovery techniques in
Version R75.
Duration: 60 minutes Presenter:
Barry Stiefel, CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+, Founder and
Administrator of
CPUG and owner of
Information
Engine, Inc. in San Francisco On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "Barry
J. Stiefel" |
___203 SG80 Series, a New Line of Check Point Appliances
| "The SG80 Series Appliances: What to Expect
and How to Work With Them" Valeri will
present a practical view of new Check Point SOHO
appliance, including : features, limitations and
pitfalls.
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
___204 Check Point Official Training and Certification
| "Official Check Point Training and
Certification: History, Trends, the Future"
Overview of Check Point training and certification
approach, including the history, recent changes and the
future of the ATC business.
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
___205 IPv6 on Check Point Security Gateways
| "Explanation and Live-Demo on How to Use
IPv6 with Your Check Point Security Gateways"
We will have a look on the IPv6 support in Check Point
Security Gateways and look at the things that work and
that don't. During the Live-Demo we will experience how
IPv6 can be configured on a single Security Gateway and
in a Cluster environment.
Duration: 120 minutes
Presenter:
Tobias Lachmann, CCSE+, is a Consultant at
akquinet in
Hamburg, Germany and has over ten years of experience
with Check Point Products.
On the CPUG discussion board, he is "tobbela".
|
___206 Tricks and Traps When Upgrading from R65 to R75
| "You Must Know About These Undocumented
Issues Before Upgrading!"
Yasushi will go into detail on how to upgrade from R65
to R75 and demonstrate how to avoid several undocumented
traps along the way. There will be an open
discussion about upgrading following the lecture and
demonstration.
Duration: 90 minutes
Presenter:
Yasushi Kono is a Senior Technical Consultant at
ComputerLinks GmbH in
Dreieich (Germany), the biggest Check Point Partner in Europe. |
Plus more presentations to be announced shortly!
Group 3: Firewall-1/VPN-1 Advanced Track:
___301 How To Get Maximum Throughput On Your Firewall
| "Performance Pack, CoreXL, and More"
Valeri will present a crash course on alternative ways
to boost your FW performance, including using SecureXL
and CoreXL as alternatives. This will be an
under-the-hood technical presentation, including best
practices and limitations.
Duration:
120 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
___302 ClusterXL: Under the Hood, Understanding and
Troubleshooting
| "Check Point Clustering With SecurePlatform
and Linux" Technology behind Check Point
clustering with SPLAT and Linux. How it works, how to
deal with it. Troubleshooting and debugging.
Duration: 120 minutes
Presenter:
Valeri Loukine, CCMA,
Senior Security Consultant
at Dimension Data in
Lausanne, Switzerland
On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "varera" |
Plus more presentations to be announced shortly!
Group 4: Technical Presentations By CPUG/OPSEC Partners:
Serious, technical, under-the-hood lectures, discussions and demonstrations
geared towards end-users. Not a sales or marketing
presentation.
Please contact Barry Stiefel ("Stee-ful") at 1-415-543-5222 or
bjstiefel <(at)> CPUG <(dot)> org to discuss the opportunities here.
___401: Tech Talk With Tufin
| An under-the-hood technical lecture, discussion and
demonstration from Tufin. Duration: 60
minutes Speaker:
Michael Hamelin,
Chief Security Architect at
Tufin Technologies |
___402: Merging Virtualized Firewalls with Next Generation
Requirements
| For today's IT, Multi-Subscriber capabilities are
key to keep pace with the flexibility of business.
However, Security is getting more important due to the
dynamics of communication and services. In this
talk we demonstrate how to combine traditional firewall
services with Next Generation Datacenter requirements
inside the X-Series Service Platform. Topics to be
covered:
- Automatic Platform Provisioning
- Redundancy in Action
- Combining security applications inside a single
platform (VSX+CPSG R75.20)
Duration: 60
minutes Speaker:
Crossbeam |
Plus more presentations to be announced shortly!
Group 5: We Help Each Other Out:
___501: Community Discussion: Ask
The Experts
___502: Tips And Tricks For Getting The Most Out Of The
CPUG Discussion Board
| "Tips And Tricks For Getting The Most Out Of
The CPUG Discussion Board" Barry Stiefel will give
a thorough tour of the CPUG discussion board, including:
1. Behind the scenes hardware and software,
including extensive speed optimizations
2. The organization of the board, including
dozens of forums
3. How to make the best possible use of the
board, including searching and filtering
4. How to best participate to help our
mutual-support community
Duration: 60
minutes Speaker:
Barry Stiefel, CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+, President of
CPUG and owner of
Information
Engine, Inc. in San Francisco On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "Barry
J. Stiefel" |
___503: Local Culture: A Visit (With Samples for
Tasting!) From a Local Swiss Cheese Maker
| "Afraid Your Network Has More Holes Than
Swiss Cheese? Let's Find Out By Sampling Some Real
Swiss Cheese!" Mike Glauser will make the
presentation. He works his family’s business called Jumi
GmbH. The founder Urs Glauser has small dairies in
Oberhünigen and Steinen, his son Christoph Glauser has a
dairy in Zäziwil and his brother Peter Glauser has a
cheese production in Belp. All these different dairies
are placed in the Emmental a small region near Berne the
capital of Switzerland. At all these places they are
producing a big range of different and good matured
cheese. For the presentation he will bring some assorted
ones to try.
- The presentation will inform about the following
topics:
- History of Cheese production in Switzerland
- Milk and the basics of cheese production
- Today’s Cheese production, artisanal &
industrial differences
- Maturation of the cheese
- Fun facts about cheese
Duration: 60
minutes Speaker: Mike Glauser On the
CPUG
discussion board, he is "totally uninterested" |
Plus more presentations to be announced
shortly!
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