[ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for TONIGHT (Thurs., August 16th, 2012)

[Michael Trausch]

On my way. Will be late.
On Aug 16, 2012 6:29 PM, "Aaron Ruscetta" <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> A quick reminder of TONIGHT'S ALE CENTRAL MTG.
>
> The topic should be of wide interest, so please wrangle
> some colleagues and herd some cats to join us!
> Please also share this invite (or our web link) with any
> and all appropriate IT organizations & professionals.
> =========================================
>
> The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting
> at 7:30pm on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 will be:
>
> "GRANT BUT CONTROL, TRUST BUT VERIFY"
>   with John E. Kimberly,
>   SE Region Systems Engineer,
>   Centrify Corporation
>
> SYNOPSIS:
> - The presentation will focus on the use of Active Directory
> to seamlessly provide access to non-Windows platforms,
> including most versions of UNIX / Linux, MAC's, iPhones,
> iPads and Androids, and then use specific Active Directory
> GPO's to control that access and manage the rights and
> elevated privileges on those systems.  Once complete,
> the administrator can easily validate access to systems,
> confirm elevated privileges and audit what users do with
> elevated privileges, thereby delivering data and system
> security, and regulatory compliance.
>
> BIO:
> - John E. Kimberly has a 32 year career in the UNIX and
> "open systems" world, in a wide variety of positions at
> companies like Dun & Bradstreet, Siemens Information
> Systems Worldwide and the Georgia Technology Authority.
> He holds certifications in Redhat Linux as an RHCE, Sun
> Microsystems as a Hardware, Network and Systems
> Engineer, AIX Certified Specialist, VMWare, as well as
> experience in system security, threat prevention and
> platform hardening from SANS International.  For the past
> 15 years, he has been in the area of Enterprise Architecture
> and Disaster Recovery, with additional focus in systems
> and data security.  Today, he is the Southeastern Region
> Sr. System Engineer for Centrify Corporation, which
> provides seamless integration for non-Windows platforms
> with Active Directory, for access, elevated privilege
> management, and license compliance auditing.
>
> ABOUT CENTRIFY:  <http://www.centrify.com/>
> - Centrify delivers integrated software and cloud-based
> solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to
> cross-platform systems, mobile devices and applications
> by leveraging the infrastructure organizations already own.
> >From the data center and into the cloud, more than 4000
> organizations, including over 40% of the Fortune 50, rely
> on Centrify's identity consolidation and privilege management
> solutions to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security and
> meet license compliance requirements. Customers come
> to Centrify for a variety of services including:
> - IT Security
> - MAC Security Management
> - IT License Compliance & Auditing
> - Mobile Security Management
> - UNIX & Linux Identity Management
> - SAP & Web Single Sign On
> - Windows Server Auditing
> - SAMBA and NFSv4 integration
>
> =============
> The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
> usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
> Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:20pm
> Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
> <http://ale.org/?page_id=2>
>
> As always, this announcement information is
> available on our web site:  <http://ale.org>
>
> --
> in peace
> Aaron Ruscetta
> ALE Events Coordinator (etc)
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