At this year’s Infosec World CISO Leadership Summit, Carolina Advanced Digital’s VP of Engineering switches roles and presents on topics of mindfulness-based leadership for infosec professionals, and navigating through change.

In today’s high-stakes cybersecurity environment, chief information security officers must be more than technology and people managers. An effective CISO is a combination of business leader, risk visionary, technology translator and team mentor and enabler. If this sounds different than the technology-focused infosec path of the past, that’s because it is. To be an effective leader, security practitioners must become strategists who can look across the entire organization—its technology and people—and identify vulnerabilities proactively. These vulnerabilities, though, aren’t what you will find in the CVE; instead, leaders understand that running a proactive, capable security organization starts with people and processes. And to accomplish that, the CISO her/himself must first possess the leadership skills and tools to inspire those around them.

Attend the CISO Leadership Summit to participate in this interactive day of learning with peers, and take home new techniques and ideas to inspire and lead your organization.

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 
Inside & Out: Mindfulness-Based Leadership
Jennifer Minella, Vice President of Engineering & Security, Carolina Advanced Digital

Leaders in any organization aren’t necessarily the people on top of the org chart. Take a break from the conference mayhem and join peers for a candid session on leading from all sides including from within, using mindfulness to increase performance and efficiency in the workplace, increasing EQ, and building a toolset for bringing mindfulness to your professional life.

Take-away skills include a new level of listening and engaging, differentiating reactions from responses, and tips and tricks for finding the time and space each day to focus on the most important tasks.

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM 
The Pace of Change: Building a Change Culture, How to Lead Teams through Change
Jennifer Minella, Vice President of Engineering & Security, Carolina Advanced Digital

“Nothing endures but change.” The popular quote summarizes Heraclitus’ understanding that change was central to the universe. Yet, the complex human brain is often change averse, and leading oneself through change is challenging enough. The prospect of leading a team or entire organization through change may seem insurmountable. Leading through change means taking an inside-out approach and effectively wielding the weapons of culture and communication in managing conflict and complexity throughout change—at every level.

Build your toolset for leading through change, creating a change culture and managing the risks while reaping rewards.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 
Workshop: Board Level Communications Challenges and Opportunities
Tony Spinelli, Chief Operating Officer, Fractal Industries, Inc

Demonstrating the progress of your program, strategy, and your personal leadership brand are some of the challenges and opportunities you have to build credibility and confidence with your company’s Board of Directors and executive management. It’s become the norm for cybersecurity leaders to meet with a company’s Board of Directors on a regular basis, and it’s your one opportunity in the spotlight to demonstrate your leadership and command of risk management and cybersecurity.

The Board’s responsibility is oversight and governance for what has been identified as a top risk for nearly every company: cybersecurity. With that in mind, security leaders should expect to be incredibly challenged and receive deep inquiry about the dimensions of your program, the program’s maturity against your peers, and how you and your program have addressed the most recent cybersecurity threats.

Given these challenges we’ll discuss the methods to effectively articulate your program’s maturity, risks and threats, and how to best communicate cybersecurity leadership, risk management and demonstrate well-managed stewardship.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM 
Workshop: Understand Yourself and Your Team for Greater Success
Todd Fitzgerald, Managing Director, CISO Spotlight

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM 
What Kind of Leader Do You Need to Be?
Tony Spinelli, Chief Operating Officer, Fractal Industries, Inc

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM 
Essential Privacy Principles Every CISO Must Know
Todd Fitzgerald, Managing Director, CISO Spotlight

Aruba AOS CX-Edge Hands-on Virtual Workshop

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba for a hands-on virtual AOS-CX Edge Workshop.

Learn how to install CX in the Access Layer with step-by-step training on common switch config, port security scenarios and policy enforcement with Aruba Clearpass. We’ll also dive into NetEdit switch discovery & fundamental configuration management.

Class registration is limited – we’ll have a small group to make sure you get the most out of the workshop. All that’s required to participate is a laptop/computer with a browser and Internet access.

Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales  (at)  cadinc.com to request an invite.

Aruba CX Switches Core Workshop & Lunch (virtual)

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba!

Aruba AOS-CX is a platform that can scale from complex multi-tier topologies all the way down to the edge with the same operating system. This is possible with the  Aruba 6300s and 8325s switches.

Switches still create the foundation of modern networks, yet their role has moved beyond purely providing high-performance wired connectivity. Switches must now offer high-performance Wi-Fi aggregation and also act as an IoT gatekeeper for everything from surveillance cameras to medical devices – all while delivering uninterrupted 24×7 network availability.

Aruba’s next-gen CX switching portfolio is purpose-built for today’s digital world, satisfying the most demanding use cases from the access layer, to the core, and to the data center. Built on cloud-native principles, our portfolio gives IT the flexibility to deploy a single platform from edge access to the data center that includes intuitive management tools and distributed analytics that transform the IT network operator experience.

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba for a hands-on virtual CX Core Fundamentals Workshop, and realize the benefits of the CX switch series.

Topics
During the workshop you’ll experience first-hand the following CX features :

• CX Collapsed Core Topology
  • VSF Stacking
  • VSX Fabric
  • VRF
  • Interface Groups
  • L2/L3 Protocols
  • Link Aggregation
  • Live Upgrade
  • NetEdit Introduction
• Step by step installation of a collapsed core network
• Workshop closes with a live upgrade

Lunch will be provided.

Workshop is offered two dates. Please pick the one best for you.

Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales  (at)  cadinc.com to request an invite.

Aruba AOS CX-Edge Hands-on Virtual Workshop

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba for a hands-on virtual AOS-CX Edge Workshop.

Learn how to install CX in the Access Layer with step-by-step training on common switch config, port security scenarios and policy enforcement with Aruba Clearpass. We’ll also dive into NetEdit switch discovery & fundamental configuration management.

Class registration is limited – we’ll have a small group to make sure you get the most out of the workshop. All that’s required to participate is a laptop/computer with a browser and Internet access.

Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales  (at)  cadinc.com to request an invite.

Aruba CX Switches Core Workshop & Lunch (virtual)

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba!

Aruba AOS-CX is a platform that can scale from complex multi-tier topologies all the way down to the edge with the same operating system. This is possible with the  Aruba 6300s and 8325s switches.

Switches still create the foundation of modern networks, yet their role has moved beyond purely providing high-performance wired connectivity. Switches must now offer high-performance Wi-Fi aggregation and also act as an IoT gatekeeper for everything from surveillance cameras to medical devices – all while delivering uninterrupted 24×7 network availability.

Aruba’s next-gen CX switching portfolio is purpose-built for today’s digital world, satisfying the most demanding use cases from the access layer, to the core, and to the data center. Built on cloud-native principles, our portfolio gives IT the flexibility to deploy a single platform from edge access to the data center that includes intuitive management tools and distributed analytics that transform the IT network operator experience.

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba for a hands-on virtual CX Core Fundamentals Workshop, and realize the benefits of the CX switch series.

Topics
During the workshop you’ll experience first-hand the following CX features :

• CX Collapsed Core Topology
  • VSF Stacking
  • VSX Fabric
  • VRF
  • Interface Groups
  • L2/L3 Protocols
  • Link Aggregation
  • Live Upgrade
  • NetEdit Introduction
• Step by step installation of a collapsed core network
• Workshop closes with a live upgrade

Lunch will be provided.

Workshop is offered two dates. Please pick the one best for you.

Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales  (at)  cadinc.com to request an invite.

Aruba CX Switches Core Workshop & Lunch (virtual)

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba!

Aruba AOS-CX is a platform that can scale from complex multi-tier topologies all the way down to the edge with the same operating system. This is possible with the  Aruba 6300s and 8325s switches.

Switches still create the foundation of modern networks, yet their role has moved beyond purely providing high-performance wired connectivity. Switches must now offer high-performance Wi-Fi aggregation and also act as an IoT gatekeeper for everything from surveillance cameras to medical devices – all while delivering uninterrupted 24×7 network availability.

Aruba’s next-gen CX switching portfolio is purpose-built for today’s digital world, satisfying the most demanding use cases from the access layer, to the core, and to the data center. Built on cloud-native principles, our portfolio gives IT the flexibility to deploy a single platform from edge access to the data center that includes intuitive management tools and distributed analytics that transform the IT network operator experience.

Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba for a hands-on virtual CX Core Fundamentals Workshop, and realize the benefits of the CX switch series.

Topics
During the workshop you’ll experience first-hand the following CX features :

• CX Collapsed Core Topology
  • VSF Stacking
  • VSX Fabric
  • VRF
  • Interface Groups
  • L2/L3 Protocols
  • Link Aggregation
  • Live Upgrade
  • NetEdit Introduction
• Step by step installation of a collapsed core network
• Workshop closes with a live upgrade

Lunch will be provided.

Workshop is offered two dates. Please pick the one best for you.

Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales  (at)  cadinc.com to request an invite.