BlueTalon CEO to Moderate Panel on Big Data Security at Landmark CIO Summit; Founder to Present on Data-Centric Security at GitPro World 2016


REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 18, 2016) -

WHO: 
Eric Tilenius, Chief Executive Officer, BlueTalon, Inc.
Pratik Verma, Founder and Chief Product Officer, BlueTalon, Inc.

WHAT:  
At the annual Landmark CIO Summit in New York, BlueTalon Chief Executive Officer Eric Tilenius will moderate a panel titled "Big Data, Bigger Security." Chief information security officers on the panel will discuss how organizations and security solutions need to evolve to support big data initiatives. 

Later in the week, BlueTalon's Founder and Chief Product Officer Pratik Verma will present at GitPro World 2016 in the Big Data and IoT track. In his session titled "Three Principles for a Data-Centric Security Architecture to Simplify Your Life," Verma will offer best pratices from a real-life big data project behind an industrial IoT initiative. Security architecture recommendations include the centralization of policies to ensure security consistency across all data platforms in use.

WHY: 
Data breaches are still too common. In order to optimize their business, successfull enteprises collect more data than ever in big data projects. Unfortunately, these initiatives increase the risk of data breaches or failed compliance. If left unmitigated, these risks can severely harm an enterprise, its operations, and its brand. Data-driven enterprises must rethink their security approach to address the unique challenges of big data. 

WHEN: 
Tuesday, April 19, 2016  
9:45 - 10:10 a.m. EST 

Saturday, April 23, 2016
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. PST

WHERE: 
Landmark CIO Summit  
Time Warner Center 
60 Columbus Circle 
New York, NY 10019 

GitPro World 2016 
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303

About BlueTalon:

BlueTalon is the leading provider of data-centric security for Hadoop, SQL, and big data environments deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Top Fortune 500 companies use BlueTalon to control their data and give users access to the data they need, not a byte more, while gaining unparalleled flexibility in the deployment of data resources. The BlueTalon Policy Engine provides precise authorization, fine-grained filtering, dynamic data masking, stealth analytics and auditing across applications and enterprise data stores. Follow BlueTalon at @bluetalon or visit www.bluetalon.com.