Damballa’s Gunter Ollmann to Present at the 2011 API IT Security Conference for the Oil and Gas Industry

November 2, 2011

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Damballa Inc., the company transforming the fight against cyber threats, announced that Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research for Damballa, will be a featured speaker at the 2011 API IT Security Conference for the Oil and Gas Industry. The conference is taking place November 2-3 in Houston. The full agenda can be found at: http://www.api.org/meetings/topics/technology/it-security.cfm.

Ollmann’s presentation is titled, “DNS: The Achilles’ Heel of Advanced Persistent Threats and Cyber Crime.” Despite the complexities of advanced malware and the stealthiness of advanced persistent threats attacking the oil and gas industry, the remote command-and-control of compromised devices is heavily dependent on a clear-text protocol. The session will discuss how by using new techniques in the big data analysis of streaming DNS traffic and the application of innovative machine learning systems, it is possible to automatically identify domain names being purposed for malicious intent (months prior to malware samples being uncovered) and, more often than not, perform first order criminal attribution - through passive (non-DPI) observations.

WHAT:					Session: DNS: The Achilles’ Heel of Advanced Persistent Threats and Cyber Crime
WHEN:					Thursday, November 3, 2011; 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WHO:					Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research, Damballa
WHERE:					Westin Houston Memorial City, Houston, Texas; Room Azalea B

IT Security is critical to the infrastructure of the oil and natural gas industry, and this conference reflects on the latest issues and strategies enhancing operations. With its theme of “Protecting America’s Energy through Cyber Security,” the conference provides an excellent opportunity to network with IT security professionals, and to candidly share ideas and to discuss the challenges facing the industry. The conference sessions, essential to IT security, are chosen and presented by recognized experts in the field.

About Damballa Inc. - Pioneering the fight against cybercrime, Damballa protects enterprise, ISP and telecommunications networks from the devastating effects of targeted attacks, persistent threats, advanced malware, and other cyber threats. Damballa provides the only network security solution that detects and terminates remote-control communication used by criminals to breach networks. Patent-pending solutions from Damballa are platform and system-agnostic, protecting networks with any device type including PCs, Macs, smartphones, and mobile devices. Headquartered in Atlanta, Damballa customers include Fortune 2000 companies, government and educational organizations, and Internet and telecommunication providers. http://www.damballa.com