Established in 1992, Cadre is the premiere enterprise security solution specialist. Cadre's comprehensive Security Risk Management Plan provides the best possible long-term protection for your company's sensitive data and resources. We have built our business on strong partnerships with companies that represent “best-of-breed” network security technologies.Today Cadre is working with security companies and organizations to shape tomorrow's network, system, and information security. Cadre will continue to be the security specialist and help our customers deal with the ever-changing security landscape.
   
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Platinum sponsor 		Nokia Internet Communications provides world-class IP security solutions for enterprise, managed service provider and operator networks. With Nokia, organizations can facilitate business growth by enabling easily managed, secure and reliable connections for people - whether in a fixed or mobile network environment. The unique Nokia system approach fully integrates best of breed software with purpose-built hardware platforms that are easy to implement and operate, and are backed by "First-Call-Final Resolution" 24/7 global support. Nokia sees firewall, VPN, SSL remote access, intrusion protection and secure content management as important elements in a freely and securely connected mobile world.

Gold sponsor 		Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies.

Gold sponsor		 Blue Coat Systems is the leading provider of secure proxy appliances that control user communications over the Web. Blue Coat ProxySG(tm) appliances integrate proxy functionality with security services such as content filtering, IM control, and Web virus scanning - without impacting network performance. With more than 3,000 customers and over 14,000 appliances shipped worldwide, Blue Coat is trusted by the world's most influential organizations to ensure a safe and productive Web environment.

Gold sponsor 		Fortinet’s award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated Antivirus Firewalls are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time — without degrading network performance. In addition to providing application level protection, the FortiGate systems deliver a full range of network-level services — firewall, VPN, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, content filtering, and traffic shaping — delivering complete network protection services in scaleable, dedicated, easily managed platforms.

Gold sponsor 		NetScreen Technologies, Inc., is a leading developer of integrated network security solutions that offer the security, performance and total cost of ownership required by enterprises and carriers. NetScreen's innovative solutions provide key security technologies, such as virtual private network, denial of service protection, firewall and intrusion prevention, in a line of easy-to-manage security appliances and systems.
8e6 Technologies is a privately held software and hardware developer, specializing in Internet Filtering and Reporting (IFR) solutions for thousands of businesses, ISP's and schools throughout the world. Located in Orange, California, the company assists clients in managing the impact of the Internet on employee productivity, legal liability and network resources, through flexible, accurate and high speed filtering of Internet content.
Brightmail, the worldwide leader in anti-spam technology provides anti-spam software that makes messaging secure and manageable. Brightmail protects the networks of global enterprises, government agencies, and service providers with superior effectiveness and accuracy. Brightmail currently serves many of the world's leading enterprises.
Celestix Networks is the premier developer of Internet managed security appliances that are complete, ready-to deploy solutions. Celestix appliances reduce product complexity and provide customers with less expensive, easy to use servers. The company focuses on developing specialized security appliances that are co-developed with strategic security partners to provide the best appliances and "out-of-box" solutions to meet today's security needs. Celestix markets the only Microsoft Secure VPN solution for small to medium sized business. Celestix have solutions for Firewall, Anti Virus, Content Filtering, Intrusion Detection, Wireless Security and Multi Site Security management. Celestix also partners with Check Point, Aladdin, N2H2, Secos, Cranite, Marimba.
Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., is the innovator and acknowledged leader in providing Managed Security Monitoring (MSM) services. MSM combines people and technology to safeguard businesses. Working from a network of technically sophisticated Secure Operations Centers (SOCs) and using progressive analysis tools, Counterpane has built the most advanced analysis, correlation, detection, and diagnosis technology, comprising a Sentry monitoring probe on the customer's network and the Socrates knowledge base inside the SOCs. Using this technology, Counterpane's expert Security Analysts are able to detect security incidents-both external intrusions and insider attacks-in real time, and tailor immediate, effective responses for its customers.
eSecurity Direct is the one-stop protection and connectivity service for businesses that need to be on-line in order to compete in today’s marketplace. We are a managed provider of a security service especially designed and implemented for both small to medium sized businesses and remote offices / branch offices. Our service is created using award winning hardware and software from vendors such as Nokia, CheckPoint, Aladdin, and SurfControl. eSecurity Direct provides its' customers with 24x7 security management, fault isolation, and incident response all for one affordable monthly fee.
F5 Networks is the industry leader in Application Traffic Management, enabling enterprises and service providers to optimize any mission-critical application or web service, providing secure and predictable delivery of application traffic in an unpredictable environment. Through F5's unique open iControl™ API, third party applications and network devices can take an active role in shaping network traffic, delivering application aware networks that allow customers to direct traffic based on their exact business requirements. F5's solutions optimize the availability, security and speed of mission-critical servers and applications, including enterprise applications, web services, mobile IP applications, web publishing, content delivery, e-commerce, caching, firewalls and more.
Fiberlink is a leading provider of remote access and security solutions for the enterprise market. The company offers a full range of solutions that allows companies to securely and cost-effectively connect their remote employees and remote offices from anywhere in the world. Unlike traditional facilities-based carriers, Fiberlink combines multiple-IP networks and integrates them with best-of-breed security products to deliver a unique value proposition to the enterprise market: Fully managed remote access solutions that reduce costs and provide unmatched access and security. Fiberlink was also among the first companies to deliver true policy-based remote access to the marketplace. Because of these innovations, leading analysts continue to cite Fiberlink as an acknowledged leader in the remote access VPN marketplace.
FrontBridge Technologies provides enterprise-class e-mail protection and message management services to businesses and corporations. Businesses are being inundated with spam and viruses, resulting in significant resource drain and productivity loss. Fully addressing this critical challenge requires a comprehensive suite of email protection and enterprise message management services. FrontBridge answers the call with triple-layer spam filtering, multi-engine virus scanning, policy enforcement tools, and disaster recovery services. FrontBridge’s fully-managed solution is built on a distributed architecture that is more reliable than a premise-based solution and offers a 99.999 percent uptime guarantee, with 100 percent historical uptime performance.
InfraGard is an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members. At its most basic level, InfraGard is a cooperative undertaking between the U.S. Government (led by the FBI) and an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to increasing the security of United States critical infrastructures.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) has more than 28,000 members worldwide including IS auditors, IS security practitioners, consultants, etc. ISACA has become a pace setting global organization for information governance, control, security and audit professionals. Its IS Audit and IS Control standards are followed by practitioners work-wide. ISACA sponsors two certifications including the Certified Information Systems Auditor and the Certified Information Security Manager. There is an active ISACA chapter in Cincinnati.
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members.
Internet Security Systems is a world leader in software and services that protect critical information assets from an ever-changing spectrum of threats and misuse. Software from Internet Security Systems dynamically detects, prevents and responds to sophisticated threats to networks, servers and desktops. Services include 24/7 system monitoring, emergency response and access to the X-Force, Internet Security Systems' renowned research and development team.
Neoteris, Inc. is the market leader in the Application Security Gateway and SSL VPN product categories. With its Instant Virtual Extranet platform, Neoteris delivers innovative, best-of-breed security products, including the award-winning Neoteris Access Series and the Neoteris Meeting Series security appliances.
Network Intelligence Corp. has been developing and delivering network and security event management solutions since 1996. Network Intelligence Corp. is the developer of the industry's first logging appliance, The Network Intelligence Engine™. The Company's appliance and software solutions collect network event log data from security and network devices to create a complete picture of network usage, verify security policy compliance, generate alerts for possible security breaches, provide correlation of data across devices, and analyze and report on network performance.
Open Service (Open) is trusted by the world's most demanding organizations to secure and manage their business systems and networks. We are the premier provider of network security event management solutions that anticipate potential security breaches and proactively ensure network availability. We enable enterprises and service providers to continuously protect and manage their mission-critical security and network assets.
Permeo Technologies is a world leader in Application Security Gateways with over 300 global customers and more than 30% of the FORTUNE Global 100. The Permeo Application Security Gateway (ASG) secures and extends access to critical business applications to employees, partners and other third parties located on different or segregated networks. Permeo provides secure SSL remote access for any application, through any firewall, across any network. Permeo ASG works with existing network security products to deliver application-layer security and supports any TCP or UDP application out-of-the-box.
Qualys provides a comprehensive, ON-DEMAND security audit and vulnerability management service for the enterprise. With Qualys, organizations can effectively manage their vulnerabilities and have control over their network security with centralized reports and one-click links to verified remedies. And because the service is delivered over the web, enterprises can run network security audits anytime, and get the results delivered in minutes without the extra cost of software or hardware deployment and maintenance.
RSA Security provides interoperable solutions for establishing online identities, access rights and privileges for people, applications and devices. Built to work seamlessly and transparently in complex environments, the company's comprehensive portfolio of identity and access management solutions - including authentication, Web access management and developer solutions - is designed to allow customers to confidently exploit new technologies for competitive advantage. RSA Security's strong reputation is built on its history of ingenuity and leadership, proven technologies and long-standing relationships with more than 1,000 technology partners.
Sanctum, Inc., the leader in automated Web application security firewall and testing solutions. Sanctum's solutions include AppScan Developer Edition, AppScan QA, AppScan Audit, and AppShield, a web application firewall.
SurfControl plc, the world's Number One Web and e-mail filtering company, is the only company in the security market offering a total content security solution that combines Web and e-mail filtering technology with the industry's largest, most accurate and relevant content database and adaptive reasoning tools to automate content recognition.
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and email filtering, and remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world.
Trend Micro, Inc. is a global leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services. Founded in 1988, the company led the migration of virus protection from the desktop to the network server and the Internet gateway - gaining a reputation for vision and technological innovation along the way. Today, Trend Micro focuses on providing customers with comprehensive security strategies to manage the impacts of known and unknown threats to information, through such initiatives as Trend Micro Enterprise Protection Strategy.
WebCohort is a web application data security company founded by Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point. Now introducing SecureSphere™; a software solution embedding the companies near decade of experience in web application penetration testing into a revolutionary technological implementation to prevent data misuse due to application hacking.

Websense Inc. is the world's leading provider of employee Internet management solutions. Websense Enterprise software enables organizations to manage how employees use their computing resources, including Internet access, desktop applications and network bandwidth. This helps improve productivity and security, conserve network resources, and mitigate legal liability.