Streamlining Your Patch Management Processes

Christopher Crowley has 20 years of experience managing and securing networks, beginning with his first job as an Ultrix and VMS systems administrator at 15 years old. Today, Crowley is a Senior Instructor at the SANS Institute and the course author for SOC-Class.com: the culmination of his thoughts on effective cybersecurity operations. He works with a variety of organizations across industries providing cybersecurity technical analysis, developing and publishing research, sharing expert security insights at conferences, and chairing security operations events. He has provided training to thousands of students globally. Crowley holds a multitude of cybersecurity industry certifications and provides independent consulting services specializing in effective computer network defense via Montance®, LLC, based in Washington, DC. Montance® provides cybersecurity assessments and framework development services that enable clients to develop new security operations centers (SOC) and improve existing security operations. An independent consulting firm, Montance® provides direct, customized services to organizations large and small in the financial, industrial, energy, medical, and defense industries. His current focus is on integrating within existing security operations to fill short term gaps where needed, define effective strategy after careful study. He blends cultural alignment with cybersecurity expertise to implement tactical programs to mature monitoring capability, pen testing, and overall security operations.

As the Director of Product Management for Endpoint Remediation, Eran leads a team tasked with helping customers assess and improve their security posture through remediating vulnerabilities. Since joining the company in August 2020, he has helped further Qualys' endpoint product vision by implementing cross-platform vulnerability remediation enabling customers to improve and maintain their security posture. With a 20-plus year background in product management and computer science, Eran has had experience in diverse IT and security markets. He founded mobile security company, LetMobile, in 2014, which Ivanti later acquired. Eran oversaw Ivanti's enterprise endpoint security and management product following the acquisition.

Terry Sweeney is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor who's covered business technology for three decades. He's written about cyber security for more than 15 years and was one of the founding editors of Dark Reading. Sweeney has covered enterprise networking extensively, as well as its supporting technologies like storage, wireless, cloud-based apps and the emerging Internet of Things. He's been a contributing editor to The Washington Post, Crain’s New York Business, Red Herring, Information Week, Network World, SearchAWS.com, and Stadium Tech Report.