Secure information management, rather than external threat protection, is now the central challenge facing information-driven organizations. From laptops to network servers, and from email to USB devices, data is now everywhere. Enterprises routinely make investments to protect devices from attacks. However, there is no enterprise-wide strategy to secure the confidential and proprietary data itself.

As businesses exchange data with employees, contractors and customers, the risk of data leakage and threats skyrocket. Technology decision-makers need a streamlined, centralized approach for protecting data across the enterprise that will not interfere with normal business practices and can be implemented from one central location.

InfoWorld's Enterprise Data Protection Executive Forum brings together the leading industry vendors, analysts and end users to share best practices and lessons learned for securing business information in a data-driven world.

• Get the latest education on enterprise-class data security, recovery, prevention, and readiness
• Hear prescriptive guidance on how to build and deploy data protection today
• Connect with Fortune 500 IT professionals willing to share their personal experiences, strategies, and lessons learned
• Network with peers, leading vendors, analysts, industry experts, and InfoWorld editors

• Senior IT managers (CIOs, CSOs, architects) focused on strategic security deployment and decision-making
• IT security decision-makers (desktop services, email administration, data center management, network administrators) focused on tactical security decisions
• Risk managers (risk management, privacy officers, audit compliance, insurance) focused on mitigating compliance and remediation costs
• Business Unit managers (marketing, sales, management) focused on protecting customers, complying with partner security requirements, doing business

• Review best practices on how industry leaders make decisions about protecting data across the enterprise
• Learn how a centralized data protection strategy can lend enterprise efficiency to incremental data security purchases
• Hear how leading enterprises evaluate, purchase, and implement tactical data protection for laptops, USB devices, email, and network file servers
• Understand how new data protection requirements complement existing security investments and technologies
• Anticipate future enterprise requirements and drivers for data protection over the next 3 years