Engineering the Threat Landscape: A Tego Security Event

One Day. Five Partners. Maximum Impact.

In the current threat landscape, “observing” security isn’t enough; you have to engineer it. Join Tego and five of our strategic security partners for an intensive, one-day security summit designed for IT leaders and engineers who prefer the command line over a slide deck. This isn’t a typical “lunch and learn.” It is a high-impact environment where you’ll get under the hood of the industry’s most advanced security stacks through hands-on technical labs.

Leave your notepad at home and bring your laptop. Partners will demo environments to test configurations, simulate attacks, and see exactly how their solutions respond to real-world threats.

We’ve curated a stellar lineup featuring industry titans and disruptive innovators, including:

• CATO
• Crowdstrike
• Horizon 3
• Proofpoint
• Rubrik

This event brings together IT professionals in the RTP area. Between labs, you’ll have the opportunity to network with peers who are facing the same challenges you are. Don’t miss this opportunity to harden your skills and learn more about strengthening your security stack in a single day.

Space is limited, so register today!

Agenda

8:30 AM – Check in

8:45 AM – Welcome/agenda review

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Rubrik lab

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – CATO lab

Mark Zimmerman, Systems Engineer Team Lead, CATO

11:30 AM – Break/transition to lunch

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM – Lunch and panel discussion/executive briefing

12:30 PM – Afternoon breakouts begin

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Proofpoint lab

Josh Borges, Channel Sales Engineer, Proofpoint

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – CrowdStrike lab

Eddie Montooth, Sales Engineer, Crowdstrike

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Networking break

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Horizon 3 lab

Ashlen Wright, Sales Engineer, Horizon 3

4:45 PM – Wrap up

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM – Happy hour

Lab Descriptions

Crowdstrike

CHATTY SPIDER thrives in the noise by weaponizing phishing, social engineering, and fast-moving credential theft to slip past siloed defenses. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll use CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM to detect real-world activity from this modern eCrime adversary and surface threats hidden in plain sight.

With unified telemetry, built-in threat intelligence, and innovations in AI, UEBA, and integrated case management, you’ll:

• Respond faster across the entire attack chain by correlating data across endpoint, identity, and cloud.
• Break down silos, cut investigation time, and automate enrichment, triage, and detection workflows so your SOC can scale response without scaling headcount.
• Learn how to outpace CHATTY SPIDER with an AI-native platform built for speed, efficiency, and cross-domain visibility.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain hands-on experience with CrowdStrike’s unified, AI-powered SOC platform and learn how to outpace modern threats like CHATTY SPIDER with speed, precision, and confidence.

Horizon3

• Run autonomous, continuous penetration testing safely in production
• Prioritize findings based on real business risk
• Accelerate remediation with clear, actionable guidance
• Verify fixes and continuously reduce exposure
• Reinforce key questions and best practices within their own risk, vulnerability management, and pentesting programs

Rubrik

Step into a live, immersive cyberattack simulation at a fictional company, where every decision you make in real time has profound consequences. The Zero Hour lab consists of:

• 5 scenes: Scenes 1 and 5 are completed via video playback; scenes 2- 4 are done as small table-read groups.
• Discussion held between each scene
• Cloud w/a slight touch on identity

By attending this event, attendees will gain:

• Visibility into navigating a full-scale cyberattack simulation and the real-time impact of decisions
• Ability to make critical, operational decisions from breach detection to full recovery
• Actionable and immediate strategies to fortify defenses and ensure business continuity

Proofpoint

Welcome to the front lines of email security. Phishing emails flood inboxes, spoofed domains impersonate trusted senders, every click could trigger an attack, and sensitive data is one wrong recipient away from leaving your organization.

Your mission: detect phishing attempts, investigate suspicious messages, stop unauthorized data loss, and neutralize threats before they can cause harm. Every decision counts. Are you ready for the challenge?

• Laptop
• Access to the following URLs (may be blocked by corporate policies):
  https://channel.defenders.proofpointlab.com/login
  https://demodefenders.tessian-app.com/

Presenters

Josh Borges, Partner Technologist, Proofpoint
Josh collaborates with strategic channel partners to deliver cybersecurity solutions that enable secure digital transformation. With nearly three decades of experience in cybersecurity and enterprise technology, he combines deep technical expertise with a proven ability to translate complex security challenges into practical business outcomes. Passionate about building trusted relationships and empowering partners to navigate an evolving threat landscape with confidence and accelerate business success.

Thomas Maddox, Principal Architect, Tego
Thomas has spent the past 20+ years as an engineer, consultant, and IT leader in the enterprise and reseller spaces. With a deep background in systems, storage, cloud, networking, and security, and a passion for serving others, he has previously led teams of field and managed service engineers to deliver exceptional outcomes for customers. Thomas now brings this experience and knowledge to the table as a thought leader and architect, partnering with customers to solve business problems with the right technical solutions. Thomas holds numerous certifications from industry leaders, including Palo Alto Networks, NetApp, Nutanix, Fortinet, VMware, Rubrik, and others. When not working, Thomas enjoys life on his farm and camping with his family.

Ashlen Wright, Sales Engineer, Horizon3.ai 
Ashlen partners with organizations across regulated industries, from commercial enterprises to government entities, to identify and remediate exploitable vulnerabilities before adversaries act. A strong advocate for evidence-based security, she excels at translating complex technical risks into actionable business outcomes. Before entering cybersecurity, Ashlen conducted research at UNC Chapel Hill and published federally funded work in peer-reviewed journals.

Mark Zimmerman, Senior Systems Engineer Team Lead, Cato Networks
With more than 27 years of experience in enterprise networking and cybersecurity, Mark has helped organizations modernize their infrastructure and strengthen their security strategies across traditional and cloud environments throughout his career. Before joining Cato Networks, Mark spent 11 years at Cisco Systems, where he earned his CCIE in Routing and Switching, and then 11 years at Palo Alto Networks, first as a Systems Engineer and later as a Systems Engineering Manager. He also expanded his expertise in Zero Trust and cloud security during his time at Zscaler. Today, Mark works with customers and engineering teams to help organizations simplify and secure their networks through Cato’s cloud-native SASE platform. He is passionate about translating complex technologies into practical solutions that drive business outcomes.