The DoD Zero Trust strategy identifies the internal network as a critical failure point. This session explores how to mitigate the risk of an attacker’s lateral movement using AI-driven, distributed security and remediation. We will demonstrate how to transition from static, manual rules to a streamlined approach using advanced rule analysis to detect and correct policy drift while maintaining continuous STIG compliance in real time.

Agenda:

• The Rise of Destructive Malware: Why traditional perimeter defenses fail to stop advanced wiper malware (like Brickstorm) and fall short of strict DoD Zero Trust mandates.
• Stopping Lateral Movement: A deep dive into advanced threat prevention and distributed security. Discover the operational benefits of true workload-level enforcement versus the inefficiencies of legacy traffic hair-pinning.
• Automating Compliance & Remediation: Watch a demonstration of continuous policy enforcement detecting firewall drift and automatically reverting it to a secure, compliant state.
• Q&A & Recap: Transitioning your agency from reactive perimeter defense to a proactive, automated internal network.

Products Featured in this Session:

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• VMware vDefend (Distributed Firewall & Advanced Threat Prevention)

Chris McCain, Global Field CTO, VMware Application Networking & Security Division, Broadcom

Chris McCain, a prominent author and public speaker, is a virtualization expert with 20+ years in IT, including 13+ at VMware (now VMware by Broadcom). He is widely recognized for his deep technical expertise in networking, security, and Private AI security.