Tomislav Poljak

Managing identities and assigned privileges for users with elevated administrative IT rights (IT admins, database and application admins, Security operations) is a critical security measure that every company should incorporate into its environment. Privileged users need to be monitored and scrutinized for their actions and behaviors both on their workstations machines and in the cloud systems. Beyond the technical challenges of securely administering IT systems, operational issues often arise for companies only after the implementation of a specific solution.

In this presentation, through demonstrations and practical examples, Tomislav will illustrate how to prepare an organization for the implementation of a secure workstation or other Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions. He will delve into methods for controlling and tracking activities of privileged users, as well as the authentication and authorization mechanisms that need to be monitored using supervisory tools. Join him to explore the realm where security meets administration, and gain insights into establishing a robust defense against potential breaches while ensuring operational integrity.

Tomislav works at Microsoft Croatia (for the past eleven years) as a cyber security consultant. He’s mostly involved in the recovery of enterprise systems after cyber attacks, but also at a time without reactive engagements, he helps customers to establish SOC environments and carries out various jobs like monitoring, protection, and prevention to increase their security. Lately, there has been an increasing number of cyber attacks, so he’s focusing on enhanced education, preventive engagements, and assessments that determine the state of the identity system.

He often speaks at conferences in Croatia and the near region. He’s Microsoft certified trainer (MCT) since 2008 and hold other industry certificates. Whenever possible he spends time in nature, in any leisure or work activities.

Categorised in: 2023

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