RSS:2025 Sponsor Track 1 (Day 2) :: Rochester Security Summit

RSS:2025 Sponsor Track 1 (Day 2)


10:00 am - 10:50 am

Vendor Consolidation: Get Your Tools and Teams Pulling in the Same Direction

Mark Rosenecker
11:00 am - 11:50 am

Recent studies have shown that the average enterprise has over 50 different tools and services to manage, monitor, and secure their enterprise networks and data. Often times, these tools are from a wide variety of manufacturers and service providers, and they lack native integration with one another. Manual integration can be achieved, but it is costly and complex. A lack of integration leads to gaps in information during an attack, when clear and concise information is critical, and minutes can cost millions. Fortinet has the widest variety of cybersecurity solutions in the market today, and we have been integrating them into our Security Fabric for over 15 years. Come see how we can streamline your security operations; lowering both capital and operational cost, while improving your security posture at the same time.

Mark Rosenecker (Fortinet)

Mark has spent the past 30+ years working in IT in a variety of roles, with the last 13 of them being in cybersecurity, and he has worked as a Sr. System Engineer at Fortinet for over 6 years. He has held certifications from several manufacturers, including HPE, Dell, VMware, Veeam, F5, Aruba, McAfee, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, and of course, Fortinet. His broad experience with servers, storage, virtualization, networking, and security brings a unique perspective to his approach to CyberSecurity. Mark’s over-arching philosophy with regards to design and architecture of any solution (but especially CyberSecurity) is KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Intro to Hybrid Cloud Physical Security

Sam Petrone and Derek Pastor
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Physical security has long been hindered by the limitations of on-premise DVR/NVR systems—complex maintenance, siloed devices, and lack of remote access. Verkada introduces a new approach: a hybrid cloud platform that combines the reliability of onboard storage with the accessibility and scalability of the cloud. In this session, we’ll explore how Verkada unifies video security, access control, sensors, alarms, and intercom under a single, easy-to-use interface. Attendees will learn how organizations across industries are modernizing security operations with real-time insights, seamless remote access, and simplified total cost of ownership.

Sam Petrone, Regional Sales Manager, Northeast

Derek Pastor, Solutions Engineer and RIT Alum!


2:00 pm - 2:50 pm