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May 21, 2017 | Tom Ballard

Sword & Shield announces plans for “EDGE2017 Security Conference”

EDGE 2017Sword & Shield Enterprise Security has announced that it is seeking partners for its upcoming “EDGE2017 Security Conference” set for October.

As noted in this recent news release, this will be the Knoxville-based firm’s second national event under the EDGE banner. It will be held October 17 and 18 at the Knoxville Convention Center, a much larger venue than the inaugural conference in 2016.

“EDGE2016 showed us there’s a genuine interest in what we’re offering, both for cybersecurity professionals as well as security and business executives,” John McNeely, Sword & Shield’s President, said in thew release. “We are looking to partner with companies who want to advance the security industry through innovation and collaboration between both worlds.”

More than 600 people are expected to attend from health care, retail, banking, manufacturing, and the public sector.



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