November 2011 is a month of numerical significances. Sure, 11-11-11 got all the attention, but 11-13-11 kicks off the week of CA World 2011 and the Gartner IAM Summit, providing two great events where IT security teams can see and hear about first-hand the new IAM as-a-Service solutions from CA Technologies as well as the other elements of our Identity and Access Management portfolio for information protection, identity management and access control.

So if you're in Las Vegas, check out CA World, kicking off this evening at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, or if you're in San Diego, you can find CA Technologies at the Gartner IAM Summit starting Monday.

The two events feature demos and speaker sessions. John Hawley, Security product management, will speak at Gartner IAM Summit on "Making Cloud Computing Work for Your Organization," Tuesday, 11/15 at 10:45 am PT in Grand Ballroom B. In addition, there are more than 30 sessions at CA World covering all areas of IAM - from customer implementation stories to portfolio roadmaps. A sampling includes:

• "Managing 100 Million Identities with CA Identity Manager." Accenture and CA Technologies look at the scalability of CA Identity Manager, taking it to 100 million+ identities. Monday, 11/14 at 2:45 pm PT in Breakers E.
• "Risk-based Authentication: A Key to Improved Security." Hear how risk analysis of transaction context can improve security. Tuesday, 11/15 at 11 am PT in Breakers F.
• "How to Engage the Business to Recognize the Most DLP Value Company-wide." Hear how engaging the business helped Raymond James realize the most value for its CA DLP deployment. Tuesday, 11/15 at 1:15 pm PT 11/15 Breakers E.
• "Hot Topics in IAM Today: A View from the Front Lines." This session features an all-star panel discussing IAM trends as social media, consumer-driven IT, mobility and collaboration impact IAM and the control of uses, their access and information. Tuesday, 11/15 at 1:15 pm PT in Breakers C-D.

So if IAM is your game, CA World 2011 and Gartner IAM Summit are great options for fine-tuning your security strategy for the ongoing battle of controlling users, their access and what they can do with information.