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February 2010 Meeting

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The South Florida ISSA February 2010 meeting will be held on February 18, 2010 from 3:30pm - 5:30pm at Nova Southeastern University - Carl DeSantis Bldg - Room 1048/1049.

We have two great talks scheduled! First, Michael Wrightson from Cyber-Ark will present on "The Privileged Challenge" a discussion of the monumental problem of managing privileged identities enterprise wide. Then Alexander Heid & Peter Greko will present the UnderGround Tool Talk.

Please register for this meeting.

The Privileged Challenge:

Up until the last few years, IT security managers have spent billions of dollars in securing the parameters of their organizations to keep out those who would bring harm to their internal networks. However in recent years, there is more awareness around a particularly insidious threat. It’s the insider threat. According to CERT, of the insiders who have either maliciously or accidently exposed critical information on a network; 90% percent of them were given administrative rights to critical systems.

Cyber-Ark will present a discussion on this very serious problem that EVERY organization faces in the 21st century. This presentation called “The ‘Privileged’ Challenge” will discuss how the threat manifests itself, how widespread it is, who typically perpetrates these serious crimes and the best practices for protecting your organization.

Michael Wrightson joined Cyber-Ark Software, the market leader in enterprise privileged identity management and a visionary in highly sensitive data security, in 2009 and serves as the Manager of Channels for the east coast region of the United States and the Caribbean. Michael manages the relationship between Cyber-Ark and its regional partners such as IMA, Fishnet Security, Cadre Information Security, Gotham Technology Group and many others. He holds a Bachelor in Information Technology and has specialized in identity and access management software solutions.

UnderGround Tool Talk:

The presentation will focus on underground and mainstream tools that malicious actors utilize in their attacks against web servers. The talk will focus on the Zeus trojan, backdoor web shells, scanning tools, exploit kits, and ways to mitigate the threat posed by these tools.

Alexander Heid is a local security researcher, vulnerability analyst, and a board member of South Florida OWASP and HackMiami. Peter Greko is also a local security researcher, application analyst, and board member of HackMiami. They both specialize in web application security for a Fortune 20 company.

FREE CPE CREDITS! Did you know you earn 2 CPE credits for attending an ISSA Meeting?

This event will be held at:

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Room 1048/1049, Carl DeSantis Building, Main Davie Campus

3301 College Ave Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796
Phone: 800-541-NOVA (6682)

Last Updated on Saturday, February 20 2010 23:30
 

SANS 2010 - Orlando - March 6 - 15, 2010

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SANS 2010 is coming to Orlando, Florida from March 6 to March 15, 2010. If you are interested in attending please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to take advantage of the group rate! From SANS:

http://www.sans.org/sans-2010/

Dear Colleague,

SANS 2010 is returning to Orlando, March 6-15! Will you join us?

No matter what course you choose, SANS 2010 will be enjoyable, eye opening and packed with information and tools that will help you be a better security or network administrator, software developer or manager. The need has never been greater for your skills to be up-to-date. Start making your training and travel plans now!

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Register today for SANS 2010. I look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando!

Kind Regards,
Stephen Northcutt
President
SANS Technology Institute, a postgraduate computer security college

Last Updated on Monday, March 01 2010 02:29
 

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