Security experts to keynote ITWeb's Security Summit
The event that has become an annual gathering of the IT security community's 'who's who', the ITWeb annual Security Summit will take place from 11-13 May 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre.
"The far-reaching effects of security breaches can total millions of rands in costs. Despite this, spend on IT security is being frozen or even cut, creating a vicious cycle of breach and repair that will cost far more than an organisation's initial spend on prevention," says ITWeb CEO Jovan Regasek.
The conference will feature some of the world's leading information security experts and cyber-crime specialists, including Dr Charlie Miller, Moxie Marlinspike and Felix 'FX' Lindner. They've challenged convention, caused controversy and outwitted some of the sharpest criminal minds and sophisticated computer programmes in existence.
The three-day conference, complemented by a business exhibition, will bring together local and international IT and security professionals, practitioners, experts and analysts to share their experiences as well as the latest tools and techniques available for safeguarding information.
"This interactive event tackles issues in a very practical sense and has become a must for executives and business owners who are responsible for securing their organisation's assets and infrastructure," says Angela Wressell, conference and event director at ITWeb. "The 2010 programme is set to deliver another captivating mixture of world-leading speakers and industry leaders who are not afraid to tackle hard-hitting truths and threats."
Highlights of the 2010 ITWeb Security Summit include:
* A two-day, independent conference, which explores current security threats and delivers vendor-neutral expertise through a comprehensive line-up of international and local security experts. * A two-day exhibition showcasing the latest information security technologies, products and professional services. * A new vendor track in the main exhibition area. * A selection of information workshops on the third day.
Some of the top security experts confirmed to speak include:
Dr Charlie Miller, principal analyst, Independent Security Evaluators - who spent five years working for the US National Security Agency, is known for publicly demonstrating his hacks on products manufactured by Apple, including the iPhone and the MacBook Air.
Moxie Marlinspike, independent computer security researcher - the author of the sslsniff and sslstrip tools and his published research deals with secure protocols, particularly SSL/TLS. He does security consulting and penetration testing and offers training on designing secure protocols.
Felix 'FX' Lindner, technical and research lead, Recurity Labs - who has 18 years of computer technology experience, with a special emphasis on security planning, implementation, operation and testing using advanced methods in diverse technical environments.
Saumil Shah, CEO and founder, Net-Square Solutions, India - who focuses on researching vulnerabilities with various e-commerce and Web-based application systems, ethical hacking and security architecture.
Dino Dai Zovi, chief scientist, Endgame Systems - an information security researcher known for his work on Mac OS X exploitation, virtualisation rootkits and attacks against wireless clients.
Nitesh Dhanjani, senior manager, Ernst & Young - a well-known security researcher, author and speaker. He is responsible for evangelising brand new technology service lines around emerging technologies and trends such as cloud computing.