Executive Coach Chris Coffey is Featured Speaker at ISSA-LA 4th Annual Information Security Summit

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World renowned executive and leadership coach Chris Coffey will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association’ s (ISSA-LA) fourth annual Information Security Summit on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hilton Universal City Hotel in Los Angeles. The theme of the one-day Summit is The Growing Cyber Threat: Protect Your Business. Mr. Coffey will discuss concepts from his soon-to-be published book Innovative Questions and demonstrate how to turn around the perceptions of others by simply asking the right questions. In the world of high-tech Internet information security, asking the right questions means helping professionals in the field to communicate effectively with executives and business leaders who have difficulty understanding the complexity and the seriousness of cybercrime and how it can affect their businesses.

SANSFIRE 2012 is coming to Washington, DC

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SANSFIRE 2012 will take place at our Hilton Washington and Towers campus, July 6-15. There will be more than 40 SANS IT Security Training courses available. This training event is powered by the (ISC) Internet Storm Center and is an opportunity to meet the ISC handlers.

Interview with Kai Axford, Speaker at GovSec 2012

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Kai Axford will be speaking on two topics at GovSec which will be help on April 2 – 4 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. SecurityOrb.com had the esteem opportunity to pick his brains. Listen below to the interview.

Alan Paller of SANS Institute Speaks at ISSA-LA Information Security Summit on Cybercrime

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Alan Paller of SANS Institute Speaks at ISSA-LA Information Security Summit on Cybercrime Director of research at SANS Institute Alan Paller will keynote at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association’s Information Security Summit. He will speak on new research showing how to combat cyber attacks

Department of Defense Deputy CIO Headlines FOSE Defense Innovations Conference

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At the beginning of this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) released a new strategy that called for increased investments in technological innovation, specifically in the areas of cybersecurity and intelligence systems. Before implementing these advances, the DoD and industry will need to be armed with the knowledge and insights to apply these technologies in a secure environment. The FOSE 2012 Defense Innovations Conference will provide answers to the latest threats, how to adapt enterprise-wide programs, as well as solutions to protecting and achieving the DoD mission. Attendees will be able to participate in sessions focused on Cybersecurity, Mobile Device and Application Security, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and Biometric Integration. FOSE 2012 will take place April 3-5, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

SecurityOrb.com speaks with Mischel Kwon, the Program Chair of the Cybersecurity Conference at FOSE

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SecurityOrb.com had the opportunity to speak with Mischel Kwon, the Program Chair of the Cybersecurity Conference at FOSE and will also be presenting the "Threat Intelligence - New Products and Their Payoff"

Counter Terror Expo US to Feature Panel of Elite Counterterrorism Journalists

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The Counter Terror Expo US , being held May 16-17, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center , will feature a panel of elite counterterrorism journalists to discuss the challenges that they face in covering global counterterrorism issues. The panel, “Media Perspectives on Covering Global Counterterrorism,” is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16 at 9:15 a.m. immediately following Michael Leiter’s keynote address.

Former US Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen to Keynote Counter Terror Expo US

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Organizers of Counter Terror Expo US , being held May 16-17, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center , today announced that Thad Allen, the former 23rd Commandant of the US Coast Guard and current Booz Allen senior vice president, will deliver the event’s keynote address on Thursday, May 17. Allen’s address on “Where Counterterrorism and Disaster Response Meet” is an important addition to the event’s conference program which is designed to provide a forum for collaboration between public and private sectors in order to gain a better understanding of the solutions available to detect, defend against and reduce future counter terror risks.

Hackademic

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Hackademic is a three day security conference that aims to bring together the hacking community and members from the academic community in order to learn from each others successes and failures.

Support Our Troops by Recycling Your Phones at FOSE & GovSec 2012

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Last year at FOSE 2011, we held a successful cell phone recycling drive in partnership with Operation Gratitude to support our overseas troops. We’re proud to announce that we’ll be teaming up again with Operation Gratitude to collect cell phones for recycling at both FOSE and GovSec!