Conference

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TRISC 2008 Back to Basics: People, Processes & Products

 

Keynote speakers include:


Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle Corporation, Chief Security Officer

Mary Ann Davidson is responsible for Oracle product security, as well as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Information Security Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), is a member of the Global Chief Security Officer Council and the editorial advisory board of SC Magazine. She was recently named one of Information Security’s top five “Women of Vision” and is 2004 Fed100 award recipient from Federal Computer Week.

Tom Peltier, Thomas R. Peltier Associates, LLC, President

Tom Peltier, who is in his fifth decade of computer technology, was awarded the 1993 Computer Security Institute’s (CSI) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999 the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) bestowed its Individual Contribution to the Profession Award and in 2001 he was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame. Tom was also awarded the CSI Lifetime Emeritus Membership Award. Over the past decade, he has averaged five published articles a year on various computer and information security issues, including developing policies and procedures, disaster recovery.

Eugene Schultz, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP, High Tower Software,
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Information Security Officer

Eugene Schultz is the author/ co-author of five books, one on Unix security, another on Internet security, a third on Windows NT/2000 security, a fourth on incident response, and the latest on intrusion detection and prevention. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Security and is an associate editor of Network Security and Information Security Bulletin. He has received numerous awards and has been elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame.

Elwood “Woody” G. Norris

American Technology Corporation Founder and Chairman

Named the 2005 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Inventor of the Year and as the holder of 47 U.S. patents with more than 100 pending patents worldwide, Mr. Norris is widely recognized as a prolific inventor and a talented technology integrator. His interest in electronics started at a young age with rigorous experimentation, a method of inventing that continues to this day.

Many of Mr. Norris's inventions are not just single product ideas; they shatter technology barriers creating multiple applications and a lasting impact.  The inventions of Woody Norris have been the keystone for several new companies.  In 1980, he founded (and is currently Chairman of) American Technology Corporation (ATC) as a means to promote certain of his inventions.  Today, ATC is publicly traded and is marketing acoustic products to customers around the world. 


Sessions will focus on:
*Compliance / BCP
*Audit Tools and Tech
*Physical Security / Infrastructure
*Information Security
*Forensics
*Homeland Security