2006 Houston Conference

Nearly 300 individuals involved with security from across the region attended the second Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference held in Houston during May 13-17.

Conference attendees rated the content and speakers of the event as excellent. The comments and evaluations received were overwhelmingly positive, with most attendees feeling the value obtained far and away exceeded the cost of attending.

As one attendee commented:
"Within six months of its first conference, TRISC organizers have produced an outstanding second conference, with top quality, national speakers. I'll be back."

 
2006 Keynote Speakers

Caleb Sima
of SPI Dynamics,
"Exploring the Next Level of Cyber Attacks: Methodologies and Demonstrations of Web Application Hacks," Sima has been engaged in the Internet security arena since 1996, and has become widely recognized as an expert in penetration testing and for identifying emerging security threats. Prior to co-founding SPI Dynamics in early 2000, Caleb worked for Internet Security Systems’ elite X-Force R&D team and as a security engineer for S1 Corporation.

John Saba
Texas Attorney General for Cyber Crime, 
"Cyber Laws in the Marketplace."

Ira Winkler
Internet Security Advisors Group
Considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals, Winkler has been named a "Modern Day James Bond" by the media. He obtained this status by identifying common trends in the way information and computer systems are compromised.

The Senior Manager of Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG) for Cisco Systems, Inc., Ken Watson, established CIAG to drive Cisco’s strategic contribution to the security of worldwide critical infrastructures, with initiatives encompassing long-term research, education, training, incident response support, policy and standards development and communications and awareness. He will address "Two Grand Challenges: Interdependency and Identity Management."

Dorian Cougias
"Regulatory Requirements for Security and Privacy – A Unified Framework." Cougias is the CEO of Network Frontiers where he is the continual vision behind all research, writing, and content development. Cougias’ most recent endeavors include the Unified Compliance Project hosted at the IT Compliance Institute. He is the primary author of the Compliance Series including such titles as The Systems Continuity Guide and How To Hire A Security Assessment Vendor.