| The Black Hat Briefings, a gathering of computer security professionals aimed at better understanding the security risks and potential threats to their computers and information infrastructures, is set for July 29 through Aug. 1. It will take place in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace.
The event was founded in 1997 by Jeff Moss and assembles a group of vendor neutral security professionals and lets them speak candidly about the problems businesses face, and the solutions they see to those problems. There are no gimmicks and no sales pitches, just straight talk by people who make it their business to explore the ever-changing security space.
Current hot topics include Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDos), computer forensics, honey pots, format string vulnerabilities, incident response, secure programming techniques, security tool selection and more. Attendees gain intelligence in a face to face with the people developing the tools used by and against hackers.
The intense sessions bring to light the security and mis-configuration problems confronting organizations and network administrators where security gets put off in lieu of constant network growth and upgrades. Speakers discuss the strategies involved in correcting existing problems and what is to be expected in the future.
Get information, at www.blackhat.com. |
