Event #440: A Day in the Life of a Hacker

Date: 2002-5-28 Country: CAN Category: 1 URL: http://www.pbsc.com Polar Bear – Corporate Education Solutions is proud to present <B>A Day in the Life of a Hacker</B> This seminar challenges the audience to play the roles of a hacker vs. a security analyst in a game of measures-attacks-countermeasures. A member of the audience plays the hacker while the rest of the audience is challenged, as security analysts, to defend their organizations. The goal of a hacker is to identify the five major weaknesses: - Unauthenticated connections<BR> - Inbound flows of data <BR> - Complex software <BR> - Unauthenticated data <BR> - Software running as superuser that typically lead to major security breaches while the audience identifies defenses. Highlights include a detailed analysis of deadly buffer overflows and Java/ActiveX based attacks that have crippled Microsoft and the Pentagon. Because most of the demonstrated attacks are not stopped by either firewalls or many intrusion detection systems, the audience is left with an understanding of why technical countermeasures are self-defeating and why policy and procedures are a basic requirement to any strong security program. The cost of the presentation is <B>free</B>. The agenda for the presentation is as follows: 8:30AM – Registration 9:00AM – Day in the life of a Hacker 12:00PM – Mini Tradeshow and Networking <B>Date and Location</B> Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - Vancouver, BC Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3 <B>Registration</B> Contact Gary to register for this presentation. Seating is limited so book early. Phone (604) 689-7272 Ext 230 or <A HREF="mailto:gjones@pbsc.com">gjones@pbsc.com</A>. -- http://master.php.net/manage/event.php?id=440&action=approve http://master.php.net/manage/event.php?id=440&action=reject http://master.php.net/manage/event.php?id=440