Safelight Security Advisors Trains Government Security Leaders at Conference on California's Future

Business Wire,  May 12, 2008  

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Educates IT and developers on latest threats and how to secure Web applications

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Safelight Security Advisors

What: Conference on California's Future

When: May 12-16, 2008

Sacramento Convention Center

1400 J Street

Sacramento, California 95814

Instructor: Paul Hinkle, CTO, Safelight Security Advisors

Security Training: Threat Update

Monday, May 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Audience: IT network administrators and managers

The news is full of stories of stolen laptops, hacked databases and identity theft on a massive scale. From social engineering and spam, to directed attacks and virtualized rootkits, learn how different threats may impact the overall security posture of your organization. This half-day course brings you up to date with the latest attack methods, and anticipates some of the changes the industry expects in the near future.

Securing your Web Applications

Monday, May 12, 2008, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Audience: application developers, project managers and business analysts

According to Acunetix (a vendor of Web application scanning tools), 70% of applications they reviewed contained high or medium ranked security vulnerabilities. Learn how to develop more secure applications using simple, repeatable steps. This introductory half-day session includes: demonstrations of key attacks, step-by-step analysis of those attacks and solid countermeasures that any development team can use in its Web environment.

About Safelight Security Advisors

Safelight Security Advisors, an information security education and awareness company, is founded on the philosophy that security is everyone's responsibility. The company develops information security education programs for development teams and awareness programs for executives and non-technical staff. The company's core courses focus on security awareness, application security, secure .NET and Java coding as well as secure architecture and design. For more information, visit www.securityadvisors.com.

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