The 2nd Annual Web Services Security Conference, May 8 - 9, 2007; SOA Issues Are Dominant Among Experts and Leading Companies; Event Provides Forum to Share Best Practices on Web Services Business Solutions and Technology; Speakers Include Executives From Forum Systems, IBM, HP, CA, IONA, L7 Technologies, webMethods, Securent, OASIS, CISCO Systems, NIST, Etc.

Several industry experts and leading companies are bracing to showcase the best of SOA business solutions and technology at the 2nd Annual Web Services Security Conference & Exhibition, which is attracting a strong mix of corporate executives, government leaders, and top information technology and business professionals to the two-day conference that will cover a range of security topics in Web services security business solutions and technology.

A sample of the speakers and associated topics include:

--  Robert Richardson, Director, Computer Security Institute, "What New
    Intrusions Need Preventing? (And How Will We Do It?)."
--  Dr. Toufic Boubez, CTO, Layer 7 Technologies, "The Role of Policy in
    SOA deployments."
--  Eugene Kuznetsov, Director, IBM, "Securing Federated Identity in a Web
    Services World."
--  Douglas G. Conorich, Principal Security Analyst, IBM, "The Changing
    Landscape of Security Threats."
--  David S. Linthicum, CEO, The Linthicum Group "Real World SOA
    Security...Bulletproof Identity Management Strategies."
--  Mamoon Yunus, CTO Forum Systems "Challenges in Developing, Testing and
    Deploying Secure Web Services."
--  Eric Newcomer, CTO, IONA, "Security Implications of Distributed SOA
    Infrastructure."
--  Jeremy Epstein, Director, webMethods "Is SOA Governance a 10 Letter
    Word for Access Controls?"
--  Paul Lipton, Senior Architect, CA "The New SOA Synergy: How Runtime
    Governance, Triage, and Security Must Work Together."
--  Stephen Gantz, Senior architect, Roundarch, "A more narrowly-focused
    treatment of SOA/web services architecture patterns."
--  Mark O'Neill, "Is Web 2.0 safe for business?"
--  Rajiv Gupta, CEO, Securent Inc., "Securing Your SOA: Entitlement
    Management in a Service Oriented Architecture."
--  Andrew Brown, Director, AmberPoint, "Think Globally, Act Locally for
    SOA Security."
--  Shubhra Sinha, Director, Hewlett Packard, "SOA Governance, Quality and
    Management Across the Lifecycle."

In addition to the conference, approximately 20 vendors will demonstrate their latest solutions in the exhibit hall.

To view the entire conference program, visit: http://unatekconference.com/programWebservices2007.php

To learn about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, visit: http://unatekconference.com/images/pdfs/WSIP_WSSC_Expo2007 (2).pdf

For pricing information and to register, visit: http://www.unatekconference.com/registrationWebservices2007.php

Press and industry analysts may attend this event for free - to register contact Susan Ogezi at sogezi@unatek.com or call 301-583-4629.

Contact: Susan Ogezi Email Contact 301-583-4629