With all the events that are coming up on new technologies Silverlight and Visual Studio 2008 - it's important to remember not to neglect the old basics - like security.
There are two free security training sessions coming up in early October which I would recommend attending. Brian Honan, who recently organised Ireland's Global Security week events will also be speaking at both events to give an overview of the changing threat landscape that is influencing our security policies and processes today.
October 11th IT Pro Security Training
IT Pro Security training. With security being such a key concern for all companies we are holding this one day training event for IT Pros to learn more about how to address security issues. See below for full agenda.
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09.30
Registration
10.00
Keynote speaker
The changing threat landscape, such as organised criminal involvement, that we now have to consider when protecting our network and how an independent standard such as ISO 27001 can be employed by companies to tackle these threats.
Brian Honan, BH Consulting
10.30
Security Strategy Briefing. Where Microsoft is with regard to security – what we’ve been doing and how it is working. Vista, Windows Server
Dave Northey, IT Pro Evangelist
12.00
Lunch
12.45
Colm Fagan, Espion
13.45
How security affects us?Cybercrime and cost of security issuesOverview of Microsoft Forefront suitEnterprise Anti-Virus protection with Forefront for client/serverEnterprise internet access and edge security with ISA Server 2006Enterprise SSL-VPN with IAG Server 2007Exchange Hosted Services for hosted Anti-Spam/Anti-Virus email protection.
Michael Riva, Security Expert
15.00
Break
15.15
- The new challenges of Identity and Access (IDA) - The Microsoft solutions:
- Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS)
16.30
Event Close
October 12th Developer Security Training
Developer Security training event. With security being such a key concern for all companies we are holding this one day training event for Developers to learn more about how to address security and .NET issues. See below for full agenda.
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Introduction to Windows CardSpace: Windows CardSpace enables users to provide their digital identities in a familiar, secure and easy way. It allows the user to use a variety of virtual cards to identify themselves, each retrieving data from an identity provider. This talk will cover an introduction to identity management and related issues, explore the architecture of CardSpace, and will demonstrate how to enable your Web site to receive identity cards.
Martha Rotter, Developer Evangelist
Security in a multi-tenant software environmentThis session will discuss the various security considerations which must be taken into account for when delivery applications in a Software as a Service environment. The session will particularly focus on authorisation of users to application resources and possible models which can be deployed to meet to ensure logical separation of data between hosted organisations.
Cormac Keogh, Architect Evangelist
13.30
Guest Security Partner
The Security Development LifecycleThis talk will provide a prescriptive and descriptive view of how Microsoft has implemented a Security Development Lifecycle to meet the challenge of minimising security bugs / reducing vulnerabilities, and makes the case for building security into the development lifecycle.
Ronan Geraghty, Developer Evangelist