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Tech Ed Security Track News

RockyH — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:55:29 GMT

Hi Gang,

Well things are lining up nicely for Tech Ed AU/NZ 09. I was finally able to finalise the security track. This year one of our highlight speakers is Michael Howard.

Michael will be running two sessions on the SDL for us and a special 1/2 day SDL workshop. So watch Commnet and sign up as seats will be limited.

Corneliu is back discussion .NET 4.0 security, and Orin Thomas of Microsoft Press fame will be doing some interesting sessions on mobile security and how to stop rogue administrators.

Jamie Sharp will be discussing Stirling and the new bits of Threat Management Gateway.

We’ll have plenty more great sessions. Stay tuned!

Tech Ed AU/NZ Call for content – Security Track

RockyH — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:31:32 GMT

The Tech•Ed 2009 season kicks off next week in LA, and the show comes to Australia and New Zealand in mid-September. We’ve just opened the Call for Content tool so now’s the time to submit that great idea for a session. Details about how to submit are at the bottom of this post.

Here are the rules for submitting content and what we’ll cover/not cover if the track owners select your session(s).

All the way through the process you’ll be able to review your submission and track its status. This is the first time we’ve opened up the Call for Content publically like this and we’re likely to receive many more proposals than we’ve got slots to fill, so please don’t be disappointed if your submission isn’t selected.

Tips for Successful Submissions

Write a descriptive, fun and enticing title
Target 300-400 level technical content; 200 level content is in low demand
Describe content that is new, unique or significantly refreshed from a previous presentation.
Take a solution oriented approach
Align your topic to the technologies listed for the track
Ensure there is no marketing in your content
Showcase your speaking experience
Focus on currently released technologies, technologies in beta or technologies that will be released within 12 months of Tech·Ed
Include one or more live demos. Historically, sessions with strong demos receive higher audience scores

By the way, Tech•Ed veteran Greg Low’s done a wonderful screencast series on presenting at large events. Well worth a look if you’re considering submitting content for any event.

Tracks and Technologies

There are 13 tracks at Tech•Ed this year and each one is owned by one or more local Microsoft folk. Here are the tracks, a quick abstract of what they will cover and the owner of each track. You may want to use this to guide your submission.

Windows Client and Server

Owners: Jeff Alexander, Philip Duff, Adam Hall and Deannah Templeton.

The basis of any strong data centre now and for the future starts with the core operation system. The Windows Server® family of products provides you with the best solution to build your IT infrastructure for any size organization. From the Essential Server Solutions to Windows Server 2008 R2, this track shows you the solutions and set of technologies to ensure success.
In addition, this track covers the comprehensive set of management products and solutions enabled by the Microsoft® System Center product suite as well as various Windows Management Technologies to help you gain back control of your environment. The sessions presented provide you with in-depth guidance and technical background in "Managing the Data centre" and "Managing the Desktop" while also covering the management of heterogeneous IT environments.
Finally, the Windows Client and Server track has everything you need to know about adoption, deployment, management, and virtualization of the Windows® Desktop Environment, including a technical introduction into Windows 7 and Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8. Come learn best practices and hear about the advancements in the Windows Client technologies which will help you manage and accelerate your desktop deployment efforts. Get real-world guidance from our industry experts via sessions that span client-side development, readying applications for your OS roll-out, deployment tools and technologies, virtualization, and much more.

Office System

Owners: Alistair Speirs, Ian Palangio and Paul Quirk

The Office and SharePoint® track provides IT professionals and developers with a deep technical arsenal for the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. Come and learn from industry experts the best practices and advice on how to architect, design, deploy, and implement world-class solutions built on the Office and SharePoint platform technologies. Be prepared to learn more about the next wave of innovations while also going deep into 2007 Office system products and technologies such as SharePoint Server 2007, Office Enterprise, Open XML File Formats, InfoPath® 2007, SharePoint Designer, Project Server 2007, and SharePoint Online. As an IT professional, learn about Office server and client applications with sessions covering security, deployment, management, customization, and administration. As a developer, learn how to take your ASP.NET expertise to the fast-growing SharePoint ecosystem, how to craft the next generation of "Office Business Applications" and about the latest techniques for creating applications involving Microsoft Office, composition, collaboration, software-plus-services, VOIP, Open XML, Silverlight™, and more!

Unified Communications

Owners: Johann Kruse and Paul Dolley

Microsoft unified communications technologies use the power of software to deliver complete communications-messaging, voice, and video-across the applications and devices that people use every day. The Unified Communications track strengthens your knowledge of Microsoft Unified Communications platform and technologies, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Microsoft Office LiveMeeting and Microsoft® Exchange Online. Explore how you can streamline your organization's communications, build presence aware applications, roll out an on-premise, hosted messaging and collaboration system, and much more!

Web

Owner: Michael Kordahi

The Web and User Experience track brings you all the latest information on cutting-edge Web technologies and provides you with the latest in developing great user experiences from the Windows® desktop to mobile devices to cross-browser and cross-platform on the Web. Get the latest information on Windows Presentation Foundation, XAML, Microsoft® Expression® Studio, and Microsoft® Silverlight™, as well as all the in-depth coverage of Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS), ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Windows Live™ Platform, and Commerce Server. Whether you are interested in taking your ASP.NET development to the next level, or finding out how you can use your .NET development skills to build rich experiences that run in the Safari browser on the Mac, the Web and User Experience track is for you.

Developer Tools and Practices

Owner: Dave Glover

Your knowledge of development languages and proficiency with the tools you use to create software are the core of your skill set. The Developer Tools, Languages, and Frameworks track is packed with deep technical training that covers the best of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008, and the upcoming Visual Studio® 2010. Get in-depth information on building mission-critical software using Microsoft® Visual Basic® and Visual C#®. Amplify your application development impact with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) best practices using the Visual Studio Team System. Acquire the skills that you need to make an immediate impact in your organization while preparing for future versions of Visual Studio.

Architecture

Owner: Nigel Watson

The Architecture track offers sessions focused on Architecture of technology and Architecture as a practice. Elements include the architectural process of translating business vision, intent, and strategy into effective technological change in the Enterprise; addressing the skills of creating, communicating, and improving the key tenets, principles, and models that describe the Enterprise's future state and enable its transformation, evolution, or migration.

SQL and BI

Owner: Ron Dunn

The Microsoft® SQL Server® data platform helps your organization manage any data, any place, any time with the security, reliability and scalability that your mission-critical applications require. The SQL and BI track offers the knowledge you need to maximize your Microsoft SQL Server investments and gain the skills needed to seamlessly run a mission-critical environment. Gain insights into future SQL Server technology investments so you can rest assured knowing the bets you make today will continue to pay off in the future.
Now more than ever, your business needs a quick means of getting the right information to the right people so that they can make smarter, more informed decisions. Microsoft's Business Intelligence solutions enable you to do just this. The SQL and BI track also offers sessions covering how to integrate, analyse, and report on all of your corporate data easily using the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform, end-user tools, and analytics applications. Learn how to build custom, robust Business Intelligence solutions using Microsoft® SQL® Server 2005 and 2008 (Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services) and the 2007 Office system (Microsoft® Office Excel®, Excel Services and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server technologies) and how to easily manage them.

Security

Owner: Rocky Heckman

Security continues to be a major concern for almost every company in business today, and technology professionals are always looking for ways to improve and bolster their security strategies and tactics. Microsoft brings unique capabilities together to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions across IT security, identity, access, and management. The Security, Identity, and Access track provides guidance and technical detail on Microsoft® Forefront™ products, identity-based access technologies, Windows® security technologies, and more!

SOA and Business Process

Owner: Graham Elliott

Organizations of all sizes use technology to automate, manage, and improve business processes, and many are using SOA to create a more flexible set of IT assets. Designing, building, deploying, and managing these distributed applications can be difficult and complex. There are a range of capabilities, products, and technologies that you will need to understand in order to do your job effectively. The SOA and Business Processes track helps to explain these choices, give you concrete approaches to designing distributed applications particularly around loosely coupled service oriented architectures, and to show you the Microsoft products and technologies that you will use to develop and manage these systems. See products such as Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2009, .NET LOB Adapters and the Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5, in addition to some major new technologies that are in development and soon to be released.
With a multitude of new tools and technologies in the middle tier, Microsoft's broad platform offering has created tremendous opportunities for you as a developer. Our experts show you products and technologies that provide successful strategies to take advantage of the platform and development tools.

Dynamics

Owner: Catherine Eibner

The Microsoft Dynamics suite of products provide a comprehensive platform for developing and deploying applications and services for retailers, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and service companies, doing business domestically or in multiple countries. With these tools in hand, people in every key position in your organization can contribute to the success of your company. Microsoft Dynamics enhances all lines of business in your organization and delivers exceptional benefits. Come and hear how to deploy enhance and leverage the base Dynamics products and integrate them with Line of Business Applications through the extensive services interfaces provided.

Mobility

Owner: Rick Anderson

With the increasingly mobile nature of computing today, the Windows Mobile® track gives you the background that you need for selecting, developing for, and securely managing Windows Mobile phones. Did you know you can build for Windows Mobile with Microsoft® Visual Studio® skills you already have? Did you know that you can securely manage your mobile devices with Microsoft® System Center Mobile Device Manager? Find out this and much more in the Windows Mobile track

Azure Services Platform

Owner: Greg Willis

With the new Azure Services Platform, developers can take advantage of an Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centres to build new applications in the cloud or extend existing applications quickly and easily, using a flexible and interoperable platform. The Azure Services Platform track explores Azure's cloud operating system and set of developer services, including Windows Azure, SQL Services, .NET Services, and Live Services. Sessions provide an overview of services currently in Community Technology Preview (CTP) and beta release, in addition to discussions on the future of the Azure Services Platform and the possibilities it provides for your business to reduce costs and accelerate innovation.

Virtualisation

Owner: Amit Pawar

With today's IT budget constraints, virtualization enables you to maximize your current hardware investments and provide increased services. The Virtualization track covers all of Virtualization from the desktop to the data centre. Learn about Microsoft's virtualization strategy, as well as our current solutions: Windows Server® Hyper-V, Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server, App-V, MED-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, and Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services). Sessions include real-world lessons from both Microsoft and industry experts. Come learn all about the present and future of Virtualization at Microsoft.

Submitting a topic

So how do you go about submitting a session? Go to the Call for Content tool and register with your email address and the RSVP code TechEdANZ. Fill in all the details and hit submit. You can come back to the site at any time to update or review the progress of your submission.

Guest appearance of...ME

RockyH — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:37:48 GMT

For some of out Tech Ed Promotion. Jeff Alexander has recorded some Vodcasts/VideoBlogs/Etc. He did save the best for last of course. Which means that he posted his interview with Me at: http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2008/08/31/teched-vodcast-interview-with-rocky-heckman.aspx

This is probably his best post to date.

Tech Ed 08 Ultimate Expert!!

RockyH — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:05:54 GMT

This year, we’re going to have a competition to find The Ultimate Expert, winner will score the v/cool HP TouchSmart IQ505a. We’ll also give away some HP iPAQ Travel Companions along the way. However, if you ask me, the real prize is being crowned The Ultimate Expert!

There are two ways to get involved:

Ask a Question: if you have a question that you want answered, mosey on over to CommNet and submit your question. The best questions will garner an HP iPAQ Travel Companion!

Compete as an Expert: if you think you should be in the running for the title of Ultimate Expert, have someone go over to CommNet, ask a question and nominate you to answer it. So, start blogging, emailing and spamming everyone you know, the only way to get a seat at the table is to be nominated. There could be a HP TouchSmart IQ505a with your name on it!

It’s that simple, we’re looking for Experts and Questions. What are you waiting for? GO!

Security Track Speaker Bits- Tom Hollander

RockyH — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:56:24 GMT

So for our next Speaker Introduction we have Tom Hollander who graciously agreed to give a session at tech Ed after I begged him to share his awesome wisdom around how to create a secure development framework.

Bio:

Tom Hollander is a Solution Architect in Microsoft’s Solutions Development Centre in Sydney, responsible for driving the technical design and delivery of complex customer projects. Prior to joining this team, Tom spent over three years in Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond working as a product manager in the patterns & practices team. In this role Tom helped deliver many patterns & practices deliverables including Enterprise Library, the Guidance Automation Toolkit and Web Service Software Factory. Tom is a frequent blogger on patterns & practices and architecture topics, at http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

At once stage I wanted to be a “real” architect, meaning someone that designs actual buildings.

What got you started in the IT Security Arena?

Being an a developer and an architect, I had no choice but to become interested in security.

What do you like most about your job?

Working with a fantastic team and seeing progress day by day.

If you had a magic wand that fixed things with a single flick, what are the top three things you’d fix about IT Security?

Ignorance and stupidity of (some) end users.

The SMTP protocol.

The need to establish different credentials on every system.

Is this your first time presenting at Tech Ed Australia / New Zealand? If not, how many times have you presented down here?

No, I think it’s my 3^rd time.

What are you looking forward to presenting on most at Tech Ed this year?

All of the cool stuff I’ve learned from working on my current project.

If your audience only takes one thing away from your session(s), what would you like that to be?

That security needs to be top of mind every day for everyone in a development team.

What are you looking forward to most about Tech Ed Australia / New Zealand?

Going to New Zealand again J. Nothing against Sydney but I’m here every day!

Threat Modeling Hands On Lab Prizes

RockyH — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:28:32 GMT

Hello everyone!!

Well it's Tech Ed Eve for me. I'm Ready to head up and Make My Mark!

I wanted you all to know about the Threat Modeling Hands On Lab. It almost didn't make it but Kyle and Corey from HynesITe did a great job of getting it loaded at the last minute. So if you see them walking around, thank them! :-)

Now here's the good part! I'm going to be giving away some prizes for the first 50 people to complete the Threat Modeling HOL. It's just a small token of my appreciation for you taking the time out to do SEC08 Threat Modeling Hands On Lab! The first 50 people ( 50 in Australia and 50 in New Zealand). will get a prize.

There is a catch though. The goodies haven't arrived on site yet. So I came up with a plan. When you complete HOL SEC08, the attendants will give you one of my business cards. On the back is a number like AU34, and a code. Just email me that number and code, and I will mail you one of the prizes as soon as they arrive. Hopefully they'll be here by the time Tech Ed New Zealand comes along and I'll have them there, but if not, we'll do the same thing in NZ.

Just to set expectations, no the prize is NOT a Zune. Sorry.... But it is something that should help you with your software security efforts.

Just as an FYI, the code on the cards, is in Hex. I only say this because if you send me the number, if you know it's in hex, then you won't be tempted to think any of the characters are something like L, I or O.

Halo 3 Jumpers at Tech Ed!!

RockyH — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:38:00 GMT

Oh man.... Get this, when you register at Tech Ed, pick up a TechNet sticker!!! and WEAR IT!

If you do, you could win some pretty cool prizes randomly throughout Tech Ed, including these COOL Halo 3 Hooded Jumpers! Now I just have to figure out how *I* can get one! Check out Deeps' blog post about the jumpers! http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/archive/2007/07/30/halo-3-hooded-jumpers-at-tech-ed-2007.aspx

Tech Ed - Ask The Experts

RockyH — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:54:00 GMT

Well the good news, for most, is that Tech Ed Australia, and Tech Ed New Zealand are SOLD OUT. You can still put your name on the wait list for a spot though. So this means that the events will ROCK!

I, of course, would like to accredit this to the awesome speakers in the Security Track this year. Then again, I’ve heard similar sentiments from about every track owner. J

The Ask The Experts evening gives you a chance to chat with the speakers in a more personal, or even humane, environment. They tend to loosen up and chat more in a relaxed environment as opposed to being in the auditorium environment.

For Australia:

ATE is on Wednesday 8 August after dinner from 7.15pm – 9pm in the main expo hall.

For New Zealand:

ATE is on Monday 13 August 6.30pm – 8.00pm in the Market Place on level 4 of the SKYCITY Convention Centre

There will be 10 topic areas (see below) that align to the TechEd tracks where delegates can meet the speakers in a 1:few setting as well as three 1: many spaces where we will run a panel discussion on three hot topics (see below).

Topic areas: Architecture; BI & Database, Unified Comms, Mobility and Messaging, Connected Systems, Dev Tools, Technology & Business Applications, Office System, Windows Server Infrastructure, Security, Identity & Access, Web Development & Infrastructure, and Windows Client & Management.

Panel subjects: Un-computing Panel; Technologies, Platforms, Products; The ‘Soft Stuff’

All of the speakers are expected to be there so that the attendees get a great experience. J Apparently in New Zealand we get Expert Hats but I’m sure we’ll be identifiable even without them.

So this is your chance to talk to the likes of Steve Riley, Kai Axford, Jamie Sharp, Tim Smith, Lee Hickin, Orin Thomas (Security MVP), and yours truely, over a few beers. Take advantage of the oppertunity.

Daniel Pearson - Debug Specialist

RockyH — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:34:00 GMT

Some of you may have seen Daniel doing a tour of the User Groups around Australia. He has been giving talks on how to understand what really causes system crashes, and what all that junk is in a Crash Dump file. He actually knows what happens to those crash dumps when they get sent to Microsoft. :-) Anyway, we talked him into coming to Tech Ed and we even gave him his own Chalk Talk / Cabana session.

So if you have ever experienced a crash, and want to know how to read the results to find out what's actually happening, or just want to find out what all that stuff means, come talk to Daniel at Tech Ed. If you've been having particular troubles with systems crashing, you can even schedule 1:1 time with him and show him some of your crash dumps so he can de-mystify them for you.

Take advantage of this oppertunity to talk to one of the foremost experts in figure out 'why things go wrong'.

Security Tracks Locked In!

RockyH — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:12:16 GMT

Tech Ed Australia - http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched07/index.aspx

Tech Ed New Zealand - http://www.microsoft.com/nz/teched07/index.aspx

Hi Gang,

It's been a while since I've posted. Sorry about that. Been busy traveling to the US, SE Asia, and around Australia. In between airport lounges and taxi's, I managed to sort out the Security track sessions for Tech Ed AU/NZ 07. Here's the line up for this year!

SEC301
It's 11:00 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Steve Riley

SEC302
Making the Tradeoff: Be Secure or Get Work Done
Steve Riley

SEC303
Securing Your Friends and Family
Steve Riley

SEC304
The fortified data center in your future: build it and they will come.
Steve Riley

SEC305
The Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Microsoft Windows
Kai Axford

SEC313
How Did They Find THAT?: Implementing the New Microsoft Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows
Kai Axford

SEC306
Technical Compliance Management with SPIDER - You know you need it!
Rocky Heckman

SEC307
Enterprise Threat Modeling with TAMe
Rocky Heckman

SEC308
User Account Control - Beyond the Hype
Rocky Heckman

SEC309
Forefront Client Security – providing visibility into your corporate Security and Health Status
Lee Hicken

SEC310
Forefront Server Security Management Console: Take control!
Tim Smith

SEC311
Total Protection with Forefront Client and Server.
Tim Smith

SEC312
Deploying and Managing Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 in Enterprise Networks
Jamie Sharp

SEC314
Securing the Small Business
Kai Axford

SEC315
Pushing the limits of EFS in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Orin Thomas

Ask The Experts!
It's a great line up for this year. Of course on Wednesday Night (Aug 8) in Australia, and Monday (Aug 13) in New Zealand is the Ask The Experts dinner. The speakers and industry experts in their respective fields will be hanging around for you to talk to and shoot the breeze with. This is always a great opportunity to get the more personal side of the story, and to ask the questions that you didn't have time to ask in the sessions.

1 on 1 Meetings with the Speakers
Also remember that you can schedule 1 on 1 meetings with the speakers in case you have any particular issues you'd like some help with or just to discuss and see how we might do things.

IT Management Seminar
This year's IT Management Seminar is all about Infrastructure Optimisation. Invest a day and learn how optimising your infrastructure is easier and more impactful than you think. Learn from Microsoft, our partners and customers about lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), increasing organisational agility, and freeing staff to focus more on building competitive advantage.

Certification
Microsoft Certified Professionals are in a league of their own. Being an MCP not only conveys your passion for the continuing challenges in IT, the practical expertise you gain through the certification process gives you the kind of know-how that gets recognized by your peers, and more importantly – future employers.

Hands-on Labs
Hands-on Labs provide drill-down technical learning opportunities in a self-paced environment. Included is the key Microsoft product or technology already presented in a Breakout Session. With the support of experienced Technical Learning Guides, you experience a Microsoft product while working at your own speed. Hands-on Labs range from 45 to 75 minutes in length and are available on more than 150 computer stations throughout the TLC.

Instructor-led Labs (Australia Only)
Thanks to attendee feedback, Tech.Ed 2007 will have more Instructor-led Labs than ever before. Each Instructor-led Lab presents the best of Hands-on Lab content in an expert-facilitated environment. You sit at your own computer while Microsoft Certified Trainers and Microsoft program managers use manuals to walk you through exercises. Instructor-led Labs accommodate up to 25 people in each 75-minute session.

Deep Dive Workshops (Australia Only)
Do you want more than the surface info that you can cover in an hour. Then you'll want to sign up for Deep Dive Workshops! Check out this year's great topics!

How Microsoft Windows Server codename "Longhorn" changes IT infrastructure

Key products and technologies
Windows Server code-named "Longhorn", Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1, Windows Server Virtualization, Branch Office Solutions, Terminal Services, Active Directory Directory Services and Active Directory Federation Services, Active Directory Certificate Services, Networking, Server Clustering, Windows Server Update Services, Windows PowerShell and Windows Storage Server.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Overview, Deployment, Configuration, and Management) and Development Tools and the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Key products and technologies
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office client suites and applications, Visual Studio Tools for Office STO SE, Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for SharePoint, Open XML File Formats, Workflow.

Unified Communications

Key products and technologies
Exchange Server 2003/2007, Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging, Live Communications Server 2005/Office Communications Server 2007, Office Outlook® 2007, Outlook Web Access, Office Communicator 2007, Office Communicator Mobile 2007, Office Communicator Web Access 2007, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Exchange Hosted Services, Office Live Meeting 2007, Office RoundTable™ (for Video Conferencing), Telephony Devices.

Designing, Developing and Deploying a Performance Management Solution on top of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack

Key products and technologies
SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, ProClarity 6.3, Business Scorecard Manager 2005, 2007 Office system, SharePoint Portal Server 2007, Excel for Business Intelligence.

BEST OF ALL IS THE PARTIES!!!!!

This year, in Australia the Tech Ed Party is in Movie World! That is always a blast! But I think this year, I'm just as excited about the party in New Zealand. Why you might ask? Because it's featuring one of my favourite bands Evermore! Yes you read it right, Evermore is playing at the Tech Ed NZ Party this year!! I'm pretty stoked about that.

Tech Ed is right around the corner. See You There!

Tech Ed Australia - http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched07/index.aspx

Tech Ed New Zealand - http://www.microsoft.com/nz/teched07/index.aspx (SOLD OUT)

Jesper Johansson At Tech Ed

RockyH — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:16:00 GMT

Well it's been a crazy few weeks for me. But I've managed to get Jesper to agree to come down for Tech Ed. That makes the list of cool speakers grow to:

Steve Riley

Kai Axford

Jesper Johansson

Corneliu Tusnea

Yours Truly

and more great speakers.

The Security Track is sure to be the best one of the whole show. I'm starting to get pumped about Tech Ed. It's just around the corner now and I've been going over the content we'll be having.

Here's a preview of Kai's sessions:

He'll be doing a regular session and a couple cabana sessions so you can ask all the questions you want around computer forensics and investigation.

How'd They Find THAT?: Implementing the New Microsoft Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows

HR tells you "We think Bob may be storing some illegal files on his machine. We need you to find them." What do you do now? Join us for a unique and interactive presentation as Kai and a special forensics guest star show you the new Investigation Guide. We demonstrate the tools that are discussed in the new manual, and see examples of the more popular forensics tools for Windows. This session is a must-see if you're being asked to run your own internal investigations.

The Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Microsoft Windows

If you’re being asked to run—or are currently running—your own internal investigations, this must-attend session is for you! Come speak with the Australian High Tech computer Crime Centre about techniques that you can use during your own internal investigations.

TLC - Securing the Small Business

They've got little money to spend on security, and big demands. Minimal staff and zero tolerance for disaster. The risks aren't reduced because it's a small business. The risk can actually be greater than for a large network. Join us as we look at the unique challenges small businesses face and show you successful methods to help secure them. Securing the small business doesn't need to cost a lot of money!

I'll be posting information about Steve's sessions, as well as sessions from the other speakers over the next few days. Be sure and check back often and Sign Up for Tech Ed!! You have 5 more days left to get the Early Bird Discount!!!

The Tech Ed Australia 07 Countdown Gadget

RockyH — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:51:26 GMT

Hi Gang!

Well in the spirit of Tech Ed ANZ 07, I posted a countdown gadget. Now this one is a bit strange to install due to the limitations of what files my other provider will serve. So follow these instructions:

Download the TechEdAU07.zip file from here
Change the extension from .zip to .gadget
Double click the resulting TechEdAU07.gadget file and it will install in your Windows Vista Sidebar

Easy enough. So there you have it. If you like the gadget let me know. If you don't like it, well delete it and speak of this to no-one.

Tech Ed ANZ '07 - Security Track

RockyH — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Well this year Andrew Coates is in charge of the content for Tech Ed ANZ. Andrew has always been a big thinker so I'm I'm sure it will be an event not to be missed! He's started a few Tech Ed Posts on his blog that you'll want to keep up with. In another...(read more)