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'.

Melbourne Security Interchange

RockyH — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:44:00 GMT

Melbourne Security Interchange

You are invited to attend the inaugural Melbourne Security Interchange. The Security Interchange is a community driven event that promotes peer networking, panel discussions and interaction with security experts. The aim of the Security Interchange is to run a monthly event delivering technical sessions focused on the latest Information Security topics. Put your hand up and get answers to your questions, mix with your peers and tap into key security insights. The event will be held at the Microsoft Southbank office on the 16th April from 5:30-7:30pm.

This month’s topic

‘Taking the Religion out of Information Security Vulnerabilities’ presented by Jeff Jones, Security Strategy Director, Microsoft Corporation. http://blogs.technet.com/security

The session will start with comparisons for various operating systems covering vulnerabilities and days of risk. Using these comparisons as a reference point, we’ll have a group discussion concerning the underlying mechanics of open source, closed source, commercial Linux, full disclosure, responsible disclosure etc and how it all works together to produce the results we can observe.

About Jeff Jones

As a Security Strategy Director, Jeff works with CSOs and Microsoft's internal security teams to drive practical and measurable security improvements to Microsoft process and products. Previously, Jeff was the vice president of product management for security products at Network Associates. His responsibilities included PGP, Gauntlet, CyberCop and portions of the McAfee product line. These latest positions cap a 20-year hands-on career in security performing risk assessments, building customised firewalls and being involved in DARPA security research projects. Jeff is a frequent global speaker and writer on security topics ranging from the very technical to more high-level CxO-focused topics such as Security TCO and metrics.

Details

Monday 16th April
5:30-7:30pm
Microsoft
Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place
Southbank VIC 3006

Drinks and pizza will be provided so please RSVP jamiesh at microsoft com if you wish to attend.

From Source to Secure : user group

Daniel Pearson - Debug Specialist

Melbourne Security Interchange

Melbourne Security Interchange