Walsh Information Assurance Center Hosts SecureDetroit with (ISC)2

TROY – Legislation, new threats and interconnected networks continue to make the security professional’s task more difficult and daunting. The (ISC)2 Security Leadership Seminar Series assists information security professionals in preparing for the threats and issues they face today, as well as those that will come tomorrow.

Bottom line: if you are involved in your organization’s IT security, you don’t want to miss this outstanding seminar! (ISC)� Members earn eight CPEs that will be automatically credited.

The program begins April 27 at 7 am with registration and a continental breakfast. The welcome will be provided by Nanette Poulios, Director, Information Assurance Center and Claude Williams, CISSP

(ISC)� Institute.

The keynote will be given at 9:15 am by Lee Kushner, CEO, of L. J. Kushner and Associates.

Then the conference splits into three tracks of seminars: Track 1 will be New Technologies in Info Security by James C. Hanlon Jr., CISSP, President and CEO, JC Hanlon Consulting. Track 2 is called Evolution of IDS/IPS and will be presented by Clark R. Crain, CISSP, CISM, CCDA,

Security Solutions Architect, North Central & Canadian Security Services,

CA Technology Services. Track 3, Protecting the Mobile Workforce at Public Hotspots, will be presented by Matthew Neeley of

Corporate Security Services Analyst

The late morning tracks include:

Track 1 – Privacy Protections for Your Clients, Carol Romej of Butzel Long; Track 2 – Application Integrity. with Mike Kosonog of Deloitte & Touche; and Track 3 will be announced. It will be presented by Don Gottwald, Phd, PMP. Professor, Walsh College.

The early after session also includes three tracks: Track 1 – Roadmap of Information Security Management with Tim Bates of GM; Track 2 – Business Impacts and Lessons Learned from the 2005 Hurricane Season, with Sandra K. Allison, Manager, Deloitte and Touche, AERS; and Track 3 – Sarbanes Oxley Compliance. An increase in the regulatory compliance requirements for businesses has given rise to the need for more streamlined and automated processes and controls. Through the use of various technologies, total cost of compliance can be reduced and efficiencies in business processes realized.

Presenters include:

Dan Smith is a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young?s Technology Security Risk Services group in Troy, MI. Dan has thirteen years experience of IT based auditing. Recent experience includes serving as a Sarbanes Oxley IT General Computer Controls advisor for Federal Mogul, General Motors, Visteon, and Masco. Dan is a CPA an active in various IT Audit Organizations. Education: B.S.B.A. in Accounting and Information Systems; M.S.F. from Walsh College

Derek Huffman is a senior in Ernst & Young?s Technology Security Risk Services. Over the past several years, he has assisted numerous Fortune 500 companies in automating business processes and controls and advised clients in effective data mining and analysis solutions. Education: M.S.B.A. Michigan State University

Lee J. Kushner is the founder and CEO of L. J. Kushner and Associates, L.L.C. and is a recruitment expert in the areas of Information Security, and Secure Electronic Commerce. Mr. Kushner and the firm’s associates are regular attendees at conferences across the country. L. J. Kushner exhibits annually at leading conferences including Gartner, CSI, MIS Training Institute and several SANS Conferences.

Mr. Kushner received a Bachelor of Science from East Carolina University and a Masters of Science from Ohio University and is a regular featured speaker on the topics of Security Hiring, Compensation Package Development, Industry Trends and Employee Retention. His conference speaking credits include: RSA, The Information Security Forum, The e-Security Conference, The Blackhat Briefings, Credit Card Fraud and Cybercrime and a number of ISSA chapters’ annual conferences.

The late afternoon tracks, which start at 2 pm, include:

Track 1 – Introduction to Machintosh Forensics and Black BagTechnology Tools, Ives R. Potrafka, CFCE, EnCe, Senior Examiner, Center for Computer Forensics;

Track 2 – Risk Management for Small and Mid Size Organizations, Adam M. Schrock, CISSP

Director, Information Security, Autoweb;

Track 3 – Total Security Awareness Strategy, Nanette Poulios

Director,

Information Assurance Center.

The final tracks of the day include:

Track 1 – Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) IPSec vs SSL the Battle,

Roger Younglove, MBA, CISSP, CISM, IAM,

Principle Consultant,

Younglove Associates;

Track 2 – Topic TBD but presented by the FBI;

Track 3 – Tools and Techniques and Security Management, by Kevin Gibson.