IT Security Conference Oct. 16 In Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR ? The IT Security Services at The University of Michigan and MERIT are holding a conference Oct. 16 in Ann Arbor that will address the latest developments in IT Security and the mounting threat from hackers, phishers and others intent on the malicious destruction of data or technology systems.

This event, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater from 9 am to 3:30 pm, is free and open to the public.

Topics and Presenters:

? ?Measuring Security? ? Verdasys, Chief Scientist Dan Geer, Sc.D.

? ?The Case for Secure Coding ? Oracle Corporation, Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson

? ?The Jihadi Cyberterror Threat? ? U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Defense Analysis, Professor Dorothy Denning

? ?Information Privacy & Security within the Academic Setting? ? FTI, Inc., Managing Director-Technology Mark D. Rasch, J.D.

? ?Integrating Security into a Consumer-Oriented OS? ? Apple Inc., Security Policy Architect John Hurley, Ph.D.

To register and for more information, click on SafeComputing.Umich.Edu

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