LANSING ? Lansing ISSA will host the second annual Netwars Challenge Saturday at Michigan State University. Continuing education credits and prizes, including a laptop computer and a Motorola Xoom WiFi tablet, are the door prizes.
The event will first instruct users and present materials on how to exploit system vulnerabilities. Then a hands-on event will follow where participants leverage that knowledge to hack servers or computers, said Lansing ISSA President Ben Portnoy.
“We enjoy hosting this event, giving security professionals and others interested in the field of information security an opportunity to get hands on experience compromising and defending computer systems while enjoying food and drinks, and awarding some very cool prizes.”
Leading the ethical hacking seminar will be Brett Cunningham and Jack Crook, both incident response professionals with GE-CIRT.
Cunningham has been in incident response and network security for five years, exploring exploit development for the past two years. He currently works as an Incident Analyst for the GE-CIRT. He holds the CCNP and CCDP certifications and is active in the malware analysis community.
Crook has been in IT for the previous 12 years of which the last 7 years have been focused on host/network security and incident response. He holds certifications in incident response and digital forensics and remains active in the community by hosting the Motor City Snort Users Group.
The program starts at 11 am and runs until 5 pm at MSU?s East Fee Hall, Room E109. The 5 CPE credits offered for attending the event will be accepted by ISC^2 and ISACA.
A raffle also will be held for a certificate from New Horizons for its ethical hacker training, a $2,500 value.
For more information, click on Lansing.ISSA.Org
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