TROY ? Some eighty Security professionals attended the SecureDetroit 2005, which doubled as an (ISC)2 Security Leadership Seminar, an event Walsh College plans to make an annual event.
SecureDetroit?s focus was on Enterprise Vulnerability Management, said Nanette Poulios, Director of Walsh?s Information Assurance Center and assistant professor in the Business Information Technology Department.
The event offered three tracks: Emerging Technologies, Management Issues, and Hands On Topics, such as Digital Access Cards and Digital Forensics, by far the best attended sessions. The focus was on the laws and forensics practioners.
Policies sessions also were popular, Poulios said. Policies under review included Sarbanes Oxley and HIPPA standards.
?How do you tie all these policies and vulnerabilities together,?? Poulios said. ?How can one company manage all this? We don?t have a whole lot of answers. We?re doing patch management and it isn?t working.?
Walsh will be hosting another Security event on May 24 called Privacy, Policy, Protection: For the Public and Not For Profit Sectors. Through a grant from SBC Foundation, and sponsored by Jefferson Wells, Walsh is offering a half-day seminar on information assurance to government and not for profit organizations. Break-out sessions and panel discussions will cover the organization?s responsibilities in identity protection, policies to thwart cyber attacks and privacy regulations such as HIPAA and FERPA.
Each participant will receive a hand book of sample formulas and policies and a CD of links to important information. Speakers include Paul Rozek, Jefferson Wells; Roger Bolhouse, Speckin Labs; Mike Saad, Meridian Security; Shari Peltier, United Way; Carol Romej, Butzel Long; Nan Poulios, Walsh College. Tickets are $50 and include breakfast and lunch and may be purchased online. To register, click on WalshCollege.Edu
