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SECURITY INNOVATION TO ADDRESS THE
IMPORTANCE OF
WEB APPLICATION SECURITY AT WEBSEC 2006
Security Innovation Showcases ‘Hackerland’ Security
Challenge
WEBSEC─LONDON, UK—March 15, 2006 - Security Innovation, the
independent authority on application security development and
assessment, today announced that Fabien Casteran, senior security
engineer, will be presenting “Web Security Paranoia: Myths &
Realities” at MIS Training’s 9th Annual WebSec 2006 Conference on
March 29, 2006, at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington,
London, UK.
Security Innovation will also be sponsoring an interactive Web
security competition titled ‘Hackerland Challenge’ which will allow
participants of all skill levels to try their hand at locating
security vulnerabilities. Participants are encouraged to uncover
both common and obscure security flaws in a Web site built expressly
for this challenge. The winner will have proven his/her outstanding
skills in identifying and exploiting the maximum number of
vulnerabilities after two days.
Applying his many years of experience testing and assessing Web
applications, Mr. Casteran will discuss the aspects of Web
application security that are so often and dangerously overlooked.
He will address the misperceptions of Web application security,
which can often lead to a false sense of security. Additionally,
he’ll focus on the significance of insider and exterior threats that
make Web applications so vulnerable and often misunderstood.
Who: Fabien Casteran, senior security engineer, Security Innovation
Inc.
What: “Web Security Paranoia: Myths & Realities”
When: Wednesday, March 29, 2006; 1:00 p.m.
Where: WebSec 2006, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London,
UK
More info:
http://www.mistiemea.com/MIS/9th_Annual_Websec_Conference_2006.asp
“The Hackerland Challenge will bring to light the complex challenges
that application developers must address. Participants will be able
to take this experience back to their organizations and conduct
better internal testing,” said Ed Adams, CEO of Security Innovation.
“The competition will allow participants to come away with a strong
understanding of the genuine vulnerability types found in Web
applications, and Fabien’s presentation should provide attendees
with a clear, concise look at the misconceptions inherent in Web
security.”
About Fabien Casteran
Mr. Casteran serves as senior security engineer at Security
Innovation, where he is responsible for application security
research, development and testing initiatives. He has applied his
security testing and application analysis skills to develop a
plethora of applications security testing tools. He has tested
applications for some of the largest companies in the world
including Microsoft, ING, SAP and Motorola.
Mr. Casteran is proficient in a wide range of programming languages,
platform technologies, Web protocols and data structures. He has
worked closely with Dr. Herbert H. Thompson of Security Innovation
on an extensive Windows vs. Linux Web Server research project, which
was released in late 2005 and recognized publicly for its quality
and sound methodology.
Prior to joining Security Innovation, Mr. Casteran spent the
majority of his collegiate career at Florida Institute of Technology
(FIT) working under the direction of Dr. James A. Whittaker, founder
of Security Innovation, and world-renowned expert in application
security. At FIT, Fabien participated in multifaceted application
security and behavioral analysis projects. He received an M.S degree
in Computer Science at FIT and delivered a “Towards a
Customer-Centric View of Security” thesis.
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation is the authority on application security and
leading independent provider of assessment and training services.
Dozens of leading organizations, including Adobe, Cisco, Fidelity,
Harris Corporation, IBM, ING, HP, Microsoft, VISA, SAP, Symantec,
VeriSign and a number of government agencies, rely on Security
Innovation’s expertise in application security testing and training
to develop, evaluate and deploy more secure applications. More than
60 percent of the Company’s staff holds advanced degrees in computer
science with 30 percent at the Ph.D. level. The Company is
headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with offices in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Seattle, Wash.; and Melbourne, Fla. For more
information about Security Innovation, visit
www.securityinnovation.com or call +1.978.694.1008.
Contacts:
Davida Dinerman/Tom Bain
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
