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SECURITY INNOVATION TO DELIVER KEYNOTE
SPEECH
AT STAREAST 2006 CONFERENCE
Herbert H. Thompson, Ph.D., to Present “The
Software Vulnerability Guide: Uncut and Uncensored”
STAREAST CONFERENCE─ORLANDO, Fla.—May 8, 2006 -
Security Innovation, the independent authority on application
security development and assessment, today announced that its Chief
Security Strategist Herbert H. Thompson, Ph.D., will be delivering a
keynote speech on software vulnerability at STAREAST 2006. Dr.
Thompson will be presenting: “The Software Vulnerability Guide:
Uncut and Uncensored,” and will also be speaking on the topic of
“How to Break Software Security.” Additionally, Security
Innovation’s Software Quality Specialist Dawn Haynes will present on
the topic of “How to Break Software.”
Dr. Thompson’s keynote presentation, “The Software Vulnerability
Guide: Uncut and Uncensored,” is a “no holds barred” session
designed to offer software testers with a tour of the top software
vulnerabilities, providing them with the knowledge they need to
locate serious flaws. Dr. Thompson will discuss the top 20
vulnerabilities found in software today, and will outline methods
developers can employ to identify and fix flaws, and prevent these
problems in their applications. Dr. Thompson will illustrate each
vulnerability type through a live exploit, followed by a look at the
offending code and remediation strategies for writing secure code.
Dr. Thompson and Ms. Haynes will preface the keynote presentation
with talks on software testing techniques. In “How to Break
Software,” Ms. Haynes will demonstrates a set of specific techniques
developers can use to effectively test any software application. In
“How to Break Software Security,” Dr. Thompson will introduce a
fault model to help testers conceptualize the types of bugs they are
likely to find in security testing, and will lead the audience
through a set of proven software attacks that have been effective at
exposing security bugs.
Monday, May 15, 2006, 8:30 a.m. ET
Who: Software Quality Specialist, Dawn Haynes, Security Innovation
Inc.
What: “How to Break Software”
Where: STAREAST 2006, Sheraton Studio City Hotel, Orlando, Florida
URL:
http://www.sqe.com/stareast/tutorials.asp?from=glance&dow=mon#b
Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 8:30 a.m. ET
Who: Chief Security Strategist, Herbert Thompson, Ph.D., Security
Innovation Inc.
What: “How to Break Software Security”
Where: STAREAST 2006, Sheraton Studio City Hotel, Orlando, Florida
URL:
http://www.sqe.com/stareast/tutorials.asp?from=glance&dow=tue#m
Thursday, May 18, 2006, 8:30 a.m. ET
Who: Chief Security Strategist, Herbert Thompson, Ph.D., Security
Innovation Inc.
What: “The Software Vulnerability Guide: Uncut and Uncensored”
Where: STAREAST 2006, Sheraton Studio City Hotel, Orlando, Florida
URL:
http://www.sqe.com/stareast/keynotes.asp
“Software developers can avoid costly and inefficient remediation
that results when a company discovers vulnerabilities in its
software post-development,” said Dr. Herbert Thompson. “To design,
build and deploy secure applications, developers must be able to
think ahead of software flaws, anticipating problems before they
arise, and integrating security into each phase of the application
development life cycle. These presentations will offer developers an
inside view into preventing software vulnerabilities, allowing them
to improve their skills for the benefit of their companies and their
customers.”
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
