SANS Webcast: Proactive Security - Eliminating Vulnerabilities Before Attackers Know They Exist
Proactive Security - Eliminating Vulnerabilities Before Attackers Know They Exist
Featuring: Dave Shackleford and Thomas Maufer
Thursday, September 07, 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (1700 UTC/GMT) :: Friday, September 08, 2006 at 1 AM (Philippines)
To date, security technologies and techniques have been largely reactive in nature. Even technologies that are considered proactive by today’s standards are still reacting to known threats, and defending known vulnerabilities. Zero-day threats are becoming more and more frequent, however, as attackers learn new ways to exploit systems and software. A new approach is required - testing the interaction between technologies by manipulating the protocols in use, as well as modifying known attacks and vulnerabilities. This webcast will present a new way of approaching security for system developers, device manufacturers, and enterprise security teams who need to validate technology before buying it and putting it into production.
Speaker Bios:
Dave Shackleford:
Dave Shackleford has been involved in Information Technology, particularly the arenas of networking and security, for over nine years. Dave has worked as a security architect and manager for a number of large companies, and has also run his own consulting practice for several years. He currently works as the Director of Security Solutions and Assessment Services for Vigilar, and his areas of specialty include incident handling and response, intrusion detection and traffic analysis, and vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. He is also the co-author of “Hands On Information Security” from Course Technology.
Thomas Maufer:
Thomas has held various marketing and engineering/architect roles at NVIDIA and 3Com for networking products from NICs up to routers. He also managed metropolitan connectivity for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and has written three books on computer networking.
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