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iSEC Partners, EFF and DEF CON Announce TrustyCon - the First "Trustworthy Technology Conference" - to Take Place February 27th
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--
iSEC Partners:
Who:
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iSEC Partners, a proven full-service security consulting firm,
today announced in collaboration with the Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) and DEF CON that together they will be kicking
off a brand-new security technology conference, TrustyCon.
The event will prioritize and refocus trust in technology and
technology companies, during a time of cynicism and contempt
towards consumer security and privacy.
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When and Where:
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February 27, 2014 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM PT at AMC Metreon (135
4th St #3000, San Francisco). The conference will be held in
Theater 15.
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What:
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Following opening remarks from iSEC Partners co-founder Alex Stamos,
a full program of panels of security experts and a keynote speaker
will tackle the future of trust in technology.
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The primary agenda includes Microsoft (News - Alert) and CloudFlare as sponsors and
confirmed speakers and panelists such as:
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-- Alex Stamos, Chief Technology Officer, Artemis
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-- Jeff Moss, Founder, DEF CON and Black Hat
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-- Marcia Hofmann, Privacy Attorney
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-- Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure
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-- Chris Palmer, Software Security Engineer, Google (News - Alert)
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-- Christopher Soghoian, Principal Technologist, American Civil
Liberties Union
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Why:
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Reuters has reported that the RSA (News - Alert) Corporation entered into a $10M
contract with the NSA to include a backdoored algorithm in their
widely used commercial cryptography library. The disclosure of this
deal has affected the trust individuals and companies place in the
government and technology companies and has struck a chord among
businesses and consumers. It raises concern regarding the ways the
industry may profit from relationships with the government and
whether international clients can trust their security providers.
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TrustyCon serves as a call-to-action to companies to design their
technology and businesses to be secure and trustworthy.
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Get Involved:
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Tickets and event details are available here: www.trustycon.org
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Sponsorships are currently available for the event. For more
details and to learn more, email [email protected]
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About iSEC Partners
iSEC Partners, a part of information assurance company, NCC Group plc,
since October 2010, is a full-service security consulting firm that
provides penetration testing, secure systems development, security
education and software design verification. iSEC Partners' security
assessments leverage our extensive knowledge of current security
vulnerabilities, penetration techniques and software development best
practices to enable customers to secure their applications against
ever-present threats on the Internet.
Primary emphasis is placed upon helping software developers build safe,
reliable code. Areas of research interest include application attack and
defense, web services, operating system security, privacy, storage
network security and malicious application analysis.
About NCC
NCC Group (LSE: NCC.L) provides 45,000 organizations worldwide with IT
assurance through escrow, verification, security & software testing,
audit and website performance solutions. NCC Group is the only data
escrow provider able to draw on this market-leading technical expertise
and ensure that your Registry Data Escrow is stored under the highest
levels of security at all times.
Through these services NCC Group gives customers the confidence that
their business critical information, systems, networks, websites,
and software are protected, secure, compliant and effective.
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