http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080926/NEWS01/809260329 By John Andrew Prime Gannett.com September 26, 2008 One of the world's top reformed hackers and leaders of the Air Force's cyber arm here are among the confirmed speakers at the Cyber Innovation Center's Cyber Awareness Summit, Oct. 7-9 at the Shreveport Convention Center. Sponsors are the Cyber Innovation Center/National Cyber Research Park, the 8th Air Force and the provisional Air Force Cyber Command at Barksdale Air Force Base. Confirmed speakers include best-selling cyber author Douglas Rushkoff, former top hacker-turned-cyber-defense-expert Kevin Mitnick, author of "The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion," U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder, commander of the 8th Air Force, and Maj. Gen. William T. Lord, commander of Air Force Cyber Command. The Shreveport cyber event will include the first public comments by general officers leading cyber efforts in the Air Force after the completions of Corona Fall. That's a thrice-a-year gathering of top Air Force leaders and the service's full-rank generals. The Coronas allow senior leaders to come together for frank, open discussions and decision-making about the future of the air arm. This year, they are expected to include discussion about cyber, training and nuclear issues that have riveted the attention of Air Force and Defense leadership since this summer, when the top two leaders of the service were fired by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. That followed a series of embarrassing mistakes by the Air Force handling nuclear components. Corona Fall will be Oct. 1-4 at Colorado Springs, Colo., "and we do expect releases from it, but likely not for two to six weeks after, as it will take time for everyone to work the major points of the decisions," Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said. One week after the Shreveport summit, the National Cyber Security Conference will be held Oct. 16-17 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Geared toward military professionals and industry type and limited to U.S. personnel and people from allied nations only, it has a steep price to attend, almost $2,000 per person. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Mon Sep 29 2008 - 00:25:03 PDT
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