Re: CRIME What security topics interest you?

From: David M. Fetter (dfetter@setec-astronomy.biz)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 22:33:03 PST

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    I wouldn't mind seeing something on Forensics/Incident Response.
    
    Andrew Plato wrote:
    > Hey folks, 
    > 
    > We're putting together some seminars for this year and I am curious what
    > technologies and trends are most interesting to the security world.
    > We're toying with a bunch of different topics. I'd like to run a few
    > topics by everybody and get some feedback. 
    > 
    > 1. Intrusion prevention technologies: hybrid IDS/firewall technologies. 
    > 
    > 2. Realistic Risk Assessment: How to honestly gauge the value of your
    > information assets. 
    > 
    > 3. Documenting Security: writing documentation and reports to encourage
    > and sell security.
    > 
    > 4. Strategies for Intrusion Detection Tuning: how to optimize IDSs
    > systems effectively to reduce noise without missing serious events. 
    > 
    > 5. Windows Group Policies & Security. Discussion of some of the features
    > of Windows Active Directory group policies and their security
    > implications. 
    > 
    > 6. Firewalls are not enough. Describes why firewalls are only one
    > component in a security infrastructure. 
    > 
    > Keep in mind, these are hour or two hour sessions, not full classes. The
    > goal is to encourage, educate, without seeming too salesy. I mean, yeah
    > sure, I want people to buy security products and services from Anitian.
    > But if you're like me, I hate going to seminars put on by security firms
    > and getting a 3 hour sales pitch on why they are the best company in the
    > universe because they have pretty graphs and a "world class" executive
    > team. I figure if I am going to spend 3 hours somewhere, I want to learn
    > something. 
    > 
    > So what would interest you, and why? Feel free to suggest ideas as well.
    > 
    > 
    > Thanks for your feedback. 
    > 
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