Re: Secure IT Conference Reviews

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

I'd like to 'second' that.  As attractive as travel to SF is, of the
two I'm going only to the SPW in DC this year.  The edu focus is a
*very* valuable benefit of the SPW (as compared to the SecureIT event).


Edwards, Francis wrote:

> Have you checked out the Educause Security Professionals Workshop (SPW),
> May 16-18 in Washington, DC?   See
> http://www.educause.edu/conference/security/2004/
>
> I attended both last year.  Being a member of the program committee for
> the Security Professionals Workshop, I'm notably biased.  Both are /
> were well worth the money.  There is some overlap in coverage.
>
> SecureIT is aimed at both higher education and the corporate
> environments, intending to bring them both together on topics of
> information and network security.  This included a number of vendor
> product-oriented sessions.
>
> The Educause Security Professionals Workshop (SPW) is aimed totally at
> the practitioners of IT security in higher education, It's intended to
> cover the issues and techniques faced in colleges and universities.
> There are no vendor presentations in the program.
>
>
>
> Francis Edwards, CISSP CCP
> Manager, IT Security
> Montgomery College
> Office of Information Technology
> 7362 Calhoun Place
> Rockville, MD 20855-2759
>
> 240/314-3091
> Francis.Edwards () montgomerycollege edu
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert D Losee [mailto:rlosee () UNLNOTES UNL EDU]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Secure IT Conference Reviews
>
>
> I was thinking of going to the Secure IT conference in San Francisco
> next month and wondered about last year's or opinions on this year's
> conference. It appears to have a higher ed emphasis so it looked
> interesting. Thanks.
>
> Robert D Losee
> 450 Love Library
> Lincoln NE  68588-0496
> Phone: (402) 472-7663
> FAX: (402) 472-5280
> rlosee () unl edu
>
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