Upper Midwest K-20 IT Security Conference Opportunity

[Marty Hoag <marty.hoag () NDSU EDU>]

IT Security: A Call to Action for the Education Community

The third annual K-20 IT security conference for education
and IT professionals will be held in Fargo at the Ramada
Plaza Suites on November 1 and 2, 2006.  Register by
September 29 and receive a discount.  Registration and
additional information is available online at
http://www.ndsu.edu/itsecurity .

This conference may be especially convenient for those
of you in the upper midwest/great plains of the USA or
in central Canada.

The conference is sponsored by North Dakota State University
(NDSU) Information Technology Services and its EduTech
group (ND K-12 education technology services). This
conference will increase awareness of the associated risks
of computer and network use in an academic setting with an
emphasis on leadership and the end-users of technology.

The planned program includes regional and national speakers
speaking on topics such as:
   Looking Forward: Overcoming Obstacles and Adversity in
      the World of IT Security
   AUPs: Update, Enforce, & Survive
   Microsoft Windows VISTA: Securing the Desktop
   Information Safeguarding Panel
   An Exercise in Ethical Hacking
   Running a Server? How Does it Score on the Self Assessment
      Scorecard?
   Policy Development and Training
   Incident Response
   VoIP and Video End-point Security
   Risk Assessment.

The conference will include presentations, panel discussions,
information booths, and vendor visitation.

All educational IT leaders and IT staff, including those
responsible for policy development in an academic setting,
are invited to attend. This conference also offers an
opportunity for IT personnel from the private sector, such
as financial and medical institutions, to learn more about
information security practices as well as policy development
and enforcement.

For further information and to register for the conference,
please visit the IT Security Conference Web site at
http://www.ndsu.edu/itsecurity . You may also contact
Theresa Semmens, NDSU IT Security Officer, at 701.231.5870;
Jody French, EduTech Director, at 701.231.7208; or
Dick Jacobson, NDUS Security Officer, at 701.231.7385.