Register NOW for FIRST Conference in Spain and save US$300

[Roger Safian <r-safian () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

For many years I've both been involved with FIRST and attended
their conferences.  I, unfortunately, won't be able to attend
this year, but I wanted to share the information.  I've always
received a lot of valuable information at the conferences.

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Around four hundred of the world's top computer and Internet security 
practitioners will be coming to Spain this Summer for the 19th annual 
conference of FIRST - the Forum of Incident Response and Security 
Teams. 
See www.first.org/conference/2007

Held at Seville's Melia Sevilla Hotel from June 17-22, the conference 
has chosen as its theme the hazards and responsibilities of digital 
privacy, under the banner "Private Lives and Corporate Risk."

Registering early will give you substantial savings. You save US$300 by 
booking before April 25

After April 25 the registration fee will revert to full price: US$2200 (US$2000 for members).

So Book now ....

You can register online at
http://www.first.org/conference/2007/registration/index.html

We have tried to make this conference even better than previous 
ones by taking it back to its technical roots and to increase 
opportunities for training and knowledge transfer.

Keynote speakers at the conference include ENISA Executive 
Director Andrea Pirotti; Lord Toby Harris, the UK Home Secretary's 
appointee on the Metropolitan [London] Police Authority; 
Francisco Garcia Morán, Director General of DG Informatics 
for the European Commission; Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle's Chief 
Security Officer; BT's futurologist Graham Whitehead; and 
George Stathakopoulos, general manager of product security 
for Microsoft.

FIRST will be continuing its practice of creating and hosting 
"special interest groups" at the conference. At last year's 
session in Baltimore, delegates from national security coordination 
teams were combined with representatives from the major IT vendors 
to iron out misunderstandings and inconsistencies of approach and 
establish new protocols for co-operation, and another special interest 
group was established combining international law-enforcers with 
corporate internet response and security teams.

Lighter features of the 2007 conference programme include "Beer'n'Gear" 
sessions, with vendors and providers demonstrating new equipment 
over refreshments in a relaxed environment, and "GeekZone" 
presentations with a hands-on format aimed at smaller, technical 
audiences of up to 30 people.

An overview of the conference program can be seen at:
http://www.first.org/conference/2007/program/index.html

FIRST Program Chairs
Ian Cook (Pentest Ltd)
Arjen de Landgraaf (E-Secure-IT)


-- 
Roger A. Safian 
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