July 17, 2012 at 6:30 PM

ISSA National Capital Chapter July meeting topic:

The Easy Stuff

by Marcus Ranum
CSO, Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Abstract
Marcus will discuss why the most important trend-lines in computer security are backward from the direction that's most likely to end in success. This will be a short-term situation but it will be the reality of affairs for most of our careers.

About the Speaker
Marcus J. Ranum, Chief Security Officer of Tenable Security, Inc., is a world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation. Since the late 1980's, he has designed a number of groundbreaking security products including the DEC SEAL, the TIS firewall toolkit, the Gauntlet firewall, and NFR's Network Flight Recorder intrusion detection system. He has been involved in every level of operations of a security product business, from developer, to founder and CEO of NFR. Marcus has served as a consultant to many FORTUNE 500 firms and national governments, as well as serving as a guest lecturer and instructor at numerous high-tech conferences. In 2001, he was awarded the TISC "Clue" award for service to the security community, and also holds the ISSA lifetime achievement award. In 2005 he was awarded Security Professional of the Year by Techno Security Conference.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.
Non-members are welcome without charge! Light refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:30 PM

Government Printing Office
Room A138
732 N. Capitol St.
Washington, DC, 20401

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