The majority of reviews from last year were very positive. We did receive a few complaints about the technical track being a little too company specific, since it was mostly live demos, so we've replaced that track this year. In it's place we have an infrastructure security track. We've also added an application security track this year, which is focused on secure coding, so we will have four speaking tracks this year. We added a lunch keynote speaker as well. Johnny Long (johnny.ihackstuff.com) is giving the lunch keynote this year. Johnny has authored and co-authored a number of books, including one about google hacking and is a very entertaining speaker.
We do our best to bring in knowledgeable, interesting speakers and topics for the conference. The conference committee consists of 16 ISSA members, and for the majority of the planning period, 12 of the 16 members are focused solely on reviewing and deciding the speakers. We decide speakers completely separately from sponsorships, and have not promised a single speaking slot based on sponsorships. We also have presentation guidelines which require at least 50 minutes of the 1 hour presentations be product and company agnostic. I think we have a great schedule of presentations and speakers, but I recognize that the conference might not be for everyone. The schedule of speakers and topics is on the conference website, so you can decide for yourself if it's worth attending (http://raleigh.issa.org/conference.html). Obviously we hope you'll join us. By the way, we would love to have some Linux security presentations next year, and hope some local TriLUG members will submit speaking proposals. We'll try to remember to send out the call for papers to the TriLUG email list. We usually post the call for papers on our chapter website 6 months before the conference. Thanks! Steve Toy President, Raleigh ISSA Chapter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Hood Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:05 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] triangle infosecon 10/26 - discount trilug rate I must say that I hope this year will be better than last. I really don't aim to start a flame thread, but I really hope there are some better speakers. I took a day off of work to attend last year's conference and ended up disappointed. All but one of the sessions I attended were comprised of lackluster speakers promoting their company's product. While I understand that events like this need sponsorship, there must be some kind of value proposition. On the other hand, I got some free t-shirts and a book or two. All the vendors I talked to were knowledgable and that had some cool stuff on display. I'm still mad at the guy who won something like three ipods in the raffles. Thankfully, he gave up the last one to someone else, though. ;) Shawn On 9/29/06, Lisa Lorenzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi folks, > > i'm currently the secretary of the > raleigh issa chapter - and also > sister-group liaison for our second > annual Triangle InfoSeCon, the > security conference we're putting on > this fall. once again, we're > offering a discount to other local > usergroups - $40 if you register > by october 11th (instead of the general early-bird rate of $65). > to register, please use this URL: > > http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=118387 > > > it's a daylong conference with 4 tracks (general, application, and > infrastructure security, and security management/compliance). > breakfast and lunch will be provided, > and we have two keynotes this > year: sara santarelli, CISO of verizon business, and johnny long of > _google hacking_ fame. > > here's more information: > > * * * * * > > The Raleigh ISSA Chapter announces the second annual Triangle > InfoSeCon. > This Information Security conference > will be held on Thursday, October > 26th, 2006. The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in > Cary, North Carolina. > > Why attend? > > The Raleigh ISSA Chapter fall > conference is a great opportunity to > learn > more about information security, talk > with companies who provide security > products and services and network with fellow information security > professionals. > > Conference Goal: To educate individuals in the Raleigh/Durham/RTP area > about information security. > > Target Audience: > Executives who are responsible for > regulatory compliance and/or security > Security professionals > Individuals who want to know more about information security > > For more information see > http://raleigh.issa.org/conference.html > > Please help spread the word about the > conference to your coworkers and > friends who might be interested. > Non-members can register for a special > $65 early-bird rate until October 11th by going to > http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=118344 > > Members of other North Carolina > IT-related professional associations > (Infragard, ISACA, TriLUG, NC > Sysadmins, AITP) are afforded a $40 > early-bird rate. > > IT association members can register > online at: > http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=118387 > > * * * * * > > hope you can join us! > > regards, > lisa > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member > Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
