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- From: dklefkon@well.sf.ca.us (Richard W. Lefkon)
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- Subject: March Virus/Security Conference
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:57:00 GMT
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- 6th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SECURITY & VIRUS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION
- Wed thru Fri - March 10-12, 1993 - Madison Square Garden Ramada, NYC
- spons by DPMA Fin Ind. Ch. in coop. with
- ACM-SIGSAC, BCS, CMA, COS, EDPAAph, ISSAny, NUInypc, IEEE Computer Society
- Box 894 NY NY 10268 (800) 835-2246 x190
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- NOVELL'S REKHI KEYNOTES "IDES OF MARCH" SECURITY CONFERENCE -
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- UNIX Head for USL's New Owner Joins IBM, Apple Security Chiefs
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- - - New York
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- [Information on conference: Judy Brand, (800) 835-2246 x190]
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- With increased emphasis on hacker and virus attacks across systems,
- the Sixth International Computer Security and Virus Conference and
- Exposition has announced Kanwal Rekhi, Novell, Inc.'s EVP and General
- Manager for Interoperability, as the March, 1993 Keynote Speaker.
- Tentatively titled "Seamless Security," Rekhi's talk will focus on
- UNIX strategies, TCP/IP, internetworking with workstations and
- microcomputers, and network management. His confirmation comes on the
- heels of Novell's UNIX Systems Laboratories coup. He will speak
- Thursday, March 11, middle day of the annual "Ides of March"
- conference, at the glass-enclosed 18th Floor of New York's Madison
- Square Garden Ramada Hotel.
-
- More than two thousand attendees are expected for the three days of
- security security courses, panels, research papers and product
- exhibits. Ninety speaker from seven continents will be distributed
- over the 46 sessions in five confer- ence tracks, and 70 vendors of
- computer and network protection will demonstrate their wares. This
- year's theme is "Global vs. Corporate Solutions."
-
- The conference is sponsored by the DPMA Financial Industries Chapter,
- in cooperation with ACM-SIGSAC, Boston Computer Society, Corporation
- for Open Systems, New York LAN Association / NetWare Users
- International, Communications Managers Association, local chapters of
- EDP Auditors association and Information Systems Security Association,
- and the 90,000-strong IEEE Computer Society. Because a great number
- of world class security authorities speak here each March, two
- European-based international security groups will hold one-day
- meetings nearby.
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- Lead Speaker in the Research and Technical Track is Willilam Vance,
- computer security head for IBM Corporation. Other speakers and
- session chairs include Jane Paradise, security head for Apple Corp.;
- Gail Thackeray, leading prosecutor of toll fraud and telecom
- break-ins; Robert Schiffreen, British hacker who managed to invade the
- Queen's husband's computer mailbox, was exonerated by Parliament, and
- then wrote a book explaining how to protect against attacks like his;
- and Scott Charney, head of the U. S. Justice Department's initiative
- against computer crime.
-
- Mr. Rekhi of Novell previously served as President and CEO of Excelan,
- a $100 million per year public company which merged with Novell in
- 1989. Having previously overseen all product and technology
- development for Novell, he currently is responsible for Univel,
- connectivity and messaging products, internetworking products and
- network management products.
-
- The "Ides of March" conference, nicknamed to match the season and the
- effort to avoid sneak attacks on computers and networks, played a key
- role in combatting last year's outbreak of Michelangelo Virus on
- personal computers. Technician Roger Riordan of Australia first
- announced and named Michelangelo at this event in 1991, and subsequent
- collaboration by various speakers enabled most anti-virus products to
- recognize and defeat the electronic parasite before it could destroy
- too many valuable business files. CBS and ABC television spotlighted
- the 1992 event, as well as a variety of industry and general
- circulation periodicals.
-
- Press conference is scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, March 10, at the
- Ramada. A "Meet the Experts" sit-down reception for press and
- registrants will take place Thursday evening at the Empire State
- Building Obeservatory.
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- Floor management at this year's event will be handled by Expoconsul
- International, which also runs computer and network conferences such
- as DEXPO, Open Systems Initiative, and Microcomputer Graphics.
-