UC Davis, in partnership with the University of California Office of the President, will host an IT Security Symposium. Developed for system administrators and other technical professionals from any of the ten UC campuses, the symposium includes more than 30 presentations, hands-on labs, and keynote speeches from leaders in information security.

Highlights

• Keynote speaker John Vincent, Chief of the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, and former Interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of California will speak on the leading trends and developments relating to Internet fraud and how law enforcement is combating the problem.

• Keynote speaker Dr. Shane Shook, Manager of KPMG Risk and Advisory Services (RAS), will explore regulatory compliance for privacy and security a timely subject as higher education responds to a growing number of consumer protection regulations.

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  A special management track for campus non-technical staff who manage technical employees. Lectures include a course on Managing IT Security, A Manager's Guide to Security, and What Hackers Can Find Out About You.
• Hands-on labs including courses on using security assessment tools in Windows and UNIX and Windows security classes taught by information security industry-recognized authors Phil Cox and Matt Bishop.
• Lectures and presentations from several UC campuses covering topics such as firewalls, campus distributed authentication, PKI and VPN.
• Presentations and support from established vendors of security hardware and software, including Trend Micro, Sygate, Symantec, SonicWALL, Enterasys, Computer Associates and Microsoft.

More information about the IT Security Symposium, including the full schedule, is available at http://ietsymposia.ucdavis.edu/security/.