The IT Security Attaché

Hey guys,

So we (Brett, Security Attaché and TITSSN) are off to I-CON for a full weekend of activities, panel discussions, workshops and presentations and we are very excited about it. We will try to keep the blogs/tweets updated. One of the highlights for us is to meet Sam from Lord of the Rings as he’s one of our favorite characters and it is one of our most loved movies. Sean “Samwaise Gamgee” Astin is a special guest at the event this year. I can’t believe it was so long ago, LOTR sits in my head as if I just watched it. Wow, time does go by huh.

Sam from Lord of the Rings

There will be a showing of all three LOTR movies at the convention so you know we’re going to be all over that.

God I love the LOTR movies.

 So anyway, we will have limited access to email and voice but will respond if/when we can. If any readers of the blogs are at the event please reach out and say hi. We’d love to meet you too.

I just got an alert of a thunderstorm for the area so my travel time is now increased. Got to get going to get there in time for the Cyber-Crime panel discussion at the Marriot at 8:30pm.

Thank you and have a great day,

~The IT Security Attaché~

Good day to you,

It’s that time of the year again and I-CON is here in all its glory, fan filled excitement and awesomeness. TITSSN endorses the I-CON Science and Technology Conference which is in its 28^th year, and attracting over 6000 fans from across the country by supporting its need for getting the needed contents and information out to its attendees. This year’s event will be hosted at the campus of Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood Long Island and TITSSN will be there in full swing to address the IT Security Threats Landscape in various panel discussions, workshops and open sessions. Mr. David Carlos, CEO of David Carlos Managed Information Architects and I, the IT Security Attaché, will be representing TITSSN and covering topics such as:

Cyber-Crime (Fri, Marriott, 8:30pm)

How the world of Cyber-Criminals operate – the botnets, the spam, the hackers, etc. Motivations, methods, tools (try to avoid actually teaching people to be cyber-criminals).

Military Technology (Fri, SCCC, 10pm)

General discussion of new developments in offense and defense for the military.  Ray guns, unmanned aircraft, robots, nanotech, psychological warfare, medical advances – and when some of these (more benign) things may be seen outside the military environment

Things That Make You Paranoid (Sat, Marriott, 11:30) Last year, this apparently started off with about 10 minutes of doomsday events and quickly morphed into privacy and security panel.  Description from last year: Protecting yourself in an increasing hostile technological environment. Why the OS sometimes doesn’t matter, new attack vectors (e.g. cell phones), other things to make you paranoid.

Privacy and Security (Sat, SCCC, 12:00)

Maintaining your privacy and the security of your personal information when everything is online.  Implications of Obama’s plans for electronic medical records.  The penalties and how they are and ARE NOT enforced for various violations.  The pros and cons of sharing/storing your medical and other information with services like Google Health.  Should you mind targeted marketing based on data web sites and loyalty programs generate?

The Security Illusion (Sat, SCCC, 5pm) How technology is used to provide a perception of security from terrorism and the technologies that exist that COULD ACTUALLY DO IT.

Supercomputing (Sat, SCCC, 6pm)

Overview and discussion of the various methods of building a supercomputer and how they work.

Security 101 (Sat, SCCC, 6pm) Conficker and the new world of security threats. Addressing today’s IT Security Threats Landscape and its effects on people

Will HAL Dream? (Sat, SCCC, 21:00)

General discussion of artificial intelligence – from SkyNet (Terminator) to the HAL9000 to Data (from Star Trek) – how close are we, will it take over the world, and how to stop it if it tries to.

Security 102 (Sun, SCCC, 1:30pm) Your biggest security concerns. Are they valid or just myths? Protecting your computers and network from those concerns.

NASA Today (Sun, SCCC, 14:00)

Discussion of NASA’s current publicly known goals, how they should be changed, improved, or re-prioritized.

Global Warming Myths and Facts (Sun, Marriott, 4pm) Discussion of global warming myths, facts, and (potentially) debate. 

Discussion could include perspectives that global warming is not happening and/or is actually progressing in a potentially “natural” way that would happen even without human activity.

This is a fun filled and educational event for the entire family and those who are serious games, anime, sci-fi, mystery and the works addicts. Different sessions, workshops, films, and activities take you through the day and into the early hours of the morning.

TITSSN would like to say a special thank you to Mr. Lee Wilbur, Director of Information Technology and Science and Technology Track Leader at I-CON and member of TITSSN for this opportunity to be a part of the event and accepting our contributions to it. We will continue to work with him and endorse the event in any way we can. Next year we will try to have more people representing the organization to help cover more IT/technology sessions.

For those who will be at CON, see you there.

More info about I-CON can be found on their website here http://iconsf.org.

Thank you very much and have a great day. We apprecilove your business and support and look forward to serving you more.

~Brett A. Scudder~

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