Microsoft Security Chief Joins Cybercrime Debate At ISSE/SECURE 2007
e-identity and Security Conference in Warsaw Augments Speaker Line-Up with Director of Security Engineering Strategy at Microsoft, Steve Lipner
eema, the Independent European e-Identity & Security Association, today announced that Microsoft’s Steve Lipner will be joining anti-virus pioneer Eugene Kaspersky of Kaspersky Lab to debate international cybercrime at ISSE/SECURE 2007, 25th to 27th September, Warsaw.
Mr Lipner completes an opening plenary line-up of keynote speakers, including senior representatives from the Polish government and conference partners eema, ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency), TeleTrusT and NASK. These security experts will address over 400 delegates at Europe’s largest independent e-identity and security conference.
As Director of Security Engineering Strategy at Microsoft, Lipner is responsible for the security of Microsoft products. He also heads the Security Development Lifecycle team that focuses on improving the company’s security development processes. Lipner will join Kaspersky at the opening plenary to address cybercrime, the evolution of security and privacy in the Internet environment, as well as the challenges that evolution poses for policy makers, end users and developers.
“Security is an industry-wide issue and no one company can go it alone,” says Lipner. “Collaboration and innovation will be key to addressing the challenges of securing the computing ecosystem. Discussion, debate and teamwork with the the type of thought leaders found at ISSE/SECURE will be absolutely critical if we’re going to make serious progress in the next few years. ISSE/SECURE is a great forum for exchanging ideas about the future of security and privacy with leaders of the European IT community.”
“ISSE/SECURE welcomes Steve Lipner to the conference,” says Executive Director of eema, Roger Dean. “The addition of Mr Lipner’s keynote to the opening plenary is part of ISSE/SECURE’s commitment to driving the security agenda. We look forward to listening and debating all the issues in an environment filled with the people with the influence to affect positive change.”
Visitors to ISSE/SECURE 2007 will benefit from the most diverse and interdisciplinary programme in its nine-year history. The programme boasts many of the most influential authorities in the industry to talk about new issues and threats, host roundtables and debates and discuss developing solutions for business and citizen alike. Following the opening plenary on 25th September, four individual tracks will run across three days, featuring contributions on a wide range of topics including secure identity management, European policy, network security, interoperability, trusted computing, security management and biometrics.
The conference takes place from 25th to 27th September at the University of Warsaw in Poland. For registration, delegate fees and further details on the conference, please visit the ISSE/SECURE 2007 website: www.isse.eu.com, contact +44 (0)1926 337607 or email rsvp@isse.eu.com.
To register your interest in attending as a member of the press please tel: 01962 888100 or email: eemapr@mccint.com.
About eema – www.eema.org
For 20 years, eema has been Europe’s leading independent, non-profit e-Identity & Security association, working with its European members, governmental bodies, standards organisations and interoperability initiatives throughout Europe to further e-Business and legislation.
eema’s remit is to educate and inform around 160 Member organisations (and over 1,500 Member contacts) on the latest developments and technologies, at the same time enabling Members of the association to compare views and ideas. The work produced by the association with its Members (projects, papers, seminars, tutorials and reports etc) is funded by both membership subscriptions and revenue generated through fee-paying events. All of the information generated by eema and its members is available to other members free of charge.
Examples of papers produced recently are:- Towards Understanding Identity, Spam and e-mail Abuse Management, Role based Access Control – A User Guide, Password Synchronisation, Secure messaging within and between User Organisations. eema members, based on a requirement from the rest of the Membership, contributed all of these papers. Some are the result of many months’ work, and form part of a larger project on the subject.
Any organisation involved in e-Identity or Security (usually of a global or European nature) can become a Member of eema, and any employee of that organisation is then able to participate in eema activities. Examples of organisations taking advantage of eema membership are Unilever, Volvo, Shell, Hoffman la Roche, KPMG, Magyar Telecom Rt, National Communications Authority, Hungary, Microsoft, HP, and the Norwegian Government Administration Services to name but a few.
Visit www.eema.org for more information or contact the association on +44 1386 793028 or at info@eema.org
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