SANS Institute to Host Inaugural Mobile Device Security Summit

Top Mobile Security Experts Come Together to Address Some of the Toughest Mobile Security Issues including BYOD, Hacking, Mobile Vulnerabilities and Exploits

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help InfoSec professionals better prepare for and fend off security risks associated with mobile devices, SANS Institute will host its first Mobile Device Security Summit, March 12-15 in Nashville, TN. This one-of-a-kind event brings together some of the best minds in the computer security industry to address today's top mobile security issues. Attendees will benefit from hands-on experience and learn useful techniques which they can put to work as soon as they return to their offices.

"Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming a significant security challenge for many organizations. Various software and device types, and the fact that many organizations have no restrictions on the use of personal devices, make protecting against security breaches a complex task," said Kevin Johnson, summit co-chair and a security consultant with Secure Ideas. "SANS' Mobile Device Security Summit addresses some of the most challenging mobile security issues including bring your own devices (BYOD), hacking, mobile vulnerabilities and exploits."

The summit will feature presentations, panels, hands-on training and networking opportunities with top mobile device security experts including Tom Eston, SecureState, John Sawyer, InGuardians, Josh Feinblum, The Advisory Board Company, Brent Morris, IC Resources, John Britton, Good Technology, Tom Murphy, Bradford Networks and Adam Stein, MobileIron. The keynote presentation will be delivered by Rafal Los, Enterprise & Cloud Security Strategist, HP.

Agenda highlights for the Mobile Device Security Summit include:

• Threat Profiling the Mobile Application Ecosystem (keynote address)
• Attacking and Defending Apple iOS Devices in the Enterprise
• Securing our Mobile Perimeters: Stories from the Trenches
• Smart Bombs: Mobile Vulnerability and Exploitation
• Power to the People: How and Why to Jailbreak Your iOS
• BYOD: Controlled Chaos or Pandora's Box?
• Results of the first-ever SANS survey on mobility and security in the enterprise

For more information on SANS' Mobile Device Security Summit including panel and discussion overviews and a complete list of industry presenters, or to register for the event, please visit: http://www.sans.org/info/98386

About SANS Institute

The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and security certification in the world. In addition to world-class training, SANS offers certification via the ANSI accredited GIAC security certification program. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, newsletters, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in varied global organizations from corporations to universities working together to help the entire information security community. (www.sans.org)

SOURCE SANS Institute