IEC Announces Executive Information Security Forum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: January 8, 2003
Contact: Michelle Klein
Phone: +1-312-559-3861
Email: mklein@iec.org

CHICAGO — The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) s pleased to announce its inaugural Information Security Executive Forum, taking place July 17-19, 2003, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Forum offers executives a direct look at the current state of network security while offering a unique, off-the-record venue in which to discuss the most challenging threats facing enterprise network security today.

"At a time when networks and mission-critical information is facing new security risks, the Consortium is pleased to help executives examine the most crucial strategies and options," says Tom Costello, Senior Director of Education at the IEC. "Sharing of perspectives among senior executive peers is key in this, and that's the environment we've created in this Forum."

Session programming will cover the following:

• Network Design: Latest Security Technology Strategies
• Secure Data: How to Protect Your Corporate Assets
• The Evolution of Cyber Threat: Case Studies and Responses
• Valuing Corporate Information: ROI and Managing Risk
• Security Implications of the Emerging Wireless Environment
• National Strategies for Securing Cyber Space: Public and Private Task Forces
• Managing Complexity in the New Security Environment

Co-located with the IEC's annual Executive Institute, participants will have the opportunity to interact directly with service-provider executives to get the latest information on carrier network capabilities and developments in the area of security.

The Information Security Executive Forum is unique in that participants will benefit directly by sharing perspectives, experiences, and strategies with their peers in a roundtable-style environment. Through candid interaction and debate, executives will find solutions to key network security threats facing their companies today.

For more information or to register for the Forum, contact Ian Bell at +1-312-559-4606 or visit the IEC Web site at www.iec.org.

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