eEye Digital Security's Co-Founder and CTO Marc Maiffret to Discuss Attack Methods in his "It's More Than a Microsoft World" Presentation.
(ALISO VIEJO, CA) October 5, 2006 — eEye Digital Security®, the leading developer of endpoint security and vulnerability management software solutions, as well as the industry's foremost contributor to security research and education, today announced that Marc Maiffret, eEye's co-founder, CTO and chief hacking officer, will speak at this year’s Government Technology Exhibition Conference (GTEC), to be held October 23-25 at the Ottawa Congress Centre in Ottawa, Canada. Maiffret's presentation, entitled "It's More Than a Microsoft World," will detail the current trend of hackers targeting desktop applications rather than the Microsoft OS.
His discussion will take place Tuesday, October 24 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET) in the Confederation I Ballroom. Maiffret will discuss why, after years of laser-like focus on the Microsoft OS, attackers have increasingly begun to target flaws in software applications from vendors such as Apple, Symantec, IBM and McAfee. Maiffret will also explain the evolution of attack vectors and their impact on the nature of enterprise security, the challenge facing software vendors and the overall results this cycle of events has on network security professionals today.
Now in its 14th year, GTEC has become Canada's leading networking event for IT professionals in the public sector. This year, GTEC will be showcasing leading-edge technologies that are driving online government solutions across Canada and around the world. The theme of the conference is "Enterprise Transition: Moving to Shared Services." For more information, please visit http://www.gtecweek.com.
eEye Speaker Bio
As eEye Digital Security's co-founder, CTO and Chief Hacking Officer, Marc Maiffret has been a driving force in the vision and continuous innovation for eEye's product development and vulnerability research efforts since the company's inception in 1998. Long regarded as a security expert and thought leader in vulnerability assessment and endpoint security, Maiffret also leads the efforts of eEye's world renowned research team. In addition, Maiffret speaks regularly on the state of security across the globe, including several appearances before Congress, where he has testified on information policies and security threats posed to both public and private infrastructures. Maiffret's role in vulnerability research, education and product innovation has been reflected in the numerous awards and distinguishments that eEye continuously receives. Maiffret has been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, Information Security, L.A. Times and ABA Journal, and is consistently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Network World, USA Today, New York Times, and a wide-range of mainstream and security-focused publications.
About eEye Digital Security
eEye Digital Security® is pioneering a new class of security products:integrated threat management. This next-generation of security detects vulnerabilities and threats, prevents intrusions, protects all of an enterprise’s key computing resources, from endpoints to network assets to web sites and web applications, all while providing a centralized point of security management and network visibility.eEye’s research team is consistently the first to identify new threats in the wild, and our products leverage that research to deliver on the goal of making network security as easy to use and reliable as networking itself. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Orange County, California, eEye Digital Security protects more than 9,000 corporate and government organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 100. For more information, please visit www.eeye.com
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