Software Quality & Security and ISV Success October 11, 2006

In the highly competitive packaged software marketplace, time to market has usually been a higher business goal than low defects and high security of code. But media coverage of spam, worms, spyware, tojans, viruses, denial of services -- typically linked to a vulnerability in a piece of software -- has put the software industry on trial in the press -- and put pressure on the players.

Consumers, corporate users and investors want to know if the highly publicized security problems with commercial software are being fixed. And the federal government -- with its National Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection concerns -- wants to know if these security issues are being addressed voluntarily or if regulation in the form of government mandated security certifications for the commercial sector may become desirable. Are the software products that vendors and integrators are building safe now? Is the commercial and bespoke software users are buying safe now? What can be done and has been done by industry leaders and by government to make software secure?

Software Industry and Information Security Industry technologists, executives and investors as well as software developers, systems admins and security officers will want to consider attending this seminar. Hear expert speakers from leading companies including Microsoft, Internet Security Systems, Fortify Software and from organizations crafting government cyber policy towards the software industry, including the Department of Homeland Security. Topics covered include How Federal Common Criteria Reform will Impact the Entire Software Industry; Overview of the Security Development Lifecycle Process from Design to Production: Team Incentives; Code Analysis; QA; Secure Off-Shoring of Development, Stress Testing, Safe Customization.

COST & REGISTRATION:
$30 Early Bird thru Sept. 27, $50 in advance, $60 at the door.
https://www.itaa.org/events/registersec.cfm?EventID=1708

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=1708
Email: nschroder@itaa.org
Phone: 650 917 1979

Official Website: http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=1708