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PRESS RELEASE: SPEAKER ALERT | October 31, 2013

David Balcar, Director of Services for IOActive, to present at FIRST Energy Symposium

PRESENTER: David Balcar, Director of Services for IOActive
PRESENTATION: IR: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
CONFERENCE: FIRST Energy Symposium
LOCATION: Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, VA, US
DATE & TIME: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 3:15pm
INFO: http://www.first.org/events/symposium/energy2013

 

In this presentation, David Balcar will give attendees the good, the bad, and the ugly of Incident Response (IR). He will cover the successes of Incident Response, as well as the pitfalls with real world examples from the Entertainment, and Banking and Finance industries. In addition to this, David will explain how to integrate cross-functional teams and what tools to use in your investigation.

About David Balcar
As Director of Services for IOActive, David Balcar is responsible for co-ordinating security projects of all sizes in the Banking, Insurance, Management, and Shipping industries across North America. Balcar is a veteran security professional with over 18 years of experience in conducting network testing, penetration testing, web application security testing, and wireless testing. He has extensive experience in security testing, computer forensics of multiple operating systems, policy review, and compliance assessments for HIPAA and PCI DSS. Balcar is also a member of the HTCIA (High Technology Crime Investigation Association), FBI’s InfraGard, and ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) and speaks regularly at IT Security forums.

In addition to providing IT security training, Balcar has presented information relating to security trends, penetration testing, top threats, and network security hardening at several national security conferences. These include HouSecCon, NAISG, Texas Technology Summit, BSidesAustin and BSidesSATX, and SecureWorld.

About FIRST Fall Symposium
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a global non-profit organization focused on knowledge sharing among computer incident response and security teams. The FIRST Fall Symposium will bring together computer security incident response and security team professionals from all over the world and provide a forum for experts to promote, share, and discuss issues relating to developments in the field of Incident Response relating to the Energy Sector.

The principal objective is to share the latest techniques being used, the latest kinds of attacks that have been seen, ways in which they are carried out and how they are being defended against.

About IOActive
IOActive is a comprehensive, high-end information security services firm with a long and established pedigree in delivering elite security services to its customers. Our world-renowned consulting and research teams deliver a portfolio of specialist security services ranging from penetration testing and application code assessment through to semiconductor reverse engineering. Global 500 companies across every industry continue to trust IOActive with their most critical and sensitive security issues. Founded in 1998, IOActive is headquartered in Seattle, USA, with global operations through the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pac regions. Visit www.ioactive.com for more information.

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