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InfraGard Atlanta web presence. We are proud to be able to offer this
important and emerging effort to our members as a clear example of the
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Lunch
& Learn Archive
Next Lunch and Learn October 13, 2004
Please be reminded about signing up for our special joint session with
the Metro Atlanta ISSA and Infragard Atlanta on this coming Wednesday,
Oct 13th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the CH2M Hill Southeast Headquarters auditorium
at 115 Perimeter Center Place NE (directions below).
DIRECTIONS:
Traveling I-285 East: Take exit 29 and go left (north)on
Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Turn left
on Perimeter Center West (past Perimeter Mail). Our building (South
Terraces)is on the
right, just past the W Hotel. Free parking is available in the parking
garage. The auditorium is
on the first floor.
Traveling I-285 West: Take exit 29 and go right (north)on
Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Turn
left on Perimeter Center West (past Perimeter Mail). Our building (South
Terraces)is on the
right, just past the W Hotel. Free parking is available in the parking
garage. The auditorium is
on the first floor.
Traveling GA 400 South: Take exit 5A (labeled Dunwoody).
This is Abernathy Road. Turn
left from the exit ramp onto Abernathy Road. Go east. Abernathy turns
into Perimeter Center
West. Turn left of Perimeter Center Place. Take the first right into
the 3rd level parking deck.
Free parking is available in the parking deck. The auditorium is
on the first floor.
Traveling GA 400 North: Take the first exit north
of l-285 (Exit 5A). It is labeled Dunwoody.
This is Abernathy Road. Turn right from the exit ramp onto Abernathy.
Go east. Abernathy
turns into Perimeter Center West. Turn left on Perimeter Center Place.
Take the first right
into the 3rd level parking deck. Free parking is available in the parking
garage. The auditorium is
on the first floor.
Caleb Sima
Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Director of SPI Labs
S.P.I. Dynamics Incporporated
Caleb
Sima is the founder and chief technology officer of SPI Dynamics, the
expert in Web application security assessment and testing. Caleb is
responsible for directing the lifecycle of the company’s Web application
security solutions and is the director of SPI Labs, the renowned application
security research and development group within SPI Dynamics. Here, he
leads a team of accomplished security experts who have received worldwide
recognition for the identification of security vulnerabilities and exploits.
Caleb
has been engaged in the Internet security arena since 1996, a time when
the concept of Internet security was just emerging. Since then, he has
become widely recognized within the industry as an expert in penetration
(pen) testing (testing a company’s network security for critical
flaws), and for identifying emerging security threats. In early 2000
Caleb co-founded SPI Dynamics and helped define the direction the industry
has taken. Prior to co-founding SPI Dynamics, Caleb worked for Internet
Security Systems, Inc. (ISS), an industry pioneer and global leader
in Internet security. Caleb was a member of ISS’ elite X-Force
research and development team, led the creation of the first pen testing
team and drove enterprise security assessments for the company. Caleb
began his security career as a security engineer for S1 Corporation.
In this role, he was responsible for testing the security of software
products for the banking and finance industries. Additionally, he was
in charge of security for S1’s Datacenter, which managed the data
transfer and security of some of the world’s leading financial
institutions.
Caleb’s
engineering exploits have gained media attention in publications such
as the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has also contributed
to Baseline Magazine and was featured, along with the ISS X-Force, in
US News and World Report and Security World Magazine. A frequent speaker
at industry events and tradeshows, Caleb’s most recent appearances
include RSA 2004, the 2003 SouthEast CyberCrime Summit, Comdex 2003,
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and the 2002 Cyber
Security in the Financial Services Sector Executive Summit. Caleb is
also a member of ISSA and is one of the founding visionaries of the
Application Vulnerability Description Language (AVDL) standard within
OASIS.
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For
more information, please contact Ashley Vandiver at avandiver@spidynamics.com
or (678) 781-4841.
