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The State of the Hack
Speaker: Kevin Mandia
Monday, November 7, 2011
4:00 PM
Edwin A. Stevens Building, Room 222
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ

Abstract
During the last 18 years, Kevin Mandia has been on the front lines assisting organizations in responding to international computer intrusions, theft of customer credentials, and widespread compromise of sensitive data. During his efforts to resolve these incidents, many similar challenges and issues confronted each organization. During this presentation, Mr. Mandia will provide case studies that describe in detail the most recent computer security incidents he has responded to on behalf of the organizations. He will discuss how these incidents impact organizations, and discuss the challenges that each organization faced. He demonstrates the “State-of-the-Art” methods being used to respond to these incidents, and he addresses emerging trends and technologies that offer strategic approaches to minimize the risks an organization faces from the liabilities the information age has brought.

Speaker Biography
Mr. Mandia is an internationally recognized expert in the field of information security. He has over 18 years of experience, beginning in the military as a computer security officer at the Pentagon. He has assisted attorneys, corporations, and government organizations with matters involving information security compliance, complex litigation support, computer forensics, expert testimony, network attack and penetration testing. He is co-author of Incident Response: Performing Computer Forensics (McGraw-Hill, 2003) and Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime (McGraw-Hill, 2001). A noted expert and author, he frequently presents at security industry conferences including Black Hat, Interop and TechnoSecurity. Mr. Mandia holds a Master of Science in Forensic Science from The George Washington University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and has held government security clearances at the Top Secret and higher levels.