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ITSA Day 2010 - Free & Open to the Public
Event Details
Time: October 27, 2010 all day
Location: Reitz Union Auditorium, 2nd Floor (Univ of Florida)
City/Town: Gainesville
Website or Map: http://www.itsa.ufl.edu
Event Type: conference
Organized By: ITSA
Latest Activity: Oct 8, 2010
Event Description
The 2010 University of Florida Information Security Awareness Day (ITSA Day) is packed with powerhouse speakers from Damballa, InGuardians, Secure Ideas, GFI Software, and Verizon Business. This year we are proud to host this event in conjunction with Free Your PC hosted by the Florida Free Culture.
ITSA Day is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
* Event: Information Technology Security Awareness Day
* Location: Reitz Union Auditorium, 2nd Floor
* Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
* Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
* Event: Free Your PC
* Location: Reitz Union Colonnade
* Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
* Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
ITSA Day will be held Wednesday, October 27, in the Reitz Union Auditorium on the UF campus. The event is sponsored by the University of Florida Office of the Chief Information Officer and will be hosted by the Office of Information Security and Compliance.
As always, we have an impressive lineup of speakers for the day. They include:
* Sean Bodmer - Damballa, Inc.
* Brian Jack - GFI Software, Formerly Sunbelt Software
* Kevin Johnson - Secure Ideas
* Jerry McCarthy - Verizon Business
* To Be Announced - InGuardians, Inc.
Topics will include current trends in cyberwarfare, web client attacks; virtual environment security and more!
ITSA Day is targeted at professional IT workers in education, law enforcement, state and local government, and business. It is a great opportunity to learn more about relevant security topics and network with other IT professionals from the UF, the local community and around the state.
Our website, http://www.itsa.ufl.edu, will be updated with any changes speakers and scheduling. Be sure to check it out for the latest information on the schedule, lodging, food and parking.
Florida Free Culture will be hosting Free Your PC on the same day from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the Reitz Union
Colonnade. If you're not familiar with the event, they offer free McAfee anti-virus to anyone affiliated with the university. They also install Firefox and Thunderbird, and offer a plethora of other open source software (Open Office, Pidgin, GIMP, etc.).
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