[MNASIS-L] Economics of Information Security Program (RSVP required)

[Janet Arth]

OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter ...
    Presents:  Bruce Schneier	
The Economics of Information Security - 10 Trends 	
		
Bruce Schneier will be presenting on "The Economics of Information 
Security" at OWASP's January meeting. Because we expect this to be a 
large meeting RSVPs are required. You will be sent a confirmation 
e-mail and a reminder e-mail for the event.

Topic overview:  The Economics of Information Security - Ten Trends

Surveying current trends in information security, it's clear that a 
myriad of forces are at work.

Fundamentally, security is all about economics: both attacker and 
defender are trying to maximize the return on their 
investments.  Understanding economics is critical to understanding IT 
security; it explains why security fails so often, and can offer new 
solutions for security success. For example, often the people who 
could protect a system are not the ones who suffer the costs of 
failure. Changing those economic incentives will do more to improve 
security than  technology.

OWASP Chapter meeting
   DATE: January 14th
   TIME: begins at 6 p.m.
   LOCATION: Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis Campus  at the southwest corner of 17th Ave. (Church St.)
and University Ave. S.E.
   AGENDA
6:00pm - Introduction and optional sign-in for CISSP credits.
6:10pm - Welcome: Introduction to OWASP chapter and future goals (Kuai
Hinojosa).
6:30pm - The Economics of Information Security (Bruce Schneier).
7:45pm - Center for Strategic IT & Security
7:55pm - Book Giveaway
8:00pm - Upcoming Events reminder and meeting wrap-up

Address:
Bell Museum of Natural History
10 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Directions: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/BellMus/index.html

RSVP: http://www.go-integral.net/?q=OWASPJan_BruceSchneier
	
I hope to see you at our first meeting of 2008. I have many plans for an
exciting year for the Twin Cities OWASP group, and can't wait to share
them with you. Don't forget to RSVP for the event we expect this event
to fill the auditorium and due to fire codes will not be able to accept
walk-ins for this meeting.

Sincerely,


Kuai Hinojosa
OWASP Chapter Leader