Invitation to UM's security symposium, October 21

[Merit Network Professional Learning]

The University of Michigan's Information Technology Security Services 
Office (ITSS) is pleased to invite the Merit community to SUMIT_08, its 
annual symposium on security issues.

The event will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at Angell Hall on the U-M 
campus in Ann Arbor. Doors open at 8:00 a.m., with talks scheduled from 
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration is free. Full information and 
registration are available at:

  http://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit08/

Presentations include:

"Stealing the Internet: An Internet-Scale, Routed Man-In-The-Middle 
Attack"
--Anton Kapela, Co-owner and Partner, 5Nines Data

"Case Study - Responding to the Latest DNS Threats"
--Keith Mitchell, Director of Engineering, Internet Systems Consortium 
(ISC)

"Visualizing Security Data"
--Raffael Marty, Chief Security Strategist and Director of Application 
Product Management, Splunk

"Topic: Computer Security Myths and Mistakes"
--Simple Nomad, Founder, Nomad Mobile Research Center (NMRC)


If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact 
itss.inform@umich.edu.


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Upcoming Merit Professional Learning events:

Internet2 IPv4 Multicast Workshop  -- LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!
  Nov 5-7, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/multicast

Hands-on Network Security: Practical Tools & Methods
  Nov 10-11, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/securitytools

Merit Services Seminar -- MeritMail and MeritVoice:
 Nearsourcing for Education
  Nov. 18, Ann Arbor
  http://www.merit.edu/learning/services

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