Security Conference 2004

You can only protect against someone who knows less than you do.
~Tim Urbaniak , COT Instructor, on computer security.

Montana Computer Network Security Conference 2004

A computer network security conference will be held on March 11-12, 2004 here at the College of Technology. We thought it would be a great idea given the amount of network problems and heightened security concerns in the world today. Please pass along this site link to anyone you think might be interested.

The theme of the conference is security awareness and external threats.
When you connect to the World, the World is connected to you.

The audience: Who should attend?
General Managers and those who set policies, Business Owners, Higher Education & K-12 Directors. Bring your system administrators, separate track of technical topics for system administrators.

NEW Security Conference Flyer (For Printing, 466KB pdf)
Gazette COT tabloid article Jan 1 about the conference
Conference Schedule (updated 3/08/04)
Conference Speaker Biographies
Vendors interested in having a booth in our Commons?
Latest News and other Conference Planning Information
Registration Information Advance Registration Deadline is March 3rd.
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Hope to see you there!

We wish to thank these businesses for their support of the
MT Computer Network Security Conference.

More information available HERE.

Regional Network Security Conference at the COT

The College of Technology will host the MT Computer Network Security Conference on March 11-12, 2004. Business managers and network technicians are invited to the new High Technology Outreach Center at the COT to hear many key industry leaders in network security give insight into their respective fields of expertise.

The conference will have two tracks to separate the managers from the more technical subjects and to provide each business function with relevant topics and degrees of information. Some of the manager’s topics that will be covered at the conference are:

networking concepts & vulnerabilities
company policies & auditing
risk assessment, business continuity/disaster recovery planning & legal liability
physical security, intrusion detection, forensics & when to contact authorities.

Some of the technical tracks will include (a technical background is required):

common exploits & prevention
perimeter network security configuration
wireless security
physical security, intrusion detection, forensics, disaster recovery & when to contact authorities.

Advance registration will be required and the cost of attendance will be $99 per person. Companies sending more than one employee will receive a discounted price of $89 each person.

For additional information or to register, logon to the CST department web site at http://www.msubillings.edu/cot/cst and follow the Security Conference link.

Conference Schedule

All speakers listed have agreed to participate, but the schedule is still subject to change.
(Last Modified: 3/8/04)
When registering to attend, you must identify the topic track you will attend. You will not be able to switch topic tracks or mix and match topics of interest (This is due to the technical nature of some subjects and that we must account for seating arrangements).

Thursday, March 11^th

Time	Place	Topic	Responsibility/Speaker
8:00AM -5:00PM	B057 Lounge	Vendor Booths
8:00–9:00 AM	COT Commons	Conference registration (Coffee and Donuts near B057)
9:10–9:25 AM	B057	John Cech, Dean COT Dr. Ron Sexton, Chancellor MSU-B Opening Welcome Remarks	Dean Cech Dr. Sexton
9:30–10:00 AM	B057	The InfraGard Project	Bill Facer, FBI
10:00–10:20 AM	B057	Senator Conrad Burns thoughts on Network Security	Senator Conrad Burns
10:30–12:15 AM	B036	Manager Track: Networking Concepts and Vulnerabilities	Bruce Brumley, CCNP, COT
10:30–12:15 AM	B057	Technician Track: Common Exploits and Prevention	Victor Valgenti, former state IT Auditor
12:15-12:30 PM	Commons	Box Lunch in the Commons
12:30–1:00 PM	Commons	Keynote 1: Howard Schmidt	Howard Schmidt, Former Cyber-Security Advisor for the White House
1:00-1:15 PM	Commons	Short Break
1:15–1:45 PM	Commons	Keynote 2: Andy Purdy	Andy Purdy, Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security
1:45-2:00PM	Commons	Short Break
2:10–4:00 PM	B036	Mgr Track: Security Risk Assessment, BCP/DRP & Business Liability (Legal issues, HIPAA, Graham-Bliley)	Brad Smith, RN, BS, CISSP, CIR Security
2:10–4:00 PM	B057	Tech Track: Physical Security Perimeter Network Security (Firewalls, Router ACLs)	Ric Daza, CCIE, CISSP, Cisco

Friday, March 12^th

8:00AM-3PM	B057 Lounge	Vendor Booths
9:00–9:05 AM	B057	John Cech, Dean COT “Welcome Back” & Intro.	Dean John Cech
9:10–10:50 AM	B036	Mgr Track: Physical Security, Intrusion Detection, Forensics & Alerting the Authorities for Managers	Bill Facer, FBI
9:10–10:50 AM	B057	Tech Track: Intrusion Detection, Forensics, Disaster Recovery & Alerting the Authorities	Tim Kosiba, FBI
11:00–12:00PM	B057	Essentials of Wireless Security	Ric Daza, CCIE, CISSP, Cisco
12:00PM	B057	Closing Remarks – Dean Cech	Dean John Cech

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Vendors interested in having a booth?

The COT has a large commons area (6,100 Sq Ft.) where we will have vendor booths during the Conference. A contribution of $100 to the Conference will secure your company a place for a standard 6 ft table (more room if needed). We are also asking that each vendor contribute a prize for the drawings that will be held at the end of each day's conference topics.

As a cash donation sponsor of $500 or more, you would not be billed additionally for a booth and would gain your logo a place in all of our remaining advertising. As a sponsor, we would include your logo on all marketing materials (except the Jan paper article that we have done already) and packet materials for the conference. We could include other marketing materials that you provide in the conference welcome packet also.

Contact Allen Kent at akent@msubillings.edu