Breaking News: Hacker Halted Call for Paper Now Open

Jan. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- EC-Council ( www.eccouncil.org), a leading global e-business and security certification organization, will be organizing Hacker Halted USA in Miami, from September 20 – 24, 2009.

The Hacker Halted conference series is a comprehensive vendor neutral information assurance conference that serves as a platform for security professionals and top management executives to discuss the hottest topics and threats in the information security space. Hacker Halted had been previously organized in Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo and Myrtle Beach, all with huge success.
Past speakers included well-respected stalwarts in the security space like Howard Schmidt, ex-President’s Cyber Security Advisor, Jeff Bardin, Director of Risk Assessment at EMC, Erik Laykin, currently Managing Director of Duffs & Phelps, James Aquilina, Executive Managing Director at Stroz Friedberg, Mark Harris, Director of Malware Research at Sophos Labs, Joe Stewart, a regular presenter at Black Hat and DefCon, and Pamela Fusco, CTO of FishNet Security, to name a few.


Hacker Halted USA 2009 will feature multiple tracks including:
- Incident Response & Computer Forensics
- Threats & Counter Measures
- Governance, Policies & Standards
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
- Mobile Security
- Virtualization Security
- Secure Programming
- Malware and Botnets
- Social Engineering
- Physical Security

The Call For Paper is now open and shall close on  February 15, 2009.
Click the link to submit Call for Papers

http://www.eccouncil.org/hhusa/papers/page6.html

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The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in various e-business and security skills. It is the owner and developer of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker course, Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator program, License Penetration Tester program and various other programs offered in over 60 countries around the globe.

These certifications are recognized worldwide and have received endorsements from various government agencies including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill, and the US Government National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) certifying EC-Council Network Security Administrator (ENSA) program for meeting the 4011 training standard for information security professionals.