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Las Vegas, NV - October 10 - 20, 2008
Global Information Assurance Certification

Topical information that can immediately be applied and shared in the workplace.
-Blair Campbell, Bank of Nova Scotia

Sunday, October 12

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Early Registration

Monday, October 13

8:30am - 9:30am
Welcome and Keynote Address
Steve Shirley, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
9:30am - 10:30am
Expert Briefing: The Forensic and IR Counterinsurgency Field Manual - Rob Lee, SANS/Mandiant
10:30am - 10:45am
Break
10:45am - 12:15pm
Expert Briefing: Upping the "Anti": Using Memory Analysis to Fight Malware - Aaron Walters, Volatile Systems
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm - 2:15pm
IR/Forensic Team Tactics Panel - The best incident response and forensic techniques while responding to a data breach - Cory Altheide/Harlan Carvey, IBM ISS; Kris Harms/Ken Bradley, Mandiant; Chris Novak/Stan Kang, Verizon Cybertrust; Mike Poor/Tom Liston, Intelguardians
2:15pm - 2:50pm
Expert Briefing: iPhone Forensics - Steve Whalen, Forward Discovery
2:50pm - 3:05pm
Break
3:05pm - 4:00pm
Government and Defense Industrial Branch Panel - Successful strategies in responding and mitigating enterprise level intrusion investigations - Government, Department of Defense, Law Enforcement, and Defense Industrial Branch representatives - Ovie Carroll, DOJ; Monty McDougal, Raytheon; George Bakos, Northrop Grumman; Michael Cloppert, Lockheed Martin; Jennifer Kolde, FBI; Kevin Rivera, DC3; Henri Vangoethem, Mantech
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Solution Provider and Vendor Panel: Demonstrations of the latest enterprise and host incident response and forensic tools to combat sophisticated threats
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Vendor Hospitality Suites

Tuesday, October 14

8:30am - 9:30am
Welcome and Keynote Address
Richard Bejtlich, Director of Incident Response, General Electric
Incident Response: Speaking Truth to Power
Are incident responders part of the problem, part of the solution, or somewhere in between? Are we doing what we can, or what we must? Do we make a difference?
9:30am - 10:30am
Expert Briefing: "Slaying the Red Dragon: Countering the China Cyber Threat" - Ken Bradley/Wendi Rafferty, Mandiant
10:30am - 10:45am
Break
10:45am - 11:15am
Expert Briefing: Law Enforcement Trends and the Future of Computer Forensics and Incident Response - Ovie Carroll, DOJ
11:15am - 12:15pm
IR/Forensic Team Strategy Panel - Incidents Gone Wrong! How can you prepare better for potential compromise? Case studies of organizational best/worst practices - Cory Altheide/Harlan Carvey, IBM ISS; Kris Harms/Ken Bradley, Mandiant; Chris Novak/Stan Kang, Verizon Cybertrust; Mike Poor/Tom Liston, Intelguardians; Brett Padres, Stroz Friedberg LLC
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm - 2:05pm
Expert Briefing: "Applying Security Intelligence to Drive Incident-Handling" - Bryan Sartin, Verizon Cybertrust
2:05pm - 2:50pm
Expert Briefing: Using the Home Advantage: Combating Anti-Forensics and Linkage Blindness - Eoghan Casey, Handbook of Computer Crime Investigation, Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute
2:50pm - 3:05pm
Break
3:05pm - 4:00pm
Secrets of Registry Analysis Revealed - Harlan Carvey, IBM ISS, author of Windows Forensic Analysis
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Vendor Panel: Tools Shootout. Vendors discuss and compare capabilities to investigate and analyze enterprise threats in an open forum where audience participation leads the discussion.