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SECURITY INNOVATION CEO PRESENTS "APPLICATION SECURITY MISTAKES BUSINESSES MAKE" AT SECUREWORLD BOSTON
Edward Adams Distinguishes Application Security Myth from
Reality;
Offers Strategies for Tailoring Security to Business Needs
Wilmington, MA - March 2, 2007 - Security Innovation, the
authority on application security and leading independent provider of
risk assessment, risk mitigation and training services, today announced
that its President and CEO Edward Adams will deliver a session on the
“Biggest (Application) Security Mistakes Organizations Make” at
SecureWorld Boston on March 15, 2007. In this session, Adams will break
down common misconceptions that companies make about application
security and explain methods by which to make better-informed technology
and business decisions.
In the wake of several recent high-visibility business security
breaches, there is a tendency for companies to look at their own
security strategy in a very reactive way. This approach leads to
security decisions being made quickly, without research into whether the
proposed solution is in fact effective or even necessary. Because it is
easy for security decision-makers to get caught up in such myths as “all
security problems are caused by outside hackers” or “security solutions
are too costly for my company to consider,” they may miss simple,
logical approaches for improving their business’s security at all
levels. Adams will explain that appropriate security decisions can only
be made while also keeping business needs in mind.
“Information security mistakes are costly, damaging and all too
prevalent in today’s business world,” said Adams. “Companies are
becoming increasingly aware of the business repercussions of poor
security strategies, but they need knowledge on how to best secure their
applications in order to mitigate risk and bring value to their
organization. The biggest security investments are not always the best
ones. Instead, any security plan should be precisely tailored to the
needs of the business.” (nice quote)
What: “Biggest (Application) Security Mistakes Organizations
Make”
When: Thursday, March 15, 2007; 10:45 a.m. EDT
Where: Room 309, Hynes Convention Center, Boston
URL:
http://www.secureworldexpo.com/events/conference-agenda.php?id=240
About Edward Adams, president and CEO of Security Innovation
Ed Adams is the president and CEO of Security Innovation, the
independent authority on application security risk assessment, risk
mitigation and education. He is a seasoned software executive with
successful business experience in various-sized organizations that serve
the IT security and quality assurance industries. He is also the founder
and business owner of the Application Security Industry Consortium, Inc.
(AppSIC), an association of industry technologists and leaders
establishing and defining cross-industry application security guidance
and metrics. He is on the board of the National Association of
Information Security Groups (NAISG). Mr. Adams has presented to
thousands at numerous seminars, software industry conferences, and
private companies, and is in the process of writing a book titled
“Information Security Management: Survival Guide”, which will be
published by Wiley & Sons and is due out in August of 2007. Mr. Adams
earned his MBA degree with honors from Boston College and has B.A.
degrees in Mechanical Engineering and English Literature from the
University of Massachusetts.
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation, Inc. is an independent application security
firm that offers education, risk assessment and risk mitigation
solutions to Fortune/Global 500 and enterprise IT organizations.
Leading companies such as Adobe, Cisco, Fidelity, IBM, ING, HP,
Microsoft, VISA, SAP, Symantec, VeriSign and government agencies,
rely on Security Innovation’s expertise to gain confidence in the
security of applications they build and/or acquire, and facilitate
the technology, process and management change necessary to mitigate
security risk. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Mass.,
with offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Seattle, Wash. For
more information about Security Innovation, visit
www.securityinnovation.com or call +1.978.694.1008.
Contacts
Davida Dinerman or Sadie Anderson
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
