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Security Innovation Executive to Present at
Microsoft Professional Developers Conference Symposium
World-renowned Application Security Expert, Dr. Herbert
Thompson, To Discuss
Application Security as a Lifecycle Issue
WILMINGTON, Mass.—September 14, 2005—Security Innovation, the
independent industry leader in application security testing,
research and training, today announced that Dr. Herbert (Hugh)
Thompson will be participating in the Microsoft Professional
Developers Conference Security Symposium on September 16, 2005 at
the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Security Symposium will address insider tips and best practices
from Microsoft and industry developers that are building security
into the software development process using the Microsoft Security
Development Lifecycle (SDL) as their model. “Even as close as two
years ago, companies focused on security at the end of the
development lifecycle. That’s a very expensive way of doing it,
because when you find problems, there may be architectural
[repercussions],” said Dr. Thompson. “Now, however, many companies
are trying to move security much earlier in the development
lifecycle. We’re seeing a lot more code reviews during development,
and a lot more design reviews. We’re seeing a ton of demand for
developer training—going in and teaching courses to developers on
how we help you make your application more secure. So much of
that—getting developers to create secure code from the start—is an
educational issue.”
Who: Dr. Hugh Thompson, chief security strategist, Security
Innovation
What: “The What, Why and How of the Microsoft Security Development
Lifecycle – and Why You Should Care”
When: Friday, September 16, 2005, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/agenda/panels/default.aspx)
About Dr. Herbert Thompson, Chief Security Strategist
Dr. Thompson is a world-renown expert in application security and is
an adjunct professor at Florida Institute of Technology. He has
co-authored or edited 12 books including, “How to Break Software
Security: Effective Techniques for Security Testing” (2004, Addison
Wellesley) and most recently, “The Software Vulnerability Guide.”
(2005, Charles River Media)
At Security Innovation, Dr. Thompson is responsible for the overall
security and research efforts, along with training developers and
security testers at some of the world’s largest software companies
including Microsoft, VISA, HP, IBM, Cisco, Symantec, ING and SAP
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation, Inc. is the leading independent provider of
application security services. Dozens of leading organizations,
including Adobe, Cisco, Fidelity, Harris Corporation, IBM, ING, HP,
Microsoft, SAIC, SAP, Symantec, VeriSign and a number of government
agencies, rely on Security Innovation’s expertise in application
security testing and training to develop, evaluate and deploy more
secure applications. More than 60 percent of the Company’s staff
holds advanced degrees in computer science with 30 percent at the
Ph.D. level. The Company is headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with
offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Seattle, Wash. and Melbourne,
Fla. For more information about Security Innovation, visit
www.securityinnovation.com or call +1.978.694.1008.
Contacts:
Davida Dinerman/Tom Bain
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
