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ANNOUNCING THE 6TH ANNUAL GFIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
AT THE JW MARRIOTT SAN ANTONIO HILL COUNTRY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

AUGUST 15 – 20, 2010

1,000-1,500 Attendees and 30-50 Vendors expected in San Antonio – don’t miss out!

GFIRST6: Building Today, Shaping Tomorrow – Ensuring an Effective Response Capability to Manage Risks in Cyberspace.

With an increasingly complex, evolving threat landscape to protect, a secure infrastructure is more important than ever. Regardless of the sector you work in, it is critical to understand the threat landscape to build an effective incident management and coordination capability that can accommodate applicable Legal and policy issues and initiatives.  You can shape an effective response capability to manage tomorrow's risks in cyberspace - starting here. 

GFIRST6 Session Tracks:

Policy / Government
Provides attendees with an understanding of national-level cybersecurity policy and initiatives, as well as DHS-specific initiatives.  In addition, provides the opportunity for US-CERT federal, state, and local partners to discuss their activities and efforts to manage cyber risk. 

Threat Landscape
Allows participants the opportunity to discuss shifts in the evolving threat landscape, from widespread and unfocused Internet worms to targeted attacks aimed at specific organizations and individuals.

Incident Management
Allows participants to talk about best practices and efforts within the Incident Management lifecycle, including preparation, detection / analysis, and response / recovery. 

Coordination
Offers attendees the opportunity to re-think traditional relationships among cyber authorities, while redefining necessary alliances to secure cyberspace. 

Legal / Law
Aims to educate attendees on legal issue related to the use of communication, transactional, and distributive aspects of networked information devices and technologies.

Why Should You Attend?

There are many reasons to attend the GFIRST Conference; benefits include:

  • Networking with top information security professionals and government officials.
  • Hearing expert speakers discuss the latest in cyber security news and trends as seen by government agencies, law enforcement, private sector and academia.
  • Participating in information-sharing groups on topics such as collaboration methods and incident response practices.
  • Continuing professional growth with industry peers and keeping abreast of the newest issues, trends, preemptive measures and case studies.

Who Should Attend?

The GFIRST Conference is open to all interested in learning more about cyber security and incident response. GFIRST is a great place for public and private sector leaders serving in non-technical roles to become familiar with the fundamentals of cyber security and incident response. GFIRST is also an excellent resource for practitioners in incident response and information security from the public and private sectors to include:

• GFIRST Members
• Cyber Incident Responders
• Chief Information Security Officers
• Chief Technology Officers
• Information System Security Officer
• Information System Security Managers
• Information Technology Directors
• Information Technology Administrators
• Network Administrators
• Cyber Security Experts
• Law Enforcement Personnel Supporting Cyber Security Issues		 • Emergency Managers
• Incident Response Directors
• Academia with Cyber Security Specialties
• Cyber Security Association Members
• Computer Forensic Personnel
• Security Engineers
• Software Developers & Managers
• Process Improvement Managers
• Inspector Generals
• Critical Information Infrastructure Owners & Operators
• ISAC Members

What is GFIRST?

GFIRST is a group of technical and tactical practitioners from incident response and security response teams responsible for securing government information technology systems and providing private sector support. GFIRST members work together to understand and handle computer security incidents and to encourage proactive and preventative security practices across government agencies. GFIRST promotes cooperation among the full range of Federal, State and local agencies, including defense, civilian, intelligence, and law enforcement.

What is US-CERT?

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003, US-CERT leads and coordinates efforts to improve the Nation’s cybersecurity posture, promote cyber information sharing, and manage cyber risks to the Nation through the following responsibilities:

    • Analyze and reduce cyber threats and vulnerabilities,
    • Disseminate cyber threat warning information,
    • Coordinate with partners and customers to achieve shared cyber situational awareness of the Nation’s cyber critical infrastructure,
    • Provide response and recovery support for national assets, and
    • Advise on national-level cybersecurity policy and guidance.

US-CERT interacts with federal agencies, industry, the research community, state and local governments, and others to disseminate reasoned and actionable cyber security information to the public.