From: The SANS Institute (Webcastsans.org)
Date: Sun Mar 05 2006 - 21:42:14 CST

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Please join us this, and next, week for two FREE SANS Webcasts that you
won't want to miss if you are even considering intrusion prevention:

1) WhatWorks in Intrusion Prevention: "How The Red Cross Fought Off
Hackers While Serving The Katrina Survivors"

2) WhatWorks in Intrusion Prevention Systems: "How the New York
Currency Exchange Secures Electronic Payments"

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and join us for these free educational webcasts.

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What Works in Intrusion Prevention: "How The Red Cross Fought Off
  Hackers While Serving The Katrina Survivors"
Tuesday, March 07 at 1:00 PM EST (1800 UTC/GMT)
Featuring: Alan Paller of SANS and Gordon Bass and Michael Cokenour
of the Red Cross
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=90697
Sponsored by TippingPoint, a division of 3Com

When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, The American
Red Cross realized that it would be handling a surge of new networks,
systems and shelters. Those networks would serve as a critical
communications link between hurricane survivors and their families and
friends, as well as between the numerous shelters and the main office.
Protecting those networks from worms, infections brought in by donated
and loaned computers, and other attacks prompted The Red Cross to
look for an intrusion prevention system (IPS). An impressive part
of this was how the system they found was installed and operational
in only a few easy hours.

About The American Red Cross
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers,
will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent,
prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Each year, in communities
large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors
familiar and new -- the nearly 1 million volunteers and 35,000
employees of the Red Cross. Through more than 800 locally supported
chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to
prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities
and world. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies,
the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most
vulnerable people. The Red Cross is not a government agency and relies
on donations to do its work.

Alan Paller: Director of Research for the SANS Institute. Alan is
responsible for overseeing all SANS research projects ranging from
the SANS Top Twenty Internet Security Threats to the Internet Security
Hall of Shame.

He earned his degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Cornell
and MIT. Alan is the author of the EIS Book: Information Systems for
Top Managers and How to Give the Best Presentation of Your Life.

Gordon Bass, Chief Information Security Officer: Gordon Bass is
the acting chief information security officer for the American Red
Cross. He is responsible for the security of the information used
daily to perform the Red Cross mission, including that of blood donors,
financial donors, volunteers and victims of disasters.

Michael Cokenour, Senior Information Security Engineer: Michael
Cokenour is the senior information security engineer/analyst. Within
IT and the OCISO at The American Red Cross, he is responsible for
assessing vulnerabilities, threats and gathering research on malware,
exploits and mitigation.

and coming next week -
WhatWorks in Intrusion Prevention Systems: "How the New York Currency
Exchange Secures Electronic Payments"
Tuesday, March 14 at 1:00 PM EST (1800 UTC/GMT)
Featuring: Alan Paller of SANS and Brian Locke
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=90698
Sponsored by NFR Security

The New York Currency Exchange, an electronic payment provider,
transferred ATM and Point of Sale traffic from a giant web of private
networks to the Internet where the financial transactions would be
subjected to substantial risk. That prompted electronic payment
provider NYCE to look for a way to secure its transactions from
attackers and eavesdroppers. The intrusion prevention system NYCE
selected was solved the problem in innovative and effective ways.

Brian Locke, Manager of Network Security and Planning: Brian Locke
is the New York Currency Exchange the manager of network security
and planning. Alan Paller: Director of Research for the SANS
Institute. Alan is responsible for overseeing all SANS research
projects ranging from the SANS Top Twenty Internet Security Threats
to the Internet Security Hall of Shame. He earned his degrees in
Computer Science and Engineering from Cornell and MIT. Alan is the
author of the EIS Book: Information Systems for Top Managers and How
to Give the Best Presentation of Your Life.

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Additional FREE SANS Webcasts in March 2006

Internet Storm Center: "Threat Update"
Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 PM EST (1900 UTC/GMT)
Featuring: Johannes Ullrich
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=90618
Sponsored by Core Security Technologies

WhatWorks in Log Management: "Caring for Logs with Northwestern Memorial
Hospital"
Tuesday, March 28 at 1:00 PM EST (1800 UTC/GMT)
Featuring: Alan Paller & Asad Syed
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=90685
Sponsored by LogLogic

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For additional information on any of the above webcasts, please go to
http://www.sans.org/webcasts

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********************** UPCOMING SECURITY TRAINING ***********************

As you can see at www.sans.org, more and more SANS classes are sold out
(the red triangles) so we have begun a policy of earlier posting of new
conferences. If you are thinking about turbo charging your security
career or the careers of any of your coworkers this spring, start
planning now to go to San Diego in early May. You'll find more than a
dozen of SANS most popular courses and a vendor exposition, right on the
harbor in San Diego. http://www.sans.org/security06/

Or plan to come to Washington in July right after July 4 for the biggest
SANS Fire ever: with all 17 SANS immersion tracks and more than a dozed
special courses, a big exposition, and an inside look at how the
Internet's Early Warning System (Internet Storm Center) actually works
Bring your family for the national fireworks show.
http://www.sans.org/sansfire06

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