Cornerstone Issue 11: January 29, 1999



Welcome to issue 11 of Cornerstone, an electronic newsletter issued periodically by Core Competence.

We are departing from our normal Cornerstone format to inform you about a very special project we are undertaking at Core Competence.

In our 2nd presentation of The Internet Security Conference (TISC, http://tisc.corecom.com) will address the most pressing security issues confronting Internet-enabled organizations today.

The most respected experts in nearly every field of security will gather in the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose to present a technical conference and exhibition, April 19-23, 1999.

The TISC faculty of over 50 experts, including:

  • Fred Avolio, security consultant, former product manager for the   TIS Gauntlet Internet Firewall
  • Dr. William Hancock, Chief Technology Officer, Network-1
  • Charlie Kaufman, Security Architect for Lotus Notes, IBM
  • Dr. Stephen Kent, Chief Scientist, Information Security, BBN Technologies
  • Rik Farrow, Internet and UNIX Security consultant and author
  • Bob Moskowitz, Sr. technical director at the ICSA
  • Dr. Radia Perlman, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
  • Marcus Ranum, firewall expert, CEO & Founder, Network Flight Recorder, 
  • Dr. Ron Ross, Sr. computer scientist at Information Technology Labs, NIST

will join Network Computing Magazine's Technology Editors Dan Backman, Mike Fratto and Dave Willis in presenting workshops, seminars, and a two-day, 30 session Security Symposium.

An Interoperability Lab and Vendor Exhibit will complement the education offered at TISC. The Interoperability Lab (http://tisc.corecom.com/lab99.html) will provide attendees an opportunity to witness individual product demonstrations, conducted by vendor *technical* staff. Attendees will see and participate in multi-vendor demonstrations of:

  • Network Attack, Penetration, and Intrusion Detection
  • IPSec/IKE and CA Interoperability
  • IPSec Configuration and Benchmarking
  • Policy-Based Security Management
  • Layered VPNs for Remote Access and Extranet Connectivity
  • Desktop and Internet Application Security
  • Authentication as an Enabler for Secure E-Commerce

coordinated by Aventail, Core Competence, Ernst & Young and Network Computing Magazine.

Entrance to the TISC Interoperability Lab is free to all TISC '99 attendees.

TISC workshop students will receive a guided walking tour of security technologies on display in the lab.

A complete program guide is available at
http://tisc.corecom.com/programguide.pdf

Registration is now open, visit
https://secure.mactivity.com/tisc/register.html
or call 1-800-798-2928. Space is Limited.

The Internet Security Conference is presented by Core Competence, the respected internetworking, fast packet and network management consulting firm founded by Dave Piscitello, and  Network Computing,  the premier technology solutions magazine.

Conference Sponsors include
* Compatible Systems * Checkpoint Software Technologies * Ernst & Young * Microsoft
* Aventail * RadGuard * Internet Devices * NetScreen * 3Com * enCommerce * RedCreek
* RSA Data Security * TimeStep * Xedia * Network Flight Recorder * Covad Communications
* Axent Technologies * Kroll-O'Gara ISG* Exodus * Xcert * Network-1 * Internet Week * NEC

(Visit http://tisc.corecom.com/sponsors.html for new additions to this list.)

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