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Assurance course addresses some of these integral tasks. Risks must be identified early, but a well-managed project will keep the finger on the pulse by revisiting ever-changing risks at frequent intervals. The same is true of estimating the effort, cost, and schedule for a project: as time passes, estimates are replaced with actuals, and more project knowledge is gained, requiring continual re-estimation. To deliver products that are not only on-time and within-budget, but also meet quality goals, requires quality characteristics to be understood and built in from the beginning. Monday, January 26 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular According to Acunetix (a vendor of web application scanning tools), 70% of applications they reviewed contained high or medium security vulnerabilities. Learn how to develop more secure applications using simple, repeatable steps. This session will include demonstrations of key attacks, analyze those attacks step by step, and provide solid countermeasures that any development team can use in its web environment. This course is appropriate for application developers, business analysts and application development project managers with some technical background. Warren Sheaffer, Senior Instructor, XMaLpha Technologies C18 Securing Applications stand apart from mainstream enterprise IT portfolios. This class will describe how leading federal, state and commercial IT staffs are successfully assimilating a variety of spatial IT resources into their portfolios to bring new value for both internal and external clients. Attendees will learn how they can remarkably improve their enterprise IT portfolio performance by recharacterizing the many assorted geospatial IT technologies into a single, spatial IT portfolio of resources that are effectively aligned and governed to achieve targeted business outcomes. Brian Cullis, Ph.D., Director, Business Transformation, CH2M HILL Daniel Feinberg, Business Transformation Consultant, CH2M HILL. This connectivity gives hackers and members of the DarkWeb more opportunities to do harm. What are the threats and risks that you should focus on and make a priority? What are the latest threats and what do you need to do to protect against them? In this fast-paced class, you will learn about the top 10 biggest threats that you should focus on. You will also learn how to apply proven, standards-based techniques and new protection strategies to protect systems and data from the latest threats. Ira Victor, GIAC G17799 GCFA GPCI GSEC, Director, Compliance Practice, Data Clone Labs; Co-Host, Data Security Podcast C24 Securing the Virtual Environment Web Training C21 Web Services for Mainframe Applications Wednesday, January 28 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular Mainframe applications still play an important role in state and local government technology services. Learn strategies and best practices for “Webifying” these applications. In this class you will learn: • Strategies for Webifying mainframe apps, including a review of available tools • Challenges and solutions • Pitfalls to avoid • Typical languages used in developing for the Web Joyce Deeb, Instructor, XMaLpha Technologies C19 Data Modeling for Business Intelligence Tuesday, January 27 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular Structuring data for business intelligence requires a new way of thinking about data and database structures. In this class you will learn: • Pros and cons of various development and implementation methodologies, including: Waterfall vs. Iterative, Kimball vs. Inman, and some common business intelligence mistakes to avoid • Identifying and locating technical data types such as operational and historical data • Selecting the technical architecture, including considerations for right-sizing, the SOA impact, the necessary technical skills and the hardware components • Continuous improvement and post implementation support Tuesday, January 27 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular Virtual and remote environments are becoming a significant part of organizations’ technology infrastructure. These environments bring with them some unique security requirements. This class will highlight the different security needs of virtual and remote environments, and explain the important security concerns for each of them, including: • E-mail • Antivirus management • Legal issues • Managing and securing remote desktops • Firewalls • Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) • Authentication • Intrusion detection, logging and auditing Scott Greene, CEO, Evidence Solutions, Inc. C22 Usability and Accessibility for the Web Thursday, January 29 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular Web site accessibility for all is more important than ever. In this focused class you will learn about the latest policies in Web site accessibility and some important considerations and tips for making your site available to constituents with physical disabilities. lorenzo Cuesta, Staff Programmer Analyst, Office of Technology Resources, Information Technology Services Division, California Department of General Services C25 Cyber CSI – Computer Forensics Security C23 Security’s Top 10 – The newest Threats and How to Protect Against Them Monday, January 26 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular Today’s systems are more connected than ever. Desktops, laptops, web apps, mobile apps, virtual machines, networked printers, and other devices all play a significant part in technology infrastructures. C20 leveraging location: Aligning GIS and Other Spatial IT with the Enterprise Agenda Thursday, January 29 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird/$395 Regular Whether referenced as Geographic Information System (GIS), Mobile GIS, GPS, Google Earth/ Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, or Location-Based Services, it is all too common for spatial IT to Wednesday, January 28 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm SlIGHTly TECHnICAl $345 Early Bird / $395 Regular The term “computer forensics” conjures up images of popular television stars hacking their way into top secret computer systems or recovering vital information from a crushed laptop. In reality, forensic techniques are not just for law enforcement. These tools and techniques can be used for everything from data from an intrusion, to diagnosing system failures to understanding how to better protect systems and data. In this class you will learn: • Taxonomy of computer hackers • Types of data • Forensic considerations for systems, servers, and desktops, portable and other devices • Forensics hardware and software The class will also cover the types of investigations, what to do in response to an incident, and perhaps more importantly, what not to do. The class will conclude with a look at the future of computer forensics. Scott Greene, CEO, Great Scott Enterprises, Inc. Event Info – www.gtcsouthwest.com 9 http://www.gtcsouthwest.com

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