Erin Jacobs to Present at BSides Denver

IOActive's Engagement Director to discuss future trends in compliance

Seattle, Wash—June 10, 2010. IOActive, a leading provider of application security, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that Erin Jacobs, an Engagement Director, will present Compliance Crystal Ball – Future trends in risk-based security framework at BSides Denver. BSides is a community-driven "unconference" built for and by information security community members. The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and times.

Jacobs' presentation will lead the audience though a history of regulatory compliance, and extract the known trends to forecast where the future is taking the security compliance landscape.

WHAT  Compliance Crystal Ball - Future trends in risk-based security framework

WHERE  238 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO (Arts District)

WHEN  June 18, 2010. 10:00 am

HOW  For more information, visit the their website.

About Erin Jacobs
As an Engagement Director, Erin Jacobs specializes in managing and guaranteeing security of the enterprise infrastructure from a process and policy standpoint. She has overseen incident response planning, investigated security breaches, and conducted independent security audits that adhere to numerous frameworks.

At IOActive, Jacobs manages an international staff of consultants while designing and directing large-scale network, web application, source code review, and physical security penetration test engagements for customers in numerous markets. She is responsible to resource consultants for customer engagements based on individual skill sets, profitability metrics, and firm-wide utilization metrics. Jacobs also provides oversight and quality assurance to all engagement report deliverables, requiring the distillation of highly complex technical findings into executive-facing business risk analysis and recommendations.

About IOActive
Established in 1998, IOActive is an industry leader that offers comprehensive computer security services with specializations in smart grid technologies, software assurance, and compliance. Boasting a well-rounded and diverse clientele, IOActive works with a majority of Global 500 companies including power and utility, hardware, retail, financial, media, aerospace, high-tech, and software development organizations. As a home for highly skilled and experienced professionals, IOActive attracts the likes of Barnaby Jack, Ilja van Sprundel, Mike Davis and Michael Milvich—talented consultants who contribute to the growing body of security knowledge by speaking at such elite conferences as Black Hat, Ruxcon, Defcon, BlueHat, CanSec, and WhatTheHack. For more information, visit www.ioactive.com.

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