IOActive’s Joshua Pennell to Present at RSA Europe 2011

IOActive’s Founder and President to present There's an App for That: Evolving Mobile Security into a Business Advantage

London, UK—September 14, 2011. IOActive, a leading provider of application security, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that Joshua Pennell, Founder and President, will host present There's an App for That: Evolving Mobile Security into a Business Advantage at RSA Europe 2011 in London. Throughout its 19-year history, RSA conferences have consistently attracted the world's best and brightest, creating opportunities for attendees to learn about IT security's most important issues by way of first-hand interactions with peers, luminaries, and emerging and established companies. As the IT security field continues to grow in importance and influence, RSA conferences play an integral role in keeping global security professionals connected and educated.

Joshua Pennell, a security veteran who has cracked multiple mobile platforms, will review what companies should do when deploying a mobile strategy. From wiring money and accepting deposits to buying cars, apps on mobile devices are the desired platform for the go-generation. With around 54 million smart phones and an average of 22 applications per device, analysts predict smartphone sales to exceed PC sales in 2011. Pennell will present his findings on which platforms are the most trustworthy and which parts of these platforms can be the most lucrative or exploitable target for malware, hackers, and fraudsters.

WHAT  There's an App for That: Evolving Mobile Security into a Business

WHERE  Hilton London Metropole

WHEN  October 11, 2011. 1:00–1:50 pm.

HOW  For more information, visit the RSA Europe website.

About Joshua Pennell
As IOActive's Founder and President, Joshua Pennell enjoys a proven, 12-year entrepreneurial track record of creating and maintaining a multimillion-dollar, customer-focused, independent global security services organization. Through Pennell's leadership, IOActive has emerged as one of the world's longest standing, highly technical boutique security consultancies with a history based on cutting-edge research and meritocratic governance.

Pennell serves on the advisory boards of Source, Vantos, and SiteScout. He also is the Chairman of IOActive's advisory board, which includes such computer industry venerables as Steve Wozniak, Jim Reavis, and Jason Larsen. In years past, Pennell played an integral role in helping his team win Defcon's Capture the Flag competition for three consecutive years, followed by another three of technically revolutionizing the competition before handing it over to Kenshoto.

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 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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