IOActive’s Robert Zigweid to Participate on Black Hat Panel

IOActive’s Principal Compliance Consultant will speak on the panel Digital Forensics: What is the Meaning of This

Seattle, Wash—July 28, 2011. IOActive, a leading provider of application security, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that Robert Zigweid, their Principal Compliance Consultants, will participate on the Black Hat panel Digital Forensics: What is the Meaning of This in Las Vegas next month. The Black Hat Briefings are a series of highly technical information security conferences that bring together thought leaders from all facets of the infosec world including corporate, government, and academic sectors, even underground researchers. The environment is strictly vendor neutral and focused on sharing practical insights and timely, actionable knowledge. Black Hat remains the best and biggest event of its kind, unique in its ability to define tomorrow's information security landscape.

WHAT  Digital Forensics: What is the Meaning of This

WHERE  Caesars Palace Hotel, Las Vegas

WHEN  August 2, 2011. 4:00 pm.

HOW  For more information, visit the Black Hat website.

About Robert Zigweid
Robert Zigweid is an accomplished developer and application tester who has advanced skills in the fields of creating and analyzing systems architecture and threat modeling. As a Principal Compliance Consultant at IOActive, he works with clients to disocover and solve network and application problems that threaten their business goals and assets, striving to become a trusted advisor whenever possible.

Zigweid also has performed extensive work around PCI compliance in the cloud architecture, and his efforts around implementing secure software development lifecycles has helped further the formal understanding of secure, compliant environments for both merchants and customers. Zigweid has authored numerous white papers and speaks at security conferences around the world including OWASP AppSec USA, SOURCE Seattle, and ToorCon. Zigweid also has been a featured guest on the Network Security Podcast.

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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