IOActive To Present At EUSecWest in Amsterdam

IOActive Security Consultants, Ilja van Sprundel and Vincent Berg join top researchers from around the world at EUSecWest

Seattle, Wash—June 11, 2010. IOActive, a leading provider of application security, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that Principal Security Consultant, Ilja van Sprundel, and Senior Security Consultant, Vincent Berg have been selected to speak at this year’s EUSecWest in Amsterdamn. EUSecWest is a leading industry conference where the latest in cutting edge information security threats, defenses, applications, and theory will be showcased in a series of one hour presentations by the brightest minds in the security field from all nations.

Talk 1 Having Fun with Apple’s IOKit by Ilja van Sprundel

Ilja van Sprundel, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, will share his insight into how the Apple IOKit works and discuss some of its security issues. IOKit is the main interface to write drivers in Mac OSX and is unlike most driver interfaces for other operating systems.

Talk 2 Auditing C# Code by Vincent Berg

Vincent Berg, Senior Security Consultant at IOActive, will discuss reviewing C# code, specifically C# code used for ASP.NET. He will cover entrypoints, exit points, .NET input validators, corner cases of APIs, integer rules, managed vs. unmanaged code, the garbage collector, exception handling issues, XSS cases, SQL Injection bugs, XML handling issues and usage of Anti-XSS.

WHERE  Melkweg club. Lijnbaansgracht 234a, 1017 PH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

WHEN  June 16–17, 2010

HOW  For more information, visit the their website.

About Ilja van Sprundel
As a Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, Ilja van Sprundel performs penetration testing, identifies system vulnerabilities, and designs custom security solutions for clients in software development, telecommunications, financial services, and non-profit organizations. Van Sprundel has a passion for security and takes an offensive approach. He participated in the final security review of Windows Vista, has authored numerous white papers, and speaks at security conferences across the world including PacSec, Ruxcon, BlueHat, and CanSecWest.

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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