Hacker Halted Conference Partners With Online Information Security Magazine LiveHacking.com

Aug. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- LiveHacking.com, the online information security magazine, is pleased to announced that it is an  official media partner for this year's Hacker Halted 2011 conference. The EC-Council has lined up the world’s top information security experts to speak at the conference which will take place from October 21-27 at the InterContinental Miami.

The conference is split into two distinctive parts. From October 21 to October 24 is the ‘Hacker Halted Academy’, a series of technical training & certification classes led by world class instructors. Among the courses will be the renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) program. Then from October 25 to October 27 is the ‘Hacker Halted Conference’. With a comprehensive agenda, and an international line up of speakers, the Hacker Halted Conference promises to be one of the best information security conferences this year.

Keynote speakers highlights at Hacker Halted 2011 include:

- Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer at BT, best-selling author of Applied Cryptography, developer of cryptographic algorithms, such as AES-finalist Twofish, and de facto spokesperson for the information security field.
- George Kurtz, Worldwide Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of McAfee, former CEO of Foundstone, before it was acquired by McAfee, and co-author of Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions.
- Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Qualys, former chairman and CEO of Signio (acquired by VeriSign), and former member of the Board of Trustees for The Internet Society.

“The Hacker Halted conference is probably the best information security conference being held in the USA this year” said the chief editor. “LiveHacking is very proud to be part of it we are very much looking forward to bringing our readers the latest news and developments from the conference.”

Other speakers at Hacker Halted 2011 include Barnaby Jack, of the Black Hat 2010 ATM hacking demonstration fame and Moxie Marlinspike, Fellow at the Institute of Disruptive Studies, who has discovered numerous high profile security vulnerabilities, including flaws in SSL/TLS.

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