IANS Events

Fueled by interactions among IANS Faculty and end users, IANS provides actionable advice to information security, risk management, and compliance executives.

Information Security Forums

The IANS Information Security Forums bring together experienced IT and information security practitioners for confidential information sharing on the industry's most important issues, technologies, and trends. The two-day event includes keynote addresses, technical and strategic roundtable discussions led by IANS' Faculty, networking receptions, and the opportunity to learn about new technologies.

Why Attend?

• Gain tangible, real-world insights on best practices and lessons learned directly from Faculty and your peers
• Stay current with emerging technologies and early-stage deployments
• Connect with the industry's leading minds
• Network and connect with other influential senior IT managers and business leaders
• Earn 16 Continuing Education Credits

Who Attends?

Information Security Forum attendees come from practitioner organizations that include Fortune 1000, government agencies, and academic institutions. Forums are for mid-to-senior level information security vice presidents, directors, managers, analysts, architects, and engineers.

In 2011, 32% of attendees were CISSP certified and had an average of 15 years of industry experience.

Major industries represented included Financial Services, Insurance, Government, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Technology Services.

Upcoming Security Forums

Symposiums

Symposiums are intimate end-user only gatherings known for their innovative moderated discussions. During a Symposium you will join a community of senior information security executives for a half-day of in-depth discussions and insight sharing. Symposiums are an IANS Decision Support offering. Symposium participation is by invitation only.

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End-User Client Briefings

Briefings are exclusive webcasts open only to IANS' end-user clients. These monthly discussions are held on the second Wednesday of each month, and discuss information security hot topics such as: Risk Management, Vulnerability Management, Social Networking, Cloud Computing, and much more.

Past Briefings include: "Managing Mobile Computing Securely", "Pen Testing and Vulnerability Assessments Are the Same, Right?" and "Security in the App Store Ecosystem: Online Games, Books, Apps, and Marketplaces

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