IMI Security Symposium and Expo 2007  

The Infrastructure Management Institute at Northern Kentucky University's College of Informatics would like to thank the attendees of the IMI Security Symposium and Expo 2007.  We would also like to thank the speakers for a great lineup of informative security discussions and the exhibitors for a first class showing.

We owe a special thank you to all our sponsors whose generosity made the conference possible.

Please check out all of the Exhibitor drawing winners, event photographs, and additional sponsor materials. 

Thanks again to all who have made this event a success and we look forward to seeing you at the 2008 IMI Security Symposium & Expo!

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Monday, October 22, 2007
NKU METS Center
Erlanger, Kentucky

IT Security Symposium and Expo 2007 brings together IT professionals for engaging talks and live demos on cutting edge products and best-practices around information security. The sessions will describe how to better secure your networks and web sites, how to manage identities, how to respond to security incidents, and how to develop secure software. The vendor expo gives attendees the opportunities to discuss their needs with some of the most innovative solution providers.

Our featured breakfast keynote speaker, Ira Winkler, is considered one of the world's leading experts on Information Security, Information Warfare, and investigating information related crimes, and Industrial Espionage. He is author of the books, Corporate Espionage, the bestseller Through the Eyes of the Enemy, and Spies Among Us. Ira is President of the Internet Security Advisors Group and a columnist for ZDTV with his column titled "Spy Files." Ira is a specialist in penetration testing, where he infiltrates companies, both technically and physically, to find and repair an organization's weaknesses. He has appeared on dozens of national, international, and local television and radio shows, and major publications have dubbed him, "A modern day James Bond" and one of the world's leading security experts.   

Our lunch keynote speaker, Gregg Kreizman, is a research director with Gartner Research's information security and privacy team. He covers topics such as identity and access management, electronic signatures, public-key infrastructure, and enterprise security architecture. Gregg brings 7 years of Gartner experience and 24 years of industry experience as he presents "Security Trends - What is Coming on the Horizon". Some of Gregg's latest research includes "Toolkit: Best Practices for Enterprise Single Sign-on Implementations", "Case Study: Slow and Steady Wins the Race for PKI in Government", and "Management Update: Real ID Act".