Last fall I lamented in a post about the lack of security conferences in L.A. and vowed that if I found some, I would start going. Why should San Francisco and San Jose get all the glory? And so, next week — May 16, specifically — I’ll be at Information Security Summit IV at Universal Hilton, an event put on by the L.A. chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). The agenda looks pretty good, and includes my good friends Dave Marcus from McAfee and Marc Maifrett from eEye Digital Security. Here’s a partial glimpse at the agenda: Keynote 8:45 AM 9:30 AM Alan Paller Executive breakout 9:45 AM 12:00 PM Executive breakout TBD Technology Keynote 10:00 AM 10:45 AM Ira Winkler Information security track A 10:55 AM 11:45 AM David Marcus Information security track B 10:55 AM 11:45 AM Robert Brown Information security track C 10:55 AM 11:45 AM Marc Maiffret Human Skills Keynote 1:15 PM 2:00 PM Chris Coffey Information security track A 2:10 PM 3:00 PM Tim Wilson Information security track B 2:10 PM 3:00 PM Kevin Cardwell Information security track C 2:10 PM 3:00 PM Joe McCray Closing Panel 3:30 PM 4:20 PM Marc Maiffret, David Marcus, Kevin Cardwell, Tim Wilson Closing Keynote 4:30 PM 5:15 PM Lance Spitzner Related content news Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach After being contacted by Salted Hash, Gwinnett Medical Center has confirmed they're investigating a security incident By Steve Ragan Oct 02, 2018 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Hacking news Facebook: 30 million accounts impacted by security flaw (updated) In a blog post, Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen said the attackers exploited a flaw in the website's 'View As' function By Steve Ragan Sep 28, 2018 4 mins Data Breach Security news Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals Did they really think this would work? By Steve Ragan Sep 04, 2018 2 mins Phishing Social Engineering Security news Congress pushes MITRE to fix CVE program, suggests regular reviews and stable funding After a year of investigation into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, the Energy and Commerce Committee has some suggestions as to how it can be improved By Steve Ragan Aug 27, 2018 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe