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Monday, July 21 | 5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Michael Rosen, CTO, Wilton Consulting Group

It seems that everyone has heard of IT architects, and many people have the title, yet few people seem know what an architect really does and how that adds value to the organization.

This keynote walks the audience through 10 things an architect does and the skills needed to accomplish them. The list includes: Inquire, integrate, analyze, conceptualize, abstract, visualize, formalize, communicate, enable and assist. What does an architect do? What skills do they need? How do they add value?

Thursday, July 24 | 12:15 PM–1:15 PM

Herbert (Hugh) Thompson, Ph.D., Chief Security Strategist, People Security

Legislation, financially driven attackers and high profile breaches have changed the economics of security. As software developers and designers, we need to rethink the motivations of attackers and the new attacker economy given a growing stolen identity information trade and the rise of organized electronic crime. We need to study “hackernomics”, the social science concerned with description and analysis of attacker motivations, economics and business risk. In this presentation Dr. Thompson vividly illustrates the laws of hackernomics and looks at how to think like an attacker. Warning: there will be live exploits; software will be harmed during this presentation!

These evening gatherings are the perfect opportunity to chat with speakers and your fellow attendees in an informal, relaxed setting.