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IEEE Security & Privacy Exhibits at InfoSec World 2006

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 21 April 2006 — The IEEE Computer Society promoted IEEE Security & Privacy at InfoSec World in Orlando recently to raise awareness for the IEEE Computer Society’s well-regarded technical magazines.

Computer Society staff and volunteers are appearing at a selection of high-profile computer security and software development conferences over the next two years. In many cases, the magazine staffs are combining booth appearances with panel sessions of highly regarded volunteer editors addressing topics of interest.

In its 13th year, InfoSec World has become a leading event for information security. Information security professionals, industry experts, and product vendors attend InfoSec World to explore critical real-world strategies and cutting-edge techniques necessary to secure critical data, reduce risk, and strengthen systems. Featured this year were open-source security tools, MS Windows protection strategies, deception technologies, and techniques to demystify wireless hacking techniques,

Featured was a panel session on “Overcoming Hacker Hi-Jinx and Other Bad Behaviors,” which featured IEEE Security Privacy editorial board member Gary McGraw (Cigital CTO). Also appearing at the conference were keynote speakers Tom Ridge (former Secretary of Homeland Security), Peter Bergen, Kevin Ashton (MIT), and Jeff Jonas, (IBM Entity Analytics).

IEEE Security & Privacy was offered at a show price of $29, and subscription sales goals were exceeded. To subscribe to IEEE Security & Privacy visit: https://newton.computer.org/sssubs.nsf/application?openform&code=sp

IEEE Security & Privacy delivers:

* Reliable, practical information to today's security professionals
* Tutorials, interviews, debates and columns
* Valuable findings and best practices by both researchers and practitioners
* Original, peer reviewed articles not published anywhere else.

About the Computer Society
With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the CS is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities.

The CS serves the information and career-development needs of today’s computing researchers and practitioners with technical journals, magazines, conferences, books, conference publications, and online courses. Its Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) program for mid-career professionals and Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) credential for recent college graduates confirm the skill and knowledge of those working in the field. The CS Digital Library (CSDL) is an excellent research tool, containing more than 250,000 articles from 1,600 conference proceedings and 26 CS periodicals going back to 1988.