Palisade CTO and Iowa State computer engineering professor to speak on protecting networks from hacking at Inc. 500 conference.
AMES, IA (PRWEB) March 27, 2004--Palisade Systems, a leading provider of network defense solutions, announced today Dr. Doug Jacobson, Palisade chief technology officer (CTO) and director of the Iowa State Universitys Information Assurance Center, will be speaking at the 22nd annual Inc. 500 Conference. He will be speaking about protecting networks from new intrusion tools and smarter hackers. The session, titled Securing Your Network in the Hacker Era," will be held in the Plum Room at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Florida on March 27 at 10:15 am (EST).
The conference, organized by Inc. Magazine, celebrates the achievements of the men and women who have created the 500 fastest-growing, private companies in America. I always enjoy answering questions and talking to prominent business figures on the critical role of network security in business," said Dr. Jacobson. Its important for people to understand that hacking and security methods are always changing. Network security is not something you can simply set in place and forget about."
Dr. Jacobson has been asked to speak at the conference because of his diverse background in network security. Beyond being the founder and CTO of Palisade Systems, he is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. For the past 7 years, he has assisted local law enforcement agencies in numerous computer crimes including software theft, harassment, and child pornography. Most recently, Dr. Jacobson has been directing the establishment of the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) - pronounced ice age" - Lab at Iowa State. The lab is designed to be a virtual Internet for the purposes of creating and testing new cyber defense mechanisms.
About Palisade Systems, Inc.
Palisade Systems, Inc., founded in 1996, helps organizations manage and protect critical network assets against a variety of threats from benign utilization issues to malicious attacks. The companys appliances offer easy-to-implement, proactive approaches to controlling internal network access (FireBlock), Internet filtering (ScreenDoor), managing network applications (PacketHound), and providing honeynet-style intrusion detection (SmokeDetector). Palisades products are used in hundreds of businesses and universities throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.palisadesys.com or contact Palisades sales department at 1.888.824.0720.
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