Bring the sticks and torches -- we're going bot-hunting with Christopher Boyd and Anthony Porter of FaceTime Communications Inc., who promise live demonstrations at "Botnet Live: Tracing, Chasing and Building the Case to Bust the Bad Guys" (HT1-202, Green Room 102). Those hoping to get a handle on the security problems that exist between chair and keyboard are directed to Gold Room 307, where Trend Micro Inc. global director of education David Perry and University of Houston professor Art Conklin will hold forth on "End-User Behavior and Internet Security" (CONS-202). More use for the sticks and torches, perhaps. Or you can go grill a Visa U.S.A. Inc. vice president Eduardo Perez and his co-panelists at "Keep Your Customers Loyal: Avoid the Data Privacy Breach (SOL-202, Burgundy Room 133).
10:40 a.m. sessions
You think about your bank and your government, but what you do know about database security at the schools you or your kids have attended? (And yes, they've got plenty of your data. Think how your alumni-giving fund manages to hunt you down so ruthlessly.) "Protecting Public Confidence in Databases" (DEPL-203, Burgundy Room 132) has a number of security administrators from educational institutions; it should be worth checking out for a fresh perspective. Elsewhere, lawyers and security architects will shield their eyes as "Vulnerability Reporting and Full Disclosure: The Naked Truth" (LAW-203, Burgundy Room 131) is revealed. And Black Hat founder Jeff Moss is among the panel gathering for "Corporate Crimeware" (HT1-203, Green Room 102), which will dissect the current and future threats that really matter to corporate installations.
12:30 p.m. sessions
A respite from the tyranny of choice is, ironically, all about choice. VerifiedVoting.org's Jeremy Epstein is speaking in Orange Room 236 on "Electronic Voting 2007: What Works, What Doesn't, and How Technologists Can Affect The Future" (P2P-204A). Fifty minutes of pure fascination. Go ahead and get a good seat in this room; you're going to be here for a while today.