When: February 26th, 2008, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Who: Michael Howard, Author of Writing Secure Code

MICHAEL HOWARD, PRINCIPAL SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGER, MICROSOFT'S SECURITY ENGINEERING TEAM

Michael Howard is a principal security program manager on the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Group's Security Engineering team at Microsoft, where he is responsible for managing secure design, programming, and testing techniques across the company. Howard is an architect of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), a process for improving the security of Microsoft's software.

Howard began his career with Microsoft in 1992 at the company's New Zealand office, working for the first two years with Windows and compilers on the Product Support Services team, and then with Microsoft Consulting Services, where he provided security infrastructure support to customers and assisted in the design of custom solutions and development of software. In 1997, Howard moved to the United States to work for the Windows division on Internet Information Services, Microsoft's next-generation web server, before moving to his current role in 2000.

Howard is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a frequent speaker at security-related conferences. He regularly publishes articles on security design and is the co-author of six security books, including the award-winning Writing Secure Code, 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security, The Security Development Lifecycle and his most recent release, Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista.

Topic: Writing Secure Code

Where: National Instruments, 11500 N Mopac, Building C which is the tallest building on campus (8 levels). There will be signs posted in the lobby to direct you where to go and the receptionists will be able to assist you as well. See directions to National Instruments.

Cost: Always Free
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