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July Chapter Meeting
Backdoors are sophisticated attacks with a deceptive delay element. In a traditional attack, the perpetrator exploits a vulnerability in commercial software or installs their own malware to cause immediate damage. With an application backdoor, a developer builds malicious functions into software that will operate undetected. These functions typically involve stealing data or credentials via keyloggers, screen capture, and file transmission or retrieval, Some also display misleading system messages and alerts to trick users into performing activities. Erik will describe different types of backdoors and their functions. He will then discuss techniques of how to detect backdoors, and most importantly, how to avoid them. Erik Peterson is an application and information security veteran and an experienced product management, software marketing and technology professional with over 15 years of experience. Before Veracode, Erik was Dir. of Products for the Application Security Center at Hewlett-Packard. Erik was Vice President of Products at S.P.I. Dynamics when it was acquired by HP in 2007. At S.P.I. Dynamics Erik lead the product management team which defined the companies products and technology strategy. Before joining S.P.I. Dynamics Erik was the Director of Product Management for the security information and event management company GuardedNet which was acquired by IBM and a Product Manager at application security pioneer Sanctum, Inc. which invented the industries first web application firewall, AppShield which Erik managed during his tenure at Sanctum. Previous to entering the software industry Erik was an information security and risk management professional within the financial industry at Moody’s Investors Service in New York city and SunTrust banks in Atlanta and an IT professional for the US State Department and the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency. Upcoming Events ** Spring 2010 CISSP Workshop ** August August 26 September October November December |
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