Six years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon, have we taken the right steps to protect ourselves from debilitating threats? Expert speakers at the second annual The Security Standard conference will address this, and other critical questions, that directly affect the health and safety of corporations large and small. The Security Standard will take place September 10-11, 2007 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago and will feature new research, fresh insights, and powerful speakers all focused on the information and network security of corporations today.

"The mission of The Security Standard conference is to educate our attendees about threats to corporate security and develop effective strategies to combat these threats," said Bob Bragdon, co-chair of the event and publisher of CSO magazine. "To do this, we're pulling together the leading strategists, newest research, and an audience of IT and corporate decision-makers to analyze today's risks and determine the building blocks for a strong and secure enterprise."

The Security Standard will feature an array of voices from its stage -  from CSOs to auditors to law enforcement specialists - in order to provide a richly detailed understanding of the security landscape. Three sessions are outlined below.

For a complete look at the conference agenda, visit
http://www.thesecuritystandard.net/agenda/index.php.

Crisis Management: Planning for the Worst

IBM Distinguished Professor Daniel Diermeier will detail how even with the best of security policies in place, data can still, and likely will, be lost or stolen. How a company responds to such a situation will go a long way in determining the incident's impact on its business. Crisis planning is critically important for all businesses, regardless of size or market. During this session, attendees will learn:

- The critical elements of building a crisis management plan.
- The importance of managing communications in a crisis and what should  be communicated.
- Strategies for implementing crisis planning in an organization.

Lessons from the Firing Line

Exploring how failures in risk perception and analysis led to ChoicePoint Inc.'s highly publicized security problems, VP of Information Security Robin Sundaram will provide an in-depth look at what the company learned and how its experiences have reshaped the organization, its policies and practices. Attendees will learn:

- How organizational problems contributed to ChoicePoint's crisis.
- The painful lessons ChoicePoint learned and what can be gleaned from them.
- How ChoicePoint has implemented new policies and new risk management strategies to stave off future problems.

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