Information Security News: HITBSecConf2012 - Amsterdam brings new hackathon, Capture The Flag and keynotes by Bruce Schneier and Andy Ellis

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1 February 2012 -- Hack In The Box Security 
Conference is back again in Amsterdam this year for the European leg of 
its annual circuit. From the 21st to the 25th of May, this deep 
knowledge security conference will once again bring together a unique 
mix of security professionals, independent researchers, government and 
law enforcement officials and members of the hacker underground.  This 
year’s event will be their biggest European outing yet, at this year’s 
bigger and better venue -- the exclusive Okura Hotel, centrally located 
in the heart of Amsterdam
For the first time ever, HITB2012AMS will run across a full week. This 
year’s 2-day quad track conference will host the highest number of 
speakers to date with over 40 international industry experts in town. 
Day 1 opening keynote will be delivered by Bruce Schneier -- world 
renowned cryptographer and security technologist. Andy Ellis, Chief 
Security Officer of Akamai will deliver his keynote on Day 2 and capping 
things off at end of Day 2 will be the closing keynote by Ms Jaya Baloo 
-- Verizon’s Identity and Access Management Expert. As with previous 
years, the popular HITB series of hands on trainings will run on days 
preceding the conference. This year’s trainings will also feature a new 
advanced 3-day edition of the Exploit Laboratory course and other topics 
range from Hunting Web Attackers to Advanced Application Hacking.
With the bigger space in the Okura, the HITB experience this year will 
also involve a larger showcase area. This will host the launch of an all 
new Capture The Flag ‘live hacking’ competition, the crowd favourite 
Lock Picking Village, a 12-hour hackathon to build security tools, the 
hackerspaces CommSec Village plus a technology showcase area. The 
showcase is open to public during the quad track conference days (24th / 
25th of May)
For more information on HITBSecConf2012 – Amsterdam and to register for 
the event, please see: http://conference.hitb.nl/hitbsecconf2012ams/

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