{"73763":{"#nid":"73763","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTISC to Host Wireless Security Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC)announces that it will host the Wireless Security Summit on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center on the Georgia Tech campus. One of the fastest-growing and most dynamic areas in the technology industry today, wireless voice and data networks provide consumers and businesses with more efficient means and easier access for conducting phone calls, sending or receiving information via email, or simply surfing the Internet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GTISC is committed to raising awareness and educating consumers and enterprises alike to the security issues associated with emerging and growing technologies,\u0022 said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. \u0022The Wireless Security Summit is an important forum for leading executives and experts across all areas of the wireless spectrum to come together and examine the security concerns and possible solutions for this high-growth industry. We wish to thank the executives from CNN.com, AirDefense, BellSouth, Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, Cingular Wireless, InterContinental Hotels Group, Internet Security Systems and RF Micro Devices for participating in the Summit and sharing their expertise with us.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMitch Gelman, senior vice president and executive producer of CNN.com, will deliver the Summit\u0027s keynote address. Gelman will discuss the global impact and risks of wireless technologies from the perspective as one of the world\u0027s leaders in online news and information delivery. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the Summit\u0027s executive panel will examine the security challenges associated with wireless technologies and highlight potential approaches for mitigating them from the perspectives of the end user, service provider, security leader and wireless component developer. The following industry leaders will participate in the panel discussion, moderated by Steve Zimba, BellSouth\u0027s [NYSE: BLS] director of voice strategy:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 David Thomas, vice president of product management and field engineering for AirDefense;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Jack Storey, vice president and chief information officer for Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Kelly Williams, executive director, technology strategy for Cingular Wireless;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 John Copeland, the John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Technology Transfer Chair for the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Gustaaf Schrils, vice president of technology for InterContinental Hotels Group [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)];\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Chris Rouland, chief technology officer for Internet Security Systems [NASDAQ: ISSX]; and\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7 Jerry Neal, executive vice president of marketing and strategic development, and co-founder of RF Micro Devices [NASDAQ: RFMD]. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Wireless Security Summit is part of GTISC\u0027s semi-annual security summit series. In addition to raising security awareness within the technology industry, the summit series enables GTISC researchers to define and develop new research efforts for security challenges that are prevalent in today\u0027s technology-driven environment. For more information about the GTISC Wireless Security Summit and its participants, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GTISC \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center, a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, is an interdisciplinary center involving faculty from the College of Computing, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Keynote address and executive panel to discuss security issues and solutions for high-growth technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Information Security Center hosts Wireless Security Summit with speakers from AirDefense, BellSouth, CNN.com, Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, Cingular Wireless, InterContinental Hotels Group, Internet Security Systems and RF Micro Devices.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Summit features wireless technology leaders"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-10-31 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-10-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-10-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73764":{"id":"73764","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894678","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:38"}},"media_ids":["73764"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTISC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}