[nylug-announce] NYLUG Presents (6/25) Mark Tolliver on Application Security for Open Source Software

[NYLUG Announcements]

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
6:30pm-8:00 PM
IBM
590 Madison Ave, 12th Floor
corner of 57th Street

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                          Mark Tolliver 
                              - on -
             Application Security for Open Source Software

  Open Source has been a blessing to the development community. However
  undocumented open source now permeates production code.  While IP issues
  are the most obvious concerns, security has become THE big concern.  You
  can't patch what you do not know you have.

  Firms are finding out that they have 5x the amount of open source they
  thought and hundreds of undocumented modules.  Palamida technology
  identifies these, matches them to the vulnerability data base and supplies
  a tool suite for maintenance and good housekeeping going forward.

  Mark Tolliver's talk, while providing a glimpse of the product, will
  include case studies and examples of open source caused disruptions.  From
  popular ones which did minimal damage like the iPhone hack to an example of
  one that casued a very well known security breach at a household name
  financial institution.

  Mark will also share examples of how major firms use Palamida ( such as
  Microsoft in their M&A team) to major enterprises. 

About Mark Tolliver:
  Mark Tolliver brings more than 30 years of experience in the high-tech
  industry to his position as CEO of Palamida, a San Francisco-based
  software company focused on software intellectual property management and
  compliance.

  Prior to Palamida, Tolliver was executive vice president, marketing and
  strategy, and chief strategy officer for Sun Microsystems.  In that role
  he was responsible for corporate marketing, product and business strategy,
  mergers and acquisitions, industry marketing and independent software
  vendor (ISV) programs
 
  Tolliver was with Sun for ten years, previously serving as president and
  general manager of iPlanet. Established in November 1998, iPlanet was a
  strategic alliance between Sun and AOL Time Warner focused on Internet
  infrastructure software, and upon completion of the original alliance
  agreement in March 2002, became a division of Sun. 

Meeting Location:
  Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
  12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google.  This is
  the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.

Map:
  http://tighturl.com/m

Books!!!
  Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
  of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
  to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
  time.

Swag (Give Away):
  During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
  away.

Stammtisch:
  After the meeting ... You may wish to join up with other NYLUGgers
  over at TGI Fridays located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th
  Street, second floor. Northeast corner.

Python Workshops:
  We are rounding up a group that wants to learn Python.  This would
  be a great time to attend our workshop.

  The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
  Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  Next meetings are June 24th followed by July 8th.
  See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp

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