The InfraGard Chapter is hosting an OPEN TO THE PUBLIC end of year (EOY) event for 2009. This is sponsored by the IT Executive and Defense Executive SIGs in InfraGard INCMA, and in coordination with the SANS Cyber Defense Initiative. There is a vendor expo, holiday reception, and executive IT/Defense briefs.

We would like to thank our facilities sponsor SANS CDI for hosting this important educational and professional networking event. You can register for the whole conference (http://www.sans.org/info/47643  http://www.sans.org/info/47958) from Dec 9-18th, in addition to attending our InfraGard event on December 14th (Register here on EventBrite).

Location:

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative (CDI)

http://www.sans.org/cyber-defense-initiative-2009

Washington Marriott Wardman Park

2660 Woodley Road NW

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wasdt-washington-marriott-wardman-park

The hotel is one block from the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Red Line Metro Station

http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=7

Agenda:

4:45 pm              

Registration

5:00 pm              

Vendor Expo - visit our InfraGard Table

6:00 PM               

Holiday Reception with InfraGard and Rob Lee, SANS Fellow in Forensics and Mandiant Director

Conference Room: Lincoln 2 

7:30 pm              

Executive Briefing:

McAfee Labs: Malware Exposed, Dave Marcus McAfee Labs

8:30 pm

End of InfraGard Event

Executive Briefing at 7:30pm:

McAfee Labs: Malware Exposed

- Dave Marcus
You've often heard that the Internet is a dangerous place and you've probably read about threats such as botnets, keystroke loggers and drive-by installations of malware through rigged Web sites. But what is malware really? How do cybercriminals launch their malicious attacks? McAfee is offering you the chance to find out with this unique Malware Exposed session.

Join experts from McAfee Labs and have a chance to work with a Trojan horse, command a botnet, execute a parasitic virus and maybe even experience firsthand how easy it is to modify websites to serve up malware. Of course this will all be done in a safe and closed environment, ensuring that what you experience firsthand doesn't actually go out onto the Internet.

David Marcus is the Director of Security Research and Communications for McAfee Labs. He brings McAfee Labs extensive security research to McAfee's customers and the greater security community. Marcus is responsible for all of McAfee Labs communications, including publications, blogging, podcasting and even tweeting. When not hunting down threats, he avidly power lifts and annoys his neighbors with his criminally poor guitar playing.