Announcing the First Security Blogger Summit!

Sean-Paul Correll — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:27:00 GMT

PandaLabs has been buzzing with activity as we’re gearing up for the first Security Blogger Summit in Madrid, Spain.

On Tuesday, February 3rd, the world’s foremost security experts and bloggers will convene to discuss the most important issues we face in IT Security. Moderated by Panda Security’s Josu Franco, a roundtable of experts will debate the most effective strategies to fight cybercriminals, what role governmental compliance will play in the future of IT security, and the hottest issues we have to tackle with the growing threats of the underground cyber-economy.

Roundtable participants include:

Bruce Schneier, one of the most influential security theorists in the world
Byron Acohido, technology journalist for USA Today and author of “Zero Day Threat”
Steve Ragan, security editor for The Tech Herald
Andy Willingham, author, blogger, and IT professional with expertise in financial services
Ero Carrera, Chief Research Officer of Collaborative Security, VirusTota – Hispasec
Antonio Ortiz, co-founder of Weblogs SL and editor of ERROR500
Javier Villacañas, editor, network chief COP and founder of “A Todo Chip” blog

If you are a blogger, professor or journalist in Europe and would like to attend our event, please go to http://www.securitybloggersummit.com/?page_id=11 and submit the form.

The event will stream live on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:30 PM (GMT +1), 9:30 AM (PST), 12:30 PM (EST) via

Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/panda-security-blogger-summit
Twitter: @Panda_Security Hashtag: #pandasummit

Roundtable Participant Bios:

Josu Franco
Josu Franco is licensed in Economics and Law from the University of Deusto and has a MSBA (Masters of Science in Business Administration) from the University of Illinois. He has been working with Panda since September 1999 occupying numerous positions related to the international expansion, technological alliances and analyst relations. Currently, Franco is the Director of the Corporate Products Division. Previously, Josu Franco worked in the commercial office of the Spanish embassy in Ottawa, Canada.

Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is recognized internationally for his writing on security. Described by The Economist as the “gurú of security”, he is recognized as a great critic and for being a sincere and refreshing commentator. Schneier’s first best to seller, “Applied Cryptography,” explains how secret codes work at the moment, and Wired describes it as “the book to it that the National Security Agency never wanted that outside published”. His book on network and computer security, “Secrets and Lies,” is mentioned by Fortune as “a box with small surprises that really you can use”. Schneier’s last book, “Beyond Fear,” includes all the problems of security, from small to large: personal security, crime, corporate security and national security. He has written news articles and opinion pieces for publications including The New York Times, The Guardian and The Washington Post. Schenier also publishes a monthly bulletin, Crypto-Gram, with more than 150,000 readers and writes regularly on his blog, Schneier on Security.

Byron Acohido
Byron Acohido is a journalist for USA Today and author of the book, “Zero Day Threat.” He writes regularly on his Zero Day Threat blog in addition to covering security for USA Today. Acohido is skilled at demystifying complex topics. He’s been a working journalist since three days after graduating from the University of Oregon School of Journalism in 1977.

Acohido’s 1987 detailed report on Boeing published in The Seattle Times awarded him 11 major journalism awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

Andy Willingham
Andy Willingham has been working in the security industry for over 12 years.
He is currently Information Security Officer of a company of the financial sector and author of blog Andy ITGuy, one of the most popular security blogs.

Antonio Ortiz
Antonio Ortiz is the Co-founder and editorial director of Weblogs SL (2004), a network of company of Spanish blogs serving vertical markets.

Javier Villacañas
Javier Villacañas Is licensed in Journalism by the Complutensian University of Madrid, and has 25 years of experience in security. He maintains the Atodo Chip blog.

Ero Carrera
Ero Carrera is the Chief Research Officer de Collaborative Security at VirusTotal (HISPASEC). Previously, Carrera worked for several years investigating malware for the F-Secure laboratories of Finland and Silicon Valley. He has presented at conferences like HackInTheBox, RSA, BlackHat and SOURCE in addition to being instructor of the course of reverse engineering at BlackHat conferences.

Steve Ragan
Steve Ragan is a full time IT consultant in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, he is the security editor for Tech Herald and network administrator for Monsters and Critics. Steve has written in numerous occasions on technical subjects in the last four years, with an emphasis on computer and Internet security.

Sebastián Muriel
Sebastián Muriel Herrero is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Superior Technical School of Engineers of Telecommunication, Polytechnical University of Madrid (ETSIT-UPM) and Executive MBA by IESE. He is also currently the Director of red.es, a public organization assigned to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce through the Secretary of State of Telecommunications and for the Society of Información (SETSI), with the mission to impel the society in network in Spain.

Francisco A. Lago
Francisco A. Lago is a Telecommunications Engineer from the University of Valladolid with a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in IT & Telecommuncations. Until 2007 he was a professor of the Superior Technical School of Engineers of Telecommunication at the University of Valladolid.

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