You are invited to join us for this exciting Social Media Club- Silicon Valley event! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosted by Talenthouse in Palo Alto, join us to discuss: Security, Privacy and Social Networking Can we have it all? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The social media landscape has dramatically shifted with the addition of Google+, the fastest-growing social network, and the rapid expansion of Facebook and other social networks. This shift has also sprouted several plugins and tools for managing multiple social networks. This panel will discuss how both brands and individual users can best protect their security and privacy while using these services. . Attendees will gain an in-depth glance at the thought processes behind better social network security measures, as well as receive tips on understanding privacy and risk policies, password algorithm tricks, safer versus dangerous social networking activities, and other tools for protecting themselves and/or their brands online. Panelists include: Steve Manzuik (Director of Security Research, Leviathan Security Group)Steve Manzuik is the Director of Research for Leviathan Security Group. In addition to solving Leviathan clients’ interesting Information Security issues, he is also responsible, as a contract resource, for the day to day operations of Microsoft’s Vulnerability Research (MSVR) program. With over twenty years of international experience, Mr. Manzuik held positions with Juniper Networks, eEye Digital Security, Ernst & Young, and IBM. As an active participant in the IT Security Research community, Mr. Manzuik has co-authored multiple books including Hack Proofing Your Network Second Edition (ISBN: 1928994709), Network Security Assessment: From Vulnerability to Patch (ISBN: 1597491012), and Security Power Tools (ISBN: 0596009631). Mr. Manzuik is a highly sought after expert who has been quoted by the press hundreds of times. He has also presented at premier security conferences including PacSec, Defcon, Black Hat, and AusCERT. Allison Miller (Director, Security and Risk Management, Tagged)Allison Miller manages the Security and Risk Management team at Tagged, the leading social network for meeting new people. Allison has over 10 years of experience in designing, building and deploying real-time threat detection and prevention systems. Miller is active in the security community and presents research on fraud prevention and account security issues regularly to both industry and government audiences, including the ITWeb Security Summit, Black Hat Briefings, SOURCE Conferences (Boston, Barcelona, Seattle), and RSA. Prior to joining Tagged, Miller led PayPal's Account Risk & Security team and was Director of Product & Technology Risk at Visa International.Billy Rios (Security Ninja, Google)Billy Rios is currently a Team Lead for Google where he studies emerging security threats and technologies. He was one of the primary security engineers that helped launch Google Plus. Before Google, Billy was a Security Program Manager at Microsoft where he helped secure several high profile software projects including Internet Explorer. Prior to his roles at Google and Microsoft, Billy was a penetration tester for various consulting firms. Before his life as a penetration tester, Billy worked as an Information Assurance Analyst for the DefenseInformation Systems Agency (DISA). While at DISA, Billy helped protect Department of Defense (DoD) information systems by performing network intrusion detection, vulnerability analysis, and incident handling. Before attacking and defending information systems, Billy was an active duty Officer in the United States Marine Corps.Owen Tripp (COO and Co-Founder, Reputation.com)Owen Tripp is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Reputation.com's global organization, including sales, business development, corporate development and company operations. A Silicon Valley insider and Web enthusiast, Mr. Tripp has helped build Reptuation.com into the world's leading source for online reputation and privacy. Prior to Reputation.com, Mr. Tripp spent much of his career creating award-winning and lasting systems for operational improvement, including eBay's User Behavior Intelligence team and large-scale, international operations centers while at Accenture. Mr. Tripp holds a BA with Honors in Spanish Literature from Trinity College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ben Adida (Tech Lead on Identity and User Data, Mozilla) Ben Adida's passion is autonomy, empowering individuals with secure, private, irrevocable, and efficient access to their data. Ben has applied these principles to secure voting, personal health records, and online identity. He has developed extensive free software for close to 15 years. He is a technical advisor to
http://creativecommons.org/.Moderator:Jennifer Leggio (@mediaphyter)Jennifer Leggio has been in the communications industry for more than 18 years, with roles ranging from daily newspaper journalist and copy editor to more than 11 years managing corporate communications programs for market leading security vendors. Jennifer launched ZDNet’s Social Business blog in 2008, where she continues to periodically contribute on these trends. She’s also contributed to Mashable and PR 2.0. Jennifer has been invited to speak on social media, privacy and security trends at Blog World Expo, Twitter Conference, SXSW Interactive, RSA Conference and other Social Media Club events. Jennifer is very active in the security community, where she launched the Security Twits, and she also helps to run communications for the Security Bloggers Network and manages the annual Security Bloggers Meet-Up at RSA Conference in San Francisco. She’s also provided marketing and social media support for Source Conference and Black Hat / Defcon. Follow Jennifer on Twitter at @mediaphyter. Sign up early as seats will fill up quickly. In addition, this is a great opportunity to get involved with the new Silicon Valley chapter of the Social Media Club, meet others interested in social media and have a great evening! As always, the event will feature food, drinks and excellent networking opportunities! Don't have time to register in advance? Last minute attendees are welcome and pay $20 cash at the door. We want everyone interested to be able to attend. If you are currently unemployed and the attendance fee would be a burden, please get in touch with us at socialmediaclubsv *at* gmail *dot* com or on Twitter at @smc_sv. About Social Media Club: Social Media Club is the world's leading organization of Social Media professionals, formed in 2006 with its first meeting in Silicon Valley. Since then, it has grown to have a presence in over 240 cities around the world, reaching over 200,000 people. With this meeting, we are seeking new volunteers to join the local leadership team and support our ongoing efforts in San Francisco. You can follow us locally on Twitter, join our Facebook page, and join us on the international Social Media Club site.
