6th Annual Westcoast Security Forum Monday, November 17th 2003 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, BC On Monday, November 17th, 2003 the Westcoast Security Forum (WCSF) will bring leading information security speakers from industry and government together in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. Delegates from across North America have attended this event, now in its sixth year, for its multiple tracks of education sessions, lively panel discussions, enlightening keynote speakers, prime networking opportunities, and exciting trade-show exhibits. This year, with the addition of a government track organized by Industry Canada, there will be 18 education sessions plus a panel discussion. Featured this year will be a special 2.5 hour session... Special Ops Live!: The Art of Attack and Penetration, Erik Birkholz, Foundstone and Tim Mullen, AnchorIS.Com. Topics this year include: Fostering Security Self Awareness, Linda Hunter, Treasury Board of Canada A Comprehensive Internet and E-Business Security Program, Jim Mann, PricewaterhouseCoopers The Risk to Canada's Critical Infrastructures, Eric J Byres, BCIT Internet Engineering Lab (Who Turned out the Lights?) Improving Your Cybercrime Incident Response Management Capabilities, Peter Hillier, CGI National Capital "Hybrid & Hive" A Model for Effective Cybercrime Prevention, Calgary Police Service User Authentication Across Closed Ports, Martin Krzywinsku, Genome Science Centre Strategies to Avoid Costly Downtime - or Worse, Robert Offley, Fusepoint Dealing with Cyber Security and Establishing Standards, Harada Seiki, BC Hydro Web Application Security, Doug Cruickshank, Grant Thornton Calculating Meaningful Return on Investment, Toby Weir-Jones, Counterpane It's a Weird Wired World (panel), Jim Mann, PricewaterhouseCoopers Unified Security Management, Jim Nolan, Computer Associates Applying the Risk Management Process, Raj Dhaliwal, Allstream For full conference details and to register, please visit Westcoast Security Forum 2003