Emerging Security Vulnerabilities & the Impact to Business

Google Tech Talks November, 12 2007 ABSTRACT This talk discusses how IT professionals can go about learning what they need to know to prevent the most significant emerging data security vulnerabilities, and the impact these vulnerabilities are having on electronic commerce. In this talk, I will review how attacks such as XSRF (Cross-Site-Request-Forgery) and SQL Injection work, and how to properly defend against them. Then, I will present some industry-wide statistics on software security vulnerabilities reported to various databases, and emerging trends in the field of software security. Finally, it will discuss the current state of security education, and provide pointers to certification programs, books, and organizations where you can learn more. Speaker: Neil Daswani Neil has served in a variety of research , development, teaching, and managerial roles at Google, Stanford University , DoCoMo USA Labs, Yodlee, and Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies). His areas of expertise include security, wireless data technology, and peer-to-peer systems. He has published extensively in these areas, frequently is invited to give talks at industry and academic conferences, and has been granted several U.S. patents. He received a Ph.D. and a master's in computer science from Stanford University , and earned a bachelor's in computer science with honors with distinction from Columbia University.