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08 17th, 2009 |
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National Security Corporation
G. Mark Hardy has been providing information security expertise to government, military, and commercial clients for over 25 years. A long-standing industry veteran, he is a perennial speaker at major industry events and the author of The Information Security Handbook for Enterprise Computing, Client/Server Security Handbook, and a contributing author to Network Security Secrets.
Mr. Hardy’s professional background includes information security planning and policy development, managing security assessment and penetration teams, data encryption and authentication (including “breaking” commercial cryptographic algorithms), software development and strategic planning for e-commerce, and writing commercial risk assessment software. He has developed information security plans for four U.S. Military commands, and wrote the communications security encryption requirements for an experimental military satellite program.
A graduate of Northwestern University, Mr. Hardy holds a BS in Computer Science, a BA in Mathematics, and a Masters in Business Administration. He is also a Captain in the United States Navy, and serves as the President of the Naval Reserve Association.
Topic:
A Hacker Looks at 50
Take a trip back in time and discover what hacking was like in the pioneer days — before the Internet, the PC, or even the Commodore 64 or TRS-80. The speaker started “exploring” computer systems in 1973, when the only law about hacking was the hacker ethic itself. Join a humorous reminiscence about what it was like building an Altair 8800, “discovering” the 2600 Hz tone, storing programs on punched cards, cracking bad crypto, and more. You’ll find the people and principles haven’t changed, only the speed of the hardware.
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