The Infosecurity New York Conference Sets the Standard for Excellence in the Protection of Business and Information Assets

Threats to your information and organization grow insophistication and complexity each day. Even the innocent act ofplaying a CD on your computer can put your data and privacy at risk.Ongoing professional education is more important than ever to keepcurrent with this dynamic IT practice. Rapid advances in technology,government regulations, data breaches, identity thefts, complianceissues, and outside threats have made it critical to have access tothe most current technologies and practices that help protect systemsand data. "The goal of the Infosecurity Conference is to provideinformation security professionals with the most authoritative,comprehensive and up-to-date educational program available anywhere,"stated Scott Temple, Industry Vice President for Reed Exhibitions."This intensive learning experience, combined with all of theinnovative products and services offered by Infosecurity exhibitors,provides the information and tools needed to protect our collectiveinformation assets."

Infosecurity Conference and Exhibition is taking place December6-8, 2005 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.Renowned for its end-user, non-vendor programming, this year'sConference program was developed by Timothy Garon, Infosecurity EventDirector, co-founder and former publisher of Information SecurityMagazine. Howard Schmidt, President & CEO, R&H Consulting, LLC andformer White House Cyber Security Advisor, serves as HonoraryConference Chairman. Education sponsors include (ISC)2, NYMISSA, ICSALabs, Concordant, Inc., IAPP, and Larstan's Black Book, withadditional support by Infragard, a partnership between the FBI and theprivate sector.

The Infosecurity Conference consists of eight tracks covering suchfront-burner issues as Emerging Threats, Compliance, WirelessSecurity, and Privacy. It delivers first-hand knowledge and real worldexperience presented by security professionals from many of theleading entities in business, government and academia. Speakersinclude: Mary Ann Davidson, CSO, Oracle; Amit Yoran, former director,Cyber Security, Dept. Homeland Security; Harriett Pearson, VPCorporate Affairs and Chief Privacy Office, IBM Corp., and WillPelgrin, Director NYS Office of Cyber Security and CriticalInfrastructure.

Tom Ridge, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Governorof Pennsylvania, will present the opening keynote address on December7, 2005, 11:30 AM. The presentation, "America Under Cover: From theFrontlines of Homeland Security," will also address securing New Yorknow and in the future. In addition, Bruce Schneier, Founder & CTO ofCounterpane Internet Security, Inc., internationally renowned securitytechnologist and author, and described as a "security guru," willdeliver a keynote address, Thursday, December 8, 11:30 am.

Infosecurity, now in its fifth year, delivers information,education and networking required to build a more secure and compliantinfrastructure. The Exhibition brings together leading securityvendors that will present the latest hardware, software and servicesthat help information security professionals responsible for assessingand managing risk and securing their corporate computinginfrastructure. Exhibiting companies include Symantec Corporation;Computer Associates International; Internet Security Systems, Inc.(ISS); Qualys, Inc.; Cyberguard; Radware Inc.; Websense, Inc.; JuniperNetworks, plus many more.

In its partnership with many respected industry associations,Infosecurity offer pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, December 6.These special programs include the Security Metrics Workshop presentedby Spire Security; Stopping Attacks on Your Corporate Assets: ASeminar on Protecting Data, Systems and the Network presented byTrusted Computing Group; IAPP Certification Training and IAPP CIPPCertification Exam presented by the International Association ofPrivacy Professionals; and Cyber Surfivor Game.

For more information, and to register for Infosecurity, visitwww.infosecurityevent.com.

Infosecurity is produced by Reed Exhibitions, which manages morethan 430 trade shows annually worldwide, is a member of the ReedElsevier plc Group, a world-leading provider of information-drivenservices and solutions. Reed Exhibitions produces 11 Infosecurityevents worldwide in France, Italy, Sweden, Austria, USA, Canada,Belgium, China, UK, Russia & Netherlands.

Reed Exhibitions offers integrated market access programs coveringexhibitions, trade publications, direct marketing and the Internet toa database of 3.5 million in North America. Reed has North Americanoffices in Norwalk, CT, Newton, MA, Palm Beach, FL, Las Vegas, NV andToronto, ONT (Canada) and sales and operations offices worldwide.(NYSE:RUK) (NYSE:ENL).