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Inaugural Computer Crimes Expo Set for Reno May 6-8, 2003 Focusing on Crimes Committed On and With Computers

Inaugural Computer Crimes Expo Set for Reno May 6-8, 2003 Focusing on Crimes Committed On and With Computers

About the Computer Crimes Expo The Computer Crimes Expo www. computercrimesexpo. com is a new exposition and conference focusing on products, services and solutions designed to fight the growing plague of crimes committed on and with computers worldwide, will be held at the Reno Convention Center, May 6-8, 2003. C2Expo is produce by Savvy Solutions of Reno, Nevada.

(PRWEB) September 1, 2002

RENO, Aug. 26, 2002 -- The inaugural Computer Crimes Expo™, an international exposition and conference focusing on products, services and solutions designed to fight the growing plague of crimes committed on and with computers worldwide, will be held at the newly-expanded Reno Convention Center, May 6-8, 2003.

 Before the necessary advent of the Computer Crimes Expo (C2Expo™, www. computercrimesexpo. com), corporate and business executives, government and law enforcement officials, Internet service providers (ISPs), educators and those charged with purchasing for consumer-oriented retailers had to search through trade show directories and exhibits to find what they really came to see,” said Brenda Beckelman, president of Savvy Solutions, producer of C2Expo.

 Â“Now,” she said, “the Computer Crimes Expo will bring together at one time in one place the best of the best across all industry lines, uniting the technologies with the single focus of stemming and stopping the growing tide of computer-based crime.”

Grounding the Skyrocket That is Computer Crime

 Just last month, Neal Katyal wrote in The New York Times that Computer Crime is skyrocketing, with one recent study finding that 90 percent of corporations surveyed have suffered a computer break-in during the last year. And as more private data is placed on computer networks, from health information to romantic e-mail messages, the non-economic harms from hackers will rapidly increase," said David A. Kaminer, co-founder and show director of C2Expo, and formerly the long-time spokesperson for COMDEX.

 Â“Crimes committed on and with computers represents an international epidemic that continues to spiral out of control, he said. Now, the Computer Crimes Expo will provide a focus on this fiscal and physical problem and showcase products, solutions and experts which can help fight and conquer tech-based computer crime.

Comprehensive Computer-Crime Conference Program

 The Computer Crimes Expo will offer a comprehensive Conference Program focusing on:

 -- Data Security, including state-of-the-art insights, methods and products which protect systems and data from intrusion, theft and/or corruption by Cyber thieves or viruses;

 -- E-Commerce, including insights, methods and products which make e-commerce safer, providing the knowledge and confidence to help the Internet fulfill its promise as a marketplace;

 -- Illicit Internet Activity, including insights, methods and products which can protect children and teenagers from the vicious tide of pornography and predators who use the Internet, and

 -- Overall Computer Safety, including insights, methods and products to protect our investment in desktop and mobile hardware, software and systems from theft or vandalism.

 Hands-on Workshops will include: Stopping Hackers in their Tracks; Firewalls, Perimeter Protection and VPNs; Incident Handling Step-By-Step; Computer Crime Investigation, and Auditing Web-Based Applications.

 Panel discussions Conference sessions will include: Crime and Data Security; e-Commerce; Illicit Internet Activity, including Protecting Children from Pedophiles; Overall Computer Safety; Cyberspace Law and Emerging Government Guidelines; Cyber Terrorism; Internet Gaming; Employee Crime; Network Intrusion, and Privacy Issues; Gray Areas in Computer Crime; CSI - The Desktop; Practicing Law in Cyberspace; Intellectual Property Issues Online; Internet Ethics; Safeguarding e-commerce; The Law vs. Viruses; White Collar Computer Crime; Defending Against Competitive Intelligence Gathering; Developing Anti-Crime Policies Against Intrusion Detection and Attacks, and Countermeasures; Securing Laptops and PDAs, and The Future of Computer Code Crime (Rat, Zombies, Crackers, Sniffers, Key Stroke Loggers, P2p Applications and Logic Bombs) and Securing Against Non-reproducing Hostile Code Trojans, Sniffers, Spyware and Keyboard Loggers.

 Other topics covered in discussion groups and workshops include: Disaster Recovery and the Impact on Security; Child Pornography and Exploitation Online; Child Exploitation Investigations; Computer-based Stalking and Harassment; Electronic Evidence and Forensics; Computer Crime and Liability in School, and Smart and Credit Card Crime; Security in a Wireless World.

 In addition, there will be a special focus area for Nevada companies and other areas where gaming is an increasingly important industry, covering Internet Gaming and Securing Gaming Transactions.

‘A Trade Show Floor Like None Other’

 The Computer Crimes Expo will also offer a trade show floor like none other,@ said Show Director Kaminer. Business people, government officials, law enforcement leaders, ISPs, educators and buyers for retailers of computer crime-oriented products won=t have to search high and low. Everything on the trade show floor will be what they came to see, and everything they came to see will be on the trade show floor.

Initial interest from leaders in software, hardware and telecommunications has been very strong to the C2Expo message and focus, he said. We expect a very exciting trade show floor and an incredible Conference, particularly for a first time event.

 Information for exhibitors and Conference attendees is available online at www. computercrimesexpo. com, or by calling toll-free at (877) 827-0070.