THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS DETROIT CHAPTER
WEB APPLICATION, VULNERABILITIES AND SECURITY - 2 HOUR WEBINAR
2020/2021 USE CASE SERIES
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Two CPE Credits
Cost: $10 | Free for Students
BACKGROUND:
Dr. Joe Adams joins us to discuss web applications, their vulnerabilities, and some basic prevention techniques that can be employed to mitigate threats. This webinar will give the attendees an understanding of Web Application vulnerabilities, introduce the OWASP vulnerabilities, demonstrate how vulnerabilities are exploited by the perpetrator, and showcase some traditional web application coding errors. The webinar will introduce two of the commonly used Kali Linux tools – ZAP and SQLMAP, which can be used to detect vulnerabilities.
The webinar will also introduce the concepts of Web Application Firewalls and show how the WAF can be used to protect known web application vulnerabilities.
PRESENTER:
Dr. Joe Adams is a retired Army officer, former CIO, and founder of the Michigan Cyber Range. Joe retired as a Colonel from a 26-year career in the US Army Signal Corps, which included diverse assignments such as designing networks for NATO, teaching hacking at the US Military Academy (USMA), and building security programs as the Chief Information Officer of the National Defense University. After retiring, he joined Merit Network and built the Michigan Cyber Range, before starting his own company, Cyber by Design, and focusing on helping companies address their strategic cybersecurity issues. Throughout his career, he has been an innovative force for technological and cultural change in the organizations he works with.
Joe earned a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University and a M.Sc. in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where his research focused on network security in mobile ad-hoc networks. He also is a CISSP and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
REGISTRATION FEES:
$10 - Members, Non-Members, and Retirees
Free - Students
ZOOM MEETING LINK:
This will be emailed out to individuals who register for the meeting.
QUESTIONS:
Cancellation policy: Please view our cancellation policies on IIA – Detroit's website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email or contact Amber Dunn-Egerer, Chapter Administrator at Chapter2@iiachapters.org.