Forum Systems CTO to Keynote At the 2006 Web Services Security Conference & Exhibition; Leader in Web Services Security to Outline Gaps in Current Identity Management Solutions and New Requirements for SOA-Based Identity Systems

WHAT: Mamoon Yunus, CTO of Forum Systems; the leader in Web services and SOA security infrastructure for XML acceleration, threat protection and trust management, will give a keynote at the 2006 Web Services Security Conference & Exhibition entitled "Starting with Identity Management Systems for securing Web Services." The keynote will focus on Identity Management as the cornerstone of Web Services security and highlight how current systems are inadequate for providing Web services Identity management. Fortune 1000 organizations have mostly deployed Identity and Access Management (IdAM) products as a way to consolidate user profiles that might be distributed across multiple LDAP repositories, application databases, Two-Factor authentication systems, mainframes and RADIUS implementations. Simply using these IdAM deployments "as is" for Service-Oriented Architectures won't work. Mamoon Yunus will present an important session that discusses methods and technologies to extend existing identity systems to support the real-time authentication and authorization of Web Services requests. About Mamoon Yunus Mr. Yunus is an industry-honored CTO in Web Services-based technologies for enterprises and is a pioneer in Web Services Firewalls. He is the founder of Forum Systems, the leader in Web Services Security. Prior to Forum Systems, Mr. Yunus was a Global Systems Engineer for webMethods where he developed business integration strategy and architecture plans for Global 2000 companies such as GE, Prudential, Pepsi, Siemens, and Mass Mutual. He has held various high level executive positions at Informix (acquired by IBM) and Cambridge Technology Group. Mr. Yunus holds two Graduate Degrees in Engineering from MIT and a BSME from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been recognized by InfoWorld as one of 4 "Up and coming CTOs to watch in 2004" and is a sought after speaker at industry conferences such as RSA, Web Services Edge, Gartner, and Networld + Interop. He has been featured on CNBC as Terry Bradshaw's "Pick of the Week." About The 2006 Web Services Security Conference With a strong mix of corporate executives, government leaders, top IT and business professionals, WSSC 2006 is the principal business conference for all those who engage in the development, marketing, deployment and implementation of any product, service or technology that relates to Web Services, Web Services Security, Identity Management, Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems as well as Risk Management. Peer-to-peer groups will help attendees understand the trends and confront the challenges inherent in risk management for SSO authentication. Peer groups will discuss the legal issues of identify theft, debate the policies and help navigate the maze of security considerations that impact delivery of secure Web services using SSO authentication. Field practitioners will exchange best practices and lessons learned. Participants will share ideas and expand business and professional contacts during lunch roundtables, workshops, receptions and other activities. For more information please visit: http://www.unatek.com/agenda.htm Topics covered: -- Intrusion prevention -- Web services security -- SSO authentication -- Risk Management -- Identity management -- Legal issues on Identity management WHEN: Keynote begins at 10:50 a.m. ET, Thursday, May 25th WHERE: Marriott Conference Center Located on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park 3501 University Blvd E Adelphi, MD 20783 For more information regarding the location please visit: http://www.midatlanticmarriott.com/etools/eproposals/showflash.

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