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Title:

Security for the Social Set

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Organizer:
Ed Finkler, funkatron.com
Description:
The social web provides rich ground for attackers to exploit; the bigger your site gets, the more likely a target you are. We'll share real-world examples of common attack patterns and how to guard against them. Web developers and anyone with a stake in the security of an online product will learn something new and useful.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How do I secure my social network?
  2. What's XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)?
  3. What's CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)?
  4. What does OAuth mean for my web application?
  5. When should I provide SSL?
  6. How do I put together a security response plan?
  7. What are common attack patterns?
  8. Why would someone try to hack my site?
  9. How often do I need to consider security in the development process?
  10. What resources are available to me for security education?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Community / Social Networks
Type:
Dual
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Alex Payne
on 15/8/08
Speaker bios:

Alex Payne is an engineer at Twitter, the popular social messaging
service that blossomed at SXSW 2007. Having transitioned from
professional information security work to web application development,
Alex has been on both sides of the security fence. At Twitter, he's
been a first responder to security incidents, helping to ensure the
service's track record for rapid security response and respect for
user privacy. Alex's personal blog is at http://www.al3x.net/.

Ed Finkler is a web developer and security researcher at The Center
for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
(CERIAS) at Purdue University. He is the creator of the PHPSecInfo
auditing tool and the Inspekt input filtering library for PHP. Ed is
also an experienced JavaScript developer, and his application Spaz won
"Best Community HTML Application" in the 2007 Adobe AIR Developer
Derby. Ed's personal site is http://www.funkatron.com/.
Brandon Werner
on 15/8/08
This would be awesome, and you would definitely be someone I would trust on the topic.
Rod Begbie
on 15/8/08
Sounds like the kind of panel that would justify my flight to Austin. Yes please!
Vid Luther
on 15/8/08
I'm looking forward to hear your thoughts on this topic, I really hope it helps raise awareness about security for a lot of people. It shouldn't be an afterthought.
Damon Clinkscales
on 15/8/08
well, duh...
S R
on 15/8/08
This seems like a talk that's a long time in coming. With so much data on social networks it's a treasure trove to attackers. Looking forward to it.
Clint Ecker
on 20/8/08
Ed is awesome, Al3x is awesome, this panel is therefore, Awesome^2
nike air yeezy
on 17/5/09
Mike rocks! Vote for him and learn to bend all browsers to your own will!
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on 1/6/09
Looks great
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
Would be very interesting to hear .
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