PENSACOLA, FL – ITGulfCoast, an Information Technology Association for the Gulf Coast, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at PJC Downtown.  Brett Hoff, senior Linux instructor and security instructor for Triangle Technology, will discuss network security and the Metasploit autopwn feature.  Hoff, a Red Hat Certified Technician, has been practicing network security for 19 years from the other side of the fence .  He has served as a network security advocate in local area for the last 5 years.

Presentation Abstract

Bring your laptops for a hands-on network security training session.  Copies of BackTrack 3, a live Linux distribution, will be provided.  The Metasploit autopwn feature will be demonstrated during the presentation.  Metasploit is a framework for developing, testing, and using exploit code to determine a network's weaknesses.   The autopwn feature will allow your organization to check your own networks before the bad guys do.  Other network security tools will be presented if time permits.  Don’t miss this chance to protect your network.

Meeting Details

This meeting will be held at PJC Downtown . The meeting starts at 11:30 am and ends at 1:00 pm.   The cost for lunch is $12 per person.  Cold box lunches will be provided.  The fee to attend without lunch is $5 per person.

Register for this event online. Payment can be made by cash or check (made out to ITGULFCOAST.ORG) at the event or during registration with Paypal. No-shows should send payment after the event via Paypal to payments@itgulfcoast.org.

The meeting is open to all ITGULFCOAST members, guests and to the public. For more information call our Chairman Chuck Hodge, DestinE Research Group at 850-418-1474.