WILMINGTON, MA - Astaro Corporation, a leading Unified Threat Management vendor, today announced that Astaro’s Community Development Manager, Jack Daniel, will speak at the upcoming Security BSides conference in Las Vegas on July 28-29. Daniel is an active participant in the organization, planning and promoting the BSides events throughout the United States.

• What: The Security BSides events arean ad-hoc gathering of information security enthusiasts born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. These community driven events include discussions, demos and interaction from participants. BSides employs an open platform that gives security experts and industry professionals the opportunity to share ideas, insights and develop longstanding relationships with others in the community.
• Where: Las Vegas, Nevada. 2810 Private Resort · When: July 28th – 29th, 2010.
• Who: Jack Daniel will moderate the security speed debate portion of the BSides agenda, interjecting with his opinion and insights on various topics.
• How: To register for the Las Vegas Security BSides events visit: http://www.securitybsides.com/BSidesLVParticipants.

Astaro, a global BSides sponsor, is a consistent supporter of Security BSides and was the first corporate sponsor of these events. Astaro is committed to the development of the security community through the support initiatives like Security BSides events and through the creation of a community development position within the organization. Jack Daniel is the community development manager for Astaro Corporation. As one of the technology community’s leading activists, he supports several information security and technology organizations including NAISG (National Information Security Group), where he serves on the Board of Directors. Jack co-founded and organizes the Security B-Sides events, an ad-hoc gathering of information security enthusiasts born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment.

These community driven events include discussions, demos and interaction from participants. He currently sits on the Boston Area Windows Server User Group Steering Committee where his official title is Consiglieri. Jack is a frequent speaker at user and security group events and is CISSP and MCSE certified. In 2010 he was recognized by Microsoft as a MVP (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com). Other recent honors include being named one of the “Top 10 Sexy Infosec Geeks of 2009”. He currently shares his views on information security, compliance and technology on his personal blog Uncommon Sense Security http://blog.uncommonsensesecurity.com and on the Astaro Security Perspectives blog http://astarosecurity.blogspot.com.