Zak Greant from MySQL AB is the featured speaker at today's Vancouver PHP User Group meeting
.

Developing "Translucent" Applications that Protect Sensitive Data
Zak Greant, MySQL AB

Applications that collect, store, and manage sensitive data often rely
on combinations of application-level security mechanisms and role-based
access controls to protect the data. This strategy does not fully
address the real issues surrounding the storage of sensitive data--the
issue of protecting the data, rather than just restricting access to
it. By focusing on protecting the data, instead of the application, we
can reduce or eliminate the damage done when the application is
compromised or access to it is abused.

In this talk, Zak introduces the concept of "translucent"*
information protection methods, teaching the attendee how to create
applications that use combinations of cryptographic mechanisms, lossy
data storage, quantization, denormalization, and good-old-fashioned
misdirection to protect the security and privacy of their users.

The approach described also works to reduce the liability, application
administration and data management concerns of the application's
developers, managers and providers.

Where: ActiveState, 2nd floor, 580 Granville Street (near Dunsmuir),
Vancouver, BC
When: June 12, 2003, 6:30-8:30 PM

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to attend this event.

Information and forums for the user group are available at:
http://vancouver.php.net/.

Hope to see you there!
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