Zero-Day Exploit

Marcus H. Sachs is the Director of the SANS Internet Storm Center and is a cyberspace security researcher, writer, and instructor for the SANS Institute. He previously served in the White House Office of Cyberspace Security and was a staff member of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. While a member of the White House staff, Mr. Sachs coordinated efforts to protect and secure the nation's telecommunication and Internet infrastructures, leveraging expertise from United States government agencies, the domestic private sector, and the international community. He also contributed to the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, upon his joining of the National Cyber Security Division of the US Department of Homeland Security. While working for DHS, he developed the initial concept and strategy for the creation of the United States Computer Emergency Response Team. Marcus retired from the United States Army in 2001 after serving over 20 years as a Corps of Engineers officer. He specialized during the later half of his career in computer network operations, systems automation, and information technology.

David Litchfield leads the world in the discovery and publication of computer security vulnerabilities. This outstanding research was recognized by Information Security Magazine who voted him as 'The World's Best Bug Hunter' for 2003. To date, David has found over 150 vulnerabilities in many of today's popular products from the major software companies (the majority in Microsoft, Oracle). David is also the original author for the entire suite of security assessment tools available from NGSSoftware. This includes the flagship vulnerability scanner Typhon III, the range of database auditing tools NGSSquirrel for SQL Server, NGSSquirrel for Oracle, OraScan and Domino Scan II.