James A. Whittaker is a professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Tennessee in 1992. His research interests are software testing, software security, software vulnerability testing and anti cyber warfare technology. He is the author of How to Break Software, How to Break Software Security (with Hugh Thompson) and over 50 peer-reviewed papers on software development and computer security. He holds patents on various inventions in software testing and defensive security applications and has attracted millions in funding, sponsorship and license agreements while a professor at Florida Tech. He also has served as a testing and security consultant for Microsoft, IBM, Rational and many more US companies.

How to Break Software Security: This talk is a journey through the arcane discipline of security testing. We begin by comparing security vulnerabilities to traditional functional defects and showing how a different kind of thinking must be mastered in order to gain skill as a security tester. Then James summarizes a set of 19 techniques for exposing security flaws in software. You'll learn where to look for security bugs, how to recognize them when they occur, and how to guide your developers through a fix. Caution advised: real software vulnerabilities are demonstrated in this talk. If the sight of software dying a bloody death gives you the creeps, then you may not want to attend!

Valentine Casey has over 20 years experience in the IT industry. He is a SEI trained CMM assessor and holds a MSc. in Software Re-Engineering and a BSc. in Economics and Organisational Theory. His last industrial role was that of Quality Manager in a virtual team application development and maintenance organisation. He has held the position of researcher on B4-STEP, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigator Program. He is in the final stages of completing his PhD at the University of Limerick where he also lectured. He currently holds a research position within ISERC in the area of Global Software Development (GSD) for small to medium sized enterprises.

Within the software industry today there is a continuing trend to develop software in globally distributed locations. The number of organisations utilising virtual software teams to implement this strategy continues to increase. This presentation will provide an overview of the research, carried out in the establishment, and operation of virtual software testing teams undertaken by an Irish based multinational and a division in the Far East. This study has led to the development of a virtual team framework, which outlines the key factors that directly impact on the operation of globally distributed virtual testing teams. Utilising this framework the objective has been to leverage these key factors through the use of a virtual team implementation model. While this work is focused on the testing function, it is realised that it has relevance to the wider Global Software Development (GSD) field.