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For those of you who would like to review the presentation that Stephen and Chey delivered at IAPO in October, use the link at the end of this paragraph. This half-day, pre-confrerence seminar was part of the International Association of Privacy Officers' Privacy & Security Academy & Expo in Chicago. Titled "Security for Privacy Professionals," the session was described by the CPO of one of America's largest brokerages as "just what I needed" and "excellent" by the CPO of one of the world's largest Internet companies. Click here for slides.

Chey Cobb, the author of Network Security for Dummies, is an independent consultant and former senior technical security advisor to the NRO.

Stephen Cobb, the author of Privacy for Business: Web Sites and Email, is a technology entrepreneur responsible for several successful security startups.