'Zero Day Threat' Focus of May 7 Liberty Alliance Privacy in an Online, Web 2.0 World Webcast

WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Public Webcast Features Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, Technology 
Reporters with USA Today and Authors of the Book, Zero Day Threat

Liberty Alliance, the global identity community working to build a more
trust-worthy internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide,
today announced highlights of the Wednesday, May 7 Privacy in Perspective
webcast. Taking place at 8:00am US PT (3:00 UTC), the event is hosted by
Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, technology reporters with USA Today, reviewing
highlights from their new book Zero Day Threat. Registration for the public
event is available at
http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/news_events/webcasts

Zero Day Threat discusses the immediate and long-term security and
privacy risks associated with online transactions, social networks and Web
2.0 technologies. The book outlines how the internet and Web 2.0 applications
are opening new doors to focused and profit-minded e-crime groups driving a
US$200 billion-a-year industry that revolves around stolen data. The webcast
will examine the intense, but invisible activity on the cutting-edge of
cyber-crime and suggest steps consumers and organizations can take to
increase online security and privacy. The Zero Day Threat prologue is
available at http://zerodaythreat.com:80/

"The May 7 webcast is an important event for raising awareness of the
many security and privacy risks associated with the internet, social
networking and Web 2.0 applications," said Brett McDowell, executive
director, Liberty Alliance. "The Privacy in Perspective series has been
designed to help consumers and organizations become better educated about
online privacy threats and to drive new understanding of the technology and
policy initiatives available to help mitigate risks."

About Privacy in Perspective Webcasts

The three-week series examines risks and potential solutions for solving
online privacy issues spanning enterprise and Web 2.0 applications and
technologies. The series began on April 16 when Robin Wilton with Sun
Microsystems and co-chair of the Liberty Alliance Public Policy Expert Group
reviewed findings from the ongoing global Liberty Alliance privacy summits.
The April 23 event featured Phil Hunt, Director Security Standards, Oracle
Identity Management, and lead developer of the Liberty Identity Governance
Framework (IGF) open source project at OpenLiberty.org, reviewing the privacy
benefits IGF delivers to enterprise and Web 2.0 applications. All of the
webcast presentations are available on the Liberty Alliance Web site at
http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/resource_center/presentations_webcasts

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