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The Computer Security Institute (CSI) is a professional membership organization serving practitioners of information, network, and computer-enabled physical security, from the level of system administrator to the chief information security officer. It was founded in 1974.

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CSI conducts two conferences per year—the Annual Computer Security Conference and Exhibition and CSI NetSec. Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, will be a keynote speaker at CSI’s 33rd Annual Conference, held this year from Nov. 6-8 in Orlando, Florida.[1] Jimmy Donal Jimbo Wales (born August 7, 1966)[1] is the founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation,[2] a non-profit corporation that operates the Wikipedia project, and several other wiki projects. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...


CSI is perhaps best known for the annual CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, conducted by CSI with the collaboration of the San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigations Computer Intrusion Squad and researchers from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.[2] The 11th annual survey was released in August 2006, and is freely available to the general public at GoCSI.com. CSI staff have also testified as expert witnesses before United States Senate committee hearings.[3]

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CSI members receive two publications: the Computer Security Alert, a monthly newsletter that reports and analyzes security-related news with a focus on its impact on security professionals, and the Computer Security Journal, a quarterly publication that presents more detailed descriptions of security practices, tools and research.

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Notes and references

  1. ^ Keynote Sessions Schedule at official website for Computer Security Conference & Exhibition, URL last accessed October 4, 2006.
  2. ^ Hatcher, Thurston, Survey: Costs of computer security breaches soar, CNN.com, March 12, 2001 (URL last accessed October 16, 2006).
  3. ^ Testimony of Richard G. Power before The Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committe on Governmental Affairs, hosted by Federation of American Scientists, June 5, 1996 (URL last accessed October 16, 2006).
  • Portions of this material are drawn from copyrighted CSI materials that are used with permission.
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