Join Ars’ Sean Gallagher in Manhattan for the 2014 Security Threatdown

Back in the days when I worked in the computer security business, I always used to say that the one thing I could always be thankful for was that there’d be no lack of work. Today, I’m thankful that all I have to do is write about security, considering the target-rich environments that information security professionals have to deal with.

On Tuesday, December 3, I’ll be in New York City at the Harvard Club to moderate a panel hosted by the Information Security Forum, discussing the top six reasons why infosec professionals will continue to collect a paycheck in the new year. The panelists for the half-day executive seminar on the 2014 “Threat Landscape”—including ISF Global Vice President Steve Durbin and Garcia Cyber Partners principal Greg Garcia—and I will discuss ISF’s forecasted top six security threats to business in 2014 and what to do about them.

Here’s are some of the topics that will be on the panel’s “threatdown”: