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EC-Council's  Latin American H@cker Halted, 2005 - A Grand Success 

29 June 2005 ,Mexico City - EC-Council's Latin American Hacker Halted was a grand success. The event attracted over 3,300 delegates in 3 cities. The event was broadcasted live via video conferencing facilities to Guadalajara and Monterrey.

Professor Thomas. A. Ries, the President of the Honorary Council Board of the EC-Council in his "live” address via Video Conference commented "I am proud to see our Latin American friends pay attention to the issue of information security seriously".

The conference attracted some of the biggest names in Information Technology as sponsors including Mc Afee, Symantec, 3Com and even Microsoft.

The speakers included Vice President of EC-Council, Sanjay Bavisi, Honorary Council Members of EC-Council, Erik Laykin (FBI Infraguard), Charles Davis III (IBM), Professor Majed Sarrafzadeh (UCLA) and guest speakers, Chris Johnson (Walt Disney), Brian Hoffstadt (US Dept of Justice) and Larry Detar (Clifton Gunderson).

The H@cker Halted has previously been held in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City . It will be held in Singapore and then Dubai, United Arab Emirates later this year.

The event was covered by all major press and media and received rave reviews even from critics.

Informatics Institute in Mexico City, the distributor of the EC-Council Products in Latin America worked closely with EC-Council Officials for over 3 months to bring this global event to Latin America.

"I am impressed with the preparation and close collaboration that our partners here have exhibited" said Sanjay Bavisi, Vice President of the EC-Council.

Should you be interested to take a look at the full photo album, please click here .

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