Training Camp Instructors Featured at ChicagoCon(SM)

August 9, 2007; 01:42 AM

Training Camp, an award-winning developer and provider of IT training programs, today announced it will participate in ChicagoCon(SM), an event to be held from September 17-23, 2007 and presented by The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net) and its parent company, The Digital Construction Company. The conference is poised to become the premier security event in the industry by bringing together the biggest names in education, certification and security under one roof for a week. The event will feature accelerated learning instructor-led classroom training, hosting 11 courses featuring a cross-section of the security landscape.

"We are extremely pleased to be able to participate in this unique event," said Steve Gaudino, Chief Operating Officer of Training Camp. "We feel our instructors and accelerated learning training courses are the best at providing the type of security training in demand today, and the ChicagoCon conference will allow us to bring this together with renowned speakers and networking opportunities."

ChicagoCon is unique in combining Training Camp's award-winning instruction, a security conference and a hacker conference in one event. The conference will also provide top instructors, certifications, evening presentations from top researchers and educators, and hacking demonstrations and contests. Morning keynotes feature industry columnist, author and editor John C. Dvorak, industry analyst Steve Hunt, Lance Spitzner from the Honeynet Project, Doug Steelman from the Department of Defense, and Vincent Weafer from Symantec.

Ethical Hacker Network has partnered with Training Camp to provide the very best instructors for the conference, with both organizations offering discounts for all ChicagoCon attendees. Training Camp instructors include Evan Blomquist, author of Linux for Dummies, Andrew Whitaker, lead author of Testing and Network Defense by Cisco Press and Matt Brussel, who holds over 60 technical certifications. Full biographies of ChicagoCon instructors can be found at http://www.chicagocon.com/. The conference will feature five-day classes for beginner, intermediate, advanced and management attendees, and will include such topics as Linux+ Open Source Operating Systems, CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate, CEH (CNDA) Certified Ethical Hacker, Web Application Hacking, and SOX/COBIT Compliance.

ChicagoCon 2007 will be held at the MicroTrain Facilities in Lombard, Illinois. The facility features a plush 180-seat, stadium-style auditorium, separate classrooms with courseware and computers, as well as meeting space and lounge areas. Exams will be provided on site (except PMP), so attendees can leave the conference with an industry-recognized credential in hand.

For more information, please visit http://www.chicagocon.com/.

About Training Camp

Training Camp is the recognized leader for providing accelerated learning courses that offer information technology professionals rapid skills transfer and accelerated time to competency. Training Camp's programs cover the industry's most in-demand vendor and vendor-neutral certifications for information technology. Training Camp, founded in 1998, is a privately held company headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. http://www.trainingcamp.com/

About MicroTrain Technologies

MicroTrain is Chicagoland's premiere computer lab room rental facility. With 23 spacious computer labs ranging from 12 to 20 workstations in each one, we offer the most modern, comfortable and attractive training center in the Chicago area at the most affordable prices. MicroTrain's facilities are conveniently located in downtown Chicago and in the surrounding Chicago land suburbs. http://www.microtrain.net/

About The Digital Construction Company

The Digital Construction Company is a Chicagoland business founded with a mission to educate and push the careers of information technology professionals through its many properties including online magazines, the Certified Security Professional and the Ethical Hacker Network, and our training event, ChicagoCon(SM). http://www.digitalconstructionco.com/