The topics covered where pretty comprehensive. Alan started with an outline of what is computer crime and then ended up with a quick guide to the latest script kiddie software. This, believe it or not, included running Nessus (a new script kiddie GUI program ) on our local network set up inside the hotel, which discovered a few hosts that where ripe for an attack.
I found that a good amount of material covered was useful in my everyday job as a system admin. The most important was the "Technical Writing 101" , which took a good portion of the first day's afternoon. This was a comprehensive definition of a Security Policy. Most companies today don't have a proper policy of any kind for their computer systems. This is not only bad from a system admins' point of view but could also be harmful in a legal situation. Bottom line if you took this tutorial and only walked away with this policy outline then the class paid for itself many times over.
The link for this article located at BSD Today is no longer available.
