I’m excited that
our panel on software vulnerabilities has been selected for Black Hat 2011, so I will be attending the executive forum and briefings, and staying around for Def Con on the weekend. It will be a long week, but should be exciting. The briefings are listed on the Black Hat
website, and they all look great!
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February 9th, 2011 by John
The SC Magazine Awards 2011 takes place next Tuesday (2/15) at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco. The awards ceremony will honor leaders in the security industry, from government to non-profits, and showcase the best in the vendor-space and security certifications and training programs. I have been asked to introduce the award for one category, so I’ll definitely be there. I’m thinking of buying a bow-tie!
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February 9th, 2011 by John
Date: 24-February-2011
Time: 05:00PM to 09:00PM
Location: Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa
This year’s Engineer’s Week banquet will include displays from some of the 35 technical and professional science and engineering societies in the Quad Cities. There will be schoarships and awards and an induction to the Order of the Engineer, as well as a keynote speaker. Read More
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February 9th, 2011 by John
Date: 18-February-2011
Time: 05:30PM to 07:30PM
Announcing the upcoming talk by Mike Bazzell on Internet privacy, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society of Iowa-Illinois, and the Quad City Cyber Security Group. Read More
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February 9th, 2011 by John
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January 13th, 2011 by John
My friend, Mike, at NetWitness, sent me information on a fake White House email that is circulating.
We were involved in the discovery of a Fake White House email that targeted senior government and a few corporate officials as part of Cyber Espionage campaign. The attack was Kneber again, a Zeus variant designed to steel credentials & confidential documents. Read More
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January 7th, 2011 by John
My proposal for a peer-to-peer discussion on “Gathering and Applying Meaningful Security Metrics” at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco was accepted. This means I will facilitate a discussion a peer-to-peer group discussion on the topic (P2P-201B), on Wednesday, February 16th at 8:30 AM.
Security metrics are somewhat subjective, but I feel that the more data we can gather, the more we can do. Sounds obvious, but very few security programs are based on objective data. This will be an opportunity for conference participants to share their experiences and learn from experts in the field.
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