Author Archive

ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 7 (Videos from Friday)

February 3, 2012
By
ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 7 (Videos from Friday)

Last night we put out a post with the ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks winners so this morning we thought we’d follow up with a quick article on some of the other talks that occurred last weekend. This post is dedicated to the talks on Friday night. Thanks to Bulb Security and IronGeek for recording and...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | No Comments »

ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 6 (Winners)

February 2, 2012
By
ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 6 (Winners)

Well you’ve probably already heard by now but just in case you didn’t … here are the winners for this year’s ShmooCon 2012 Firetalks. Also, be sure to check back to the master Firetalks post. It provides the core content as well as quick links to all update blog posts. Well on to the...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | No Comments »

Fight Club Rules for ShmooCon 2012

January 27, 2012
By
Fight Club Rules for ShmooCon 2012

Yes, the day is finally upon us … ShmooCon there will be! I’ve been lucky enough to attend the past five or six years of this awesome conference. You could almost call me a veteran attendee … and as such I wanted to pass on a bit of advice for anyone heading down to...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | 6 Comments »

ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 5 (Schedule)

January 25, 2012
By
ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 5 (Schedule)

Well … we are withing two days of ShmooCon and the first night of Firetalks and I’m actually a little ahead this year. I don’t think I got last year’s schedule out until late Thursday night! Anyway, below you’ll find the schedule for the talks. Also some people might have heard that you can...
Read more »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | 2 Comments »

Job: Security Specialist in DC Metro Area

January 23, 2012
By
Job: Security Specialist in DC Metro Area

Looks like SecureState is actively seeking a Security Specialist to provide security test & evaluation assistance. This is definitely not a starter position however if you are mid-career and have been working in the fed sector for several years, it just might be that right fit. Oh and if you are just trying to...
Read more »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Job Board | 4 Comments »

ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 4 (Second Round Speaker Announcements)

January 20, 2012
By
ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 4 (Second Round Speaker Announcements)

Just a short post to announce the second round speakers for this year’s ShmooCon Firetalks… With several more submissions between our last post and the CFP due date, the selection committee has been hard at work trying to pull together a diverse program with the most interesting talks combined with a good mix of...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | No Comments »

Free Online Nmap, OpenVas & More for One-Off Scans

January 19, 2012
By
Free Online Nmap, OpenVas & More for One-Off Scans

Ever find yourself needing to do a quick security scan but are on a computer that doesn’t have the right tools? This happens to me periodically when we need a quick scan done from “outside.” Out of curiosity I searched around and found a few good options that I thought you may find useful....
Read more »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Blogs/Podcasts | 7 Comments »

Motivating Security through Cyber Insurance

January 17, 2012
By
Motivating Security through Cyber Insurance

There’s been some talk about cyber insurance lately. How it’s a great business strategy … how it’s a rip-off … how you should approach it cautiously… The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of cyber insurance are companies purchasing it as a replacement for actually implementing any security at all....
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in News | 3 Comments »

Job: Senior Enterprise Security Architects in Reston, VA

January 13, 2012
By
Job: Senior Enterprise Security Architects in Reston, VA

The good folks over at Akamai are looking to hire two security architect positions based out of Reston. Below is the first one. It looks a little more on the “salesy” side than I’d normally go for but you might get to work with @rybolov! And don’t forget … if your organization is interested...
Read more »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Job Board | 5 Comments »

ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 3 (First Round Speaker Announcements)

January 11, 2012
By
ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 3 (First Round Speaker Announcements)

After pushing the team to do some reviews over the last few days we have finally come up with the first round of speaker announcements for the ShmooCon 2012 Firetalks! It’s been a painful process trying to rate all of the awesome submissions but I think the team did a great job at finding...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Infosec Conferences, NoVA Meetups | 19 Comments »

ShmooCon FireTalks Corner

Firetalks LogoMaster Post

CFP

Prizes

More to come...

Search

Grecs's Infosec Ramblings