As you may have seen in our announcement post or on our Calendar, the GovSec Expo & Conference is coming up in two weeks! The event includes three tracks that touch on infosec but one is entirely dedicated to Cybersecurity and Information Assurance. Additionally on the Expo floor, they will have two special areas...
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Last night I attended the NoVA Hackers Association monthly dinner meetup. Instead of having one or two longer talks, this meeting had four shortened 15 minute presentations … often called fireside talks Firetalks. The talks were great and there was plenty of time to catch up with some of the local infosec pros. Approximately 15 people attended...
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If you’re not already following some of our excellent NovaInfosec Twits and are wondering where to get the best NoVA-, DC-, and MD-related security tweets, look no further than this post. Published every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes many of my security tweets/RTs from the past week and puts them into one easy...
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With all the big news being RSA, it seemed fitting to make this week’s “syndicated” post actually two “syndicated” posts from a local blogger at RSA. Over at The Falcon’s View, Ben Tomhave discusses RSA’s “Innovation Sandbox” as well as  summarizes of day 1. As part of our effort to let the Metro DC area...
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If you’re not already following some of our excellent NovaInfosec Twits and are wondering where to get the best NoVA-, DC-, and MD-related security tweets, look no further than this post. Published every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes many of my security tweets/RTs from the past week and puts them into one easy...
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So I’m finally getting around to getting this post out… I just wanted to close this whole series by announcing the winners and again thanking everyone for helping make it a success. As you can see below, I’ve only gotten links to a few presentations. If you still need to post your presentation, please let...
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NovaInfosecPortal is currently searching for a local person who is interested in helping run our site. Duties would include writing regular blog posts, keeping pages up to date, and general security research. Not only is this a great way to help your fellow NoVA infosec professionals out but it also provides a great security...
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It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already but the 1105 Government Group is readying their GovSec Expo & Conference event for next month. The Expo will feature some of the newest tools and technologies related to incident prevention and hazard/disaster response. The best thing of all is that the Expo is FREE...
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If you’re not already following some of our excellent NovaInfosec Twits and are wondering where to get the best NoVA-, DC-, and MD-related security tweets, look no further than this post. Published every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes many of my security tweets/RTs from the past week and puts them into one easy...
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BLOGGED: Grecs’ Weekly Infosec Ramblings for 2010-02-04 http://bit.ly/apkYCo # IN CASE U MISSED IT: Grecs’ Weekly Infosec Ramblings for 2010-02-04 http://bit.ly/apkYCo # RT @danphilpott Due 2 impending snowpocalypse decided 2 stay onsite. Good news, rates went fr $179 earlier this week 2 $149 ($134 w/AAA). # RT @falconsview hey @securitytwits – I still have a ShmooCon ticket...
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