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...
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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...
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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...
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Tags: fightclub, firetalks, infosec, lockpick, shmoocon, twitter
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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...
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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...
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Tags: c&a, cissp, fisma, nist, securestate
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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...
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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....
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Tags: nikto, nmap, online, openvas, tool
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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....
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Tags: infosec, insurance, pcadvisor
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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...
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Tags: akamai, architect, evangelist, sales, va
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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...
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Tags: cfp, contest, firetalks, firetalks2012, prize, shmoocon, volunteer
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