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Are Bachelor Infosec Degrees Worthless?

December 29, 2011
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Are Bachelor Infosec Degrees Worthless?

Ira Winkler posted an interesting article a month or so ago (yes, I’ve had this post in the hopper for a while) over at Computer World entitled “Let’s scuttle cybersecurity bachelor’s degree programs.” What really caught my attention were some of the tweets surrounding it, especially how they seemed to imply this statement was...
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NoVA CTF November 2011 Challenge

November 18, 2011
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NoVA CTF November 2011 Challenge

After taking a few months off the folks over at NoVA CTF just released a new challenge to the NoVA Hackers list. They gave me permission to republish the challenge here for the rest of the community to enjoy. A terrible “cyber” attack has taken place but fortunately network sensors captured a pcap of...
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Video & Venn Diagram of the Day – Compliance v. Security

September 9, 2011
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Video & Venn Diagram of the Day – Compliance v. Security

I’ve talked about compliance before however @carnal0wnage recently tweeted a great link to a video explaining the difference between compliance and security. I think this video makes it much more clear than any write-up could possibly do. And no … it isn’t for those of us in the echo chamber but rather something you...
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NoVA CTF January 2010 Challenge

January 12, 2011
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A new site has surface called NoVA CTF as an offshoot of the NoVA Hackers Association. They plan to put out a variety of monthly CTF challenges. Although prizes are only available to NoVA Hacker Association members, anyone can visit the site and participate. Anyway, here is a snippet of their first monthly challenge:...
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SANSFIRE Infosec Conference Event

July 6, 2008
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As many of you probably already know SANS will be running the SANSFIRE infosec conference event later this month. Here are the logistics for this year’ conference:
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“Hack” of ShmooCon’s “Hack-or-Halo” Contest at White Wolf Security

April 13, 2008
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I came across the “Hack” part of the “Hack-or-Halo” challenge for this year’s ShmooCon on White Wolf Security’s web site.
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Learn Security Online Infosec Hacking Challenge Event: CrackMe 0×03

April 12, 2008
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Learn Security Online has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “CrackMe 0×03.”
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Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges Infosec Hacking Challenge Event: It Happened One Friday

April 2, 2008
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Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “It Happened One Friday.”
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New Training Resource Section

March 3, 2008
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We’ve added a new training resource section that will provide an in-depth look into hacking challenges, courses, conferences, and formal university education options for infosec professionals based in or around the Northern Virginia (NoVA) area.
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