Top 3 NoVA Infosec Blog Posts of the Week

September 9, 2011
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Top 3 NoVA Infosec Blog Posts of the Week

It’s that time of the week again: the time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. You can take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to but if you can’t get enough of the local security scene, check out our NovaInfosec Twits listfor even more great...
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How to Get the Hot Jobs

September 8, 2011
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How to Get the Hot Jobs

I marked this article over at GovInfoSecurity titled “Why IT Security Careers Remain Hot” a few weeks back and finally got a chance to read it a little closer and listen to the related podcast. I found it very interesting, especially for those mid-career pros like myself that are looking for the next step....
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Is Word 2007 Encryption Secure?

September 6, 2011
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Is Word 2007 Encryption Secure?

There was an interesting discussion that took place on one of the mailing lists I follow the other day with people trying to figure out if the password encryption used in Word 2007 is secure. As most of us know, older versions are easily cracked however the more recent versions are suppose to be...
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Where You Want to Be This Week for 2011-09-06

September 6, 2011
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Where You Want to Be This Week for 2011-09-06

Where do you want to be this week? Now you’ll always know with our “Where You Want to Be This Week” feature, which will tell you about infosec meetups happening in your local area as of Sunday night. If you would like your event listed in our Calendar and in this post, contact us...
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Career Advice from NIST’s Infosec Frontman

September 2, 2011
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Career Advice from NIST’s Infosec Frontman

Ok, it’s another Friday night and I was just scanning around web and came across an interesting series of videos over on FedScoop.com. They run a feature called FedMentors and it included a set of six videos featuring Ron Ross answering several questions. One of the quick-hitting videos highlighted him pondering the question “What’s...
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Emailing Passwords … Really?

September 1, 2011
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Emailing Passwords … Really?

I’m a big fan of the Dailydave email list … always great discussions going on over there. Well, this afternoon I received my monthly “mailing list memberships reminder” from their Mailman service and I had my usual reaction. Why the f$#@ are they emailing my password? For being a security-focused group it would seem...
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Determining Safe Websites in 3 Easy Steps

August 31, 2011
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Determining Safe Websites in 3 Easy Steps

You know … periodically you get an email or tweet with a link in it. Doesn’t happen that often, right? Should you click on the link or not? Of course we all know to copy the URL from the source, paste it into the address bar directly, and look for a seal like the...
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