Should Cyber Security Focus More on Users?

December 8, 2011
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Should Cyber Security Focus More on Users?

As one of the components of an information system, does the user component need more security emphasis than attackers? As many suggest, the human aspect is the weakest link in an organization’s information security because users interact with an information system both inside and outside the organization. An article posted recently on TechJournal South...
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Job: Chief Security Officer in Rockville, MD

December 6, 2011
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Job: Chief Security Officer in Rockville, MD

Wanna be responsible for IT security for an entire organization? Well here’s your chance! It looks like a great opportunity for a very experienced infosec professional interested in a managerial or business leadership position. The opportunity requires 15-20 years of experience in a security role and someone who knows network security architecture and infrastructure....
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Body Hacking: NovaInfosec Holiday Challenge

December 6, 2011
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Body Hacking: NovaInfosec Holiday Challenge

I came across a tweet that mentioned the Lifehacker Workout and thought it was an excellent effort for giving geeks the motivation to get a little more exercise. They used a service called Fleetly.com to build out several individual workouts and then incorporated these workouts into a challenge. They set a target of 15...
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Where You Want to Be This Week for 2011-12-05

December 5, 2011
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Where You Want to Be This Week for 2011-12-05

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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Weekly Rewind – Top Industry News, Local Jobs, ShmooCon Tics & More

December 3, 2011
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Weekly Rewind – Top Industry News, Local Jobs, ShmooCon Tics & More

I skipped last week but am back for more with another Weekly Rewind post… The industry news is from this past week however our blog posts go back about two weeks to the last Weekly Rewind. Also I didn’t include some of our standard articles due to their time relevancy. For some of those...
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Top 3 NoVA Infosec Blog Posts of the Week

December 2, 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...
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Top 5 Tips for Snagging that ShmooCon Barcode

December 1, 2011
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Top 5 Tips for Snagging that ShmooCon Barcode

Today’s the day … or at least one of three days throughout the year where we drop everything around 11:55 AM EST, head over over to the ShmooCon registration page, and starting F5ing the hell out of our computers with the hope of getting a barcode. Being someone that’s attended ShmooCon for four or...
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