Well it’s been a few weeks since I got one of these Weekly Rewind posts out… The industry news is from this past week however our blog posts go back to the last Weekly Rewind post. I didn’t include some of our standard articles due to their time relevancy. And for some of those...
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Here’s another edition of the Weekly Rewind, where we post out a quick summary of industry articles you seemed to like as well as our stories from the past week. If you missed anything or happened to be offline, we hope you find this post useful as a reference. Industry Articles Possible Governmental Backdoor...
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Local blogger Laura Raderman put out a great post last week titled “(ISC)2 and the CISSP.” I think she’s right on point in expressing how a lot of us feel regarding the (ISC)2, the CISSP, and the value they add to the security profession. Basically … meh … but need it to keep the...
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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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One of the things we talked about last week in our “The Downside of 0% Infosec Unemployement” post is people obtaining quick certs to get into the high-demand security industry. Non-security savvy companies looking to hire qualified infosec pros in this lucrative market need to be on the lookout for people passing themselves off...
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Over at the Carnal0wnage Blog, CG made a nice post about the updated draft version of DoD 8570.1M that is probably relevant to many of us in NoVA. This is the directive that requires many of us to have some kind of IA certification if we want to do work for the government. CG focused on...
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Thursday ISSA – NoVA infosec meetup event.
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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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