As we start the new year out with all our resolutions … maybe one of your goals is to get a better job. Well earlier this month I came across an article that may provide some insight into some of the “hot jobs” for 2012 and beyond. As originally posted by GovInfoSecurity.com based on...
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Tags: analyst, application, architect, career, engineer, forensics, govinfosecurity, network
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This position over at Technica looks like a great opportunity for any of the more seasoned among us. It requires a masters, 5 years experience, and someone that really knows how to reverse engineer malware. And I can tell this manager knows how to hire the right kind of people … “Required Technical Certifications:...
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Tags: forensics, hacking, honeypot, ida, malware
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For the past few years forensics has been a very strong field in which to develop an infosec career. The new curve though comes with the proliferation of “cloud.” As more and more organizations migrate services into the cloud, forensics in these challenging environments has created another “hot” specialization in which to ponder a...
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Tags: career, cloud, forensics, govinfosecurity, infosec, salary, skill
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The forensics field is hot right now … tons of demand but a very limited quantity of qualified people. You think this is a field you’d like to get into? Well, the folks over at GovInfoSecurity put out a nice article last week for those that are interested. It features five skills you need...
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Tags: career, forensics, govinfosecurity
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Just a quick reminder that the Computer Forensics Show Infosec Conference event starts tomorrow, February 4th. See our original post for more information. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area.
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Tags: computer-forensics-conference, computer-forensics-show, dc, event, forensics, global-internet-darknet, infosec, internal-threat-management, mobile-device-forensics, nova
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When describing the importance of the upcoming Computer Forensics Show Conference, enewschannels.com writes: “for some companies, it is not a question of if one of their computers will be used as evidence in a legal matter, it is a question of when.” Due to the increasing use of computers to carry out crimes, the...
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Tags: computer-forensics-conference, computer-forensics-show, dc, event, forensics, global-internet-darknet, infosec, internal-threat-management, mobile-device-forensics, nova
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Tuesday ISSA – DC Chapter infosec meetup event. This talk looks great. You even get a copy of the bootable USB software used during the demonstration. Of course if it comes on a USB stick, I’d be leery about putting into a non-test computer. If anyone happens...
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Tags: bootable usb, eroraha, event, forensics, incident response, infosec, issa, issa-dc, linux, meetup, nova
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Wednesday ISSA – Baltimore Chapter infosec meetup event.
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Tags: event, forensics, gula, infosec, issa, issa-baltimore, meetup, nova, tenable
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The NoVA Sec infosec meetup event back in April featured Aaron Walters discussing memory forensics. I’m not much of a forensics person at this point and so much of the information was over my head. Richard Bejtlich however has recently posted his notes from this session for those interested. See our original post for more information.
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Tags: bejtlich, event, forensics, infosec, meetup, memory, nova, novasec, walters
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Here is some information regarding this week’s Thursday NoVA Sec infosec meetup event. This looks to be an excellent follow-up to Scott Moulton’s “Flash Drives & Solid State Drives Data Recovery Comparison to Hard Drives: Animated” talk during this year’s ShmooCon on Saturday.
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Tags: event, fishnet, forensics, infosec, meetup, memory, nova, novasec, walters
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