It’s that time of the week again: the time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. As ShmooCon 2011 was this past weekend, it only proper for us to name our number three post a review of the conference since not all of us could make it....
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Tags: grecs, information security, infosec, infosec-blogs, local-security-bloggers, nathiet, nova, security-bloggers
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The first day of the GovSec Expo & Conference event was held at the Washington DC Convention Center yesterday. It featured a rich variety of topics and focused on various IT solutions and critical technology. The conference delivered topics from different security sectors, including cloud computing, cyber security, data center and virtualization, and defense...
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Tags: 1105 government information group, conference, cyber security, event, FOSE, govsec, information security, infosec, nova
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It took a month but we’ve done it; after ShmooCon 2010, we decided to pay homage to our local speakers at the conference. We had Doug Wilson speaking on Friday and Trevor Hawthorn, Richard Goldberg and Pete Markowsky on Saturday. All four speakers are respected in their fields and have been in the field for...
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Tags: information security, infosec, infosec-blogs, nova, shmoocon
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If you haven’t had a chance to already, be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup this upcoming Thursday, September 24th. Taking place over dinner and drinks, the CharmSec meetups are a relaxed way to meet local security professionals. If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.
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Tags: aspect security, baltimore, charmsec, dc, Events, information security, md, meetups, nova, security
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Open to the public, HacDC will be hosting their usual “Microcontroller Mondays” meetup this upcoming Monday, September 14th. HacDC ecourages people to stop by with their microcontroller project to either “learn, teach or just hang out with other microcontroller enthusiasts.” If this sounds like a meetup you’d be interested in attending, continue reading below.
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Tags: dc, Events, hacdc, hackerspace, hacking, information security, md, meetups, microcontroller-mondays, nova, security, security-events
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The world certainly would be a boring place without security bloggers in the NoVA, DC, and MD area. Where else can you find security news that’s applicable to where you live or work? But speaking of interesting, here’s our pick for tweet of the week: grecs RT @dallendoug @rybolov has QOTD “It’s Hactivism 4...
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Tags: dc, information security, local-bloggers, md, nova, security, security-blogs
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Aside from it’s clever name, this month’s ISACA – Central Maryland (CM) Chapter meetup promises to provide some much-needed information for those that are facing budget cuts due to the economy. Because while we can all whine until the cows come home that cutting security budgets is wrong and unwise, that won’t change the...
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Tags: baltimore, dc, Events, information security, infosec, isaca-cm-chapter, md, nova, security, security-budget
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For those of you who didn’t see our previous post, the DojoSec scheduled to take place today has been canceled. Please spread the word so no one shows up at Capitol College and has nothing to do!
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Tags: baltimore, dojosec, Events, information security, md, security
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Open to the public, HacDC will be hosting their usual “Microcontroller Mondays” meetup this upcoming Monday, September 7th. HacDC ecourages people to stop by with their microcontroller project to either “learn, teach or just hang out with other microcontroller enthusiasts.” If this sounds like a meetup you’d be interested in attending, continue reading below.
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Tags: dc, Events, hac-dc, hackerspace, hacking, information security, microcontroller-mondays, security, washington-dc
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Recently moved into what they call the “the Load Of Fun building,” Baltimore Node has its weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. These meetings take place at the Load of Fun building (also known as a hackerspace), and are for members or prospective members only. While the membership fee to belong to Baltimore Node...
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Tags: baltimore, baltimore-node, dc, Events, hackerspace, hacking, information security, information-operations, md, meetups, nova
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