Last night I attended the NoVA Hackers Association monthly dinner meetup. Instead of having one or two longer talks, this meeting had four shortened 15 minute presentations … often called fireside talks Firetalks. The talks were great and there was plenty of time to catch up with some of the local infosec pros. Approximately 15 people attended...
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Hey everyone. Just want to shoot out a quick blog post announcing the new Who is @nathiet? page. You may have noticed him as the author for several of our standard posts. Well, I don’t want to give away too many details here so I encourage you to check out his contributor page and...
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Some folks over at a new group called the DC Organization of Hackers  (DoH) contacted us about a last minute meetup and asked if I could pass it along. They are attempting to bring Austin’s AHA to DC. People discuss current security issues and research to get feed back on early work or to...
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Notice anything different on our calendar? Well it’s a lot more easy to look at. We made the tough decision earlier this week to cut out two of the hacker spaces – HacDC and Baltimore Node – from the calendar as they just have so many events, it sort of overtook the entire calendar....
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Well maybe not a totally new group … but one that @mubix and @carnal0wnage finally brought live. It looks like the site itself was created over on Blogger in April of 2008. But just just as we thought the site was going to wither away, our fearless NoVA leaders recently ...
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Much like the ISSA – DC Chapter meetup this week, the ISSA – NoVA Chapter meetup on August 20th will be a social/networking event instead of a traditional meetup. In addition to getting the opportunity to hang out with your fellow security professionals, there will also be free refreshments provided. But as the ISSA – NoVA...
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Whether you belong to the ISSA – DC Chapter or want to learn more about it, the ISSA – DC Annual Social Event on August 18th promises good food and even better networking. Free for members and $10 for non-members, the ISSA – DC Annual Social Event staff encourage you to invite a colleague and...
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The upcoming ISSA – NoVA Chapter meetup on July 16th will address Topological Vulnerability Analysis and which tools are right for the job. Presenter John Williams will focus primarily on CAULDRON – a technology developed by George Mason University (funding primarily by Homeland Security) specifically for the correlation and visualization of vulnerabilities within an...
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If you’ve ever wondered about O2—what it is and what it can do—the OWASP – VA Local Chapter meetup this Thursday should put some of your questions to rest. Presented by Dinis Cruz of Ounce Labs, “So what is O2?” promises to be an interesting talk. According to Cruz, “in my mind O2 is...
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Just wanted to let everyone know that the NoVA/DC Luncheon Meetup hosted by @mubix will be happening on Thursday, May 21st. An informal meetup of security professionals in the NoVA/DC area, this is a great chance to take a longer lunch and get to know some local professionals that you may not have had the chance...
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