Since I did not put out the where you want to be this week post earlier, I decided to put out a meetup reminder so that you know there is a meetup tonight in our area and also if you would like your event listed in our Calendar and in this post, contact us or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

Friday (02/03)

• 2600 Arlington Meetup- Normal Meetup at Champps – Pentagon Row from 7:00 to 10:00 PM (more info)

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

A light schedule for this week, with nothing formal and all you need to do is just show up and be ready to talk shop. Anyway, here are your meetups for this week.

This Week

Wednesday (1/25)

• ISSA Baltimore Meetup - Metasploit by Joshua Smith (kernelsmith) at SPARTA from 5:00 to 7:00 PM (more info)

Thursday (1/26)

• CharmSec Meetup – Normal Meetup at Slainte Irish Pub & Restaurant from 7:00 to 10:00 PM (more info)

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Monday: ShmooCon Epilogue
• Friday: 2600 Arlington Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

A light schedule for this week, with nothing formal and all you need to do is just show up and be ready to talk shop. Anyway, here are your meetups for this week.

This Week

Tuesday (1/17)

• ISSA DC Meetup - “Attribution and Response” by Paul de Souza at Government Printing Office (Room A138) from 6:30 to 8:00 PM (more info)

Thursday (1/19)

• ISSA NoVA Meetup - “Privacy vs. Security: Achieving Balance In The Face Of Social Networks, Geolocation, and Cyberattacks” by Randy Sabett  at Oracle – Reston from 5:30 to 8:30 PM (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Thursday: ISSA Baltimore Meetup and CharmSec Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 even more great security blogs and people to follow on Twitter.

As always feel free to check out what local security bloggers have been up to and also be sure to follow myself (@nathiet), @grecs, and @novainfosec on Twitter if you want to know more about what’s going on in the local security community during the week. Without further ado … here are the top picks for this week.

First and for most, we would like to say #Happy 9th Birthday TaoSecurity Blog. @Richard Bejtlich plans to “continue blogging” and express his views.  Check out what he has in store for us over here and without further ado, here are this weeks top 3 NoVA Infosec blog posts….

#3- ShmooCon 2012 FireTalks – Update 3 (First Round Speaker Announcements): If you was wondering on was going to talk at this year’s  ShmooCon FireTalks then look no further than here as @grecs announces the first round of speakers. Ohh did we mention that it is not too late to enter as five slots are still open and check out what is in it for you if you win the FireTalks over here!

#2 - Can’t close the barn door: Is it possible to regulate the internet? Benjamin Hartley looks at the latest attempt at just that with SOPA “SOPA is the most recent in a long line of legislation intended to regulate the internet.” Click here to find out if the internet can be regulated or not “The internet was designed to be impossible to regulate”

#1 - The Gross Example of STRATFOR: What did Stratford do wrong? Ben Tomhave sees “ 5 major failures in this case that proves STRATFOR to be negligent (possibly criminally)” and are discussed over here

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

As is common in the beginning of January it’s starting pretty slow. Next week at least there looks to be a little more activity. Anyway, here are your meetups for this week as well as a preview for next week.

This Week

Monday (1/9)

• NoVA Hackers Association Meetup - No formal presentation but instead will be several approximately 20 minute talks by a few of the attendees at ICF International from 5:30 to 8:30 PM (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Tuesday: ISSA DC Meetup
• Thursday: ISSA NoVA Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 even more great security blogs and people to follow on Twitter.

As always feel free to check out what local security bloggers have been up to and also be sure to follow myself (@nathiet), @grecs, and @novainfosec on Twitter if you want to know more about what’s going on in the local security community during the week. Without further ado … here are the top picks for this week.

#3 -2011 Reading List: Need something to read in 2012? look no further than here as there is a comprehensive reading list and recommendations.

#2 -Is Android Really Secure Enough for the DoD?: Pentagon officials have approved the use of Android in addition to BlackBerry to meet their mobile computing needs. Our very own @grecs looks at if it is secure enough enough for the DoD and why it was chosen here

#1 - (UAC) User Assisted Compromise: This post explains how the “Ask” post module works “This module very simply uses the ShellExecute windows function viaRailgun with the undocumented (but very well known) operator of ‘runas’.” Click here to find if  ”users are generally as smart as bait”

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

A slow week to start the year with nothing formal and all you have to do is show up and be ready to talk shop.

This Week

Thursday (01/05)

• OWASP NoVA Meetup- Normal meetup at Oakton Public Library from 6:00 to 9:00 PM (more info)

Friday (01/06)

• 2600 Arlington Meetup- Normal meetup atChampps – Pentagon Row from 7:00 to 10:00 PM (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Monday: NoVA Hackers Association Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

Well as expected it’s a pretty slow week with Christmas being over and New Year’s around the corner. We only have one event listed below but hopefully CapSecDC will pop up with something on Wednesday. Anyway, here are your meetups for this week as well as a preview for next week.

[Update 12/27 12:30 PM: Looks like CapSecDC is on as well.]

This Week

Wednesday (12/28)

• CapSecDC Meetup – Normal meetup at Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant from 6:00 to 9:00 PM (more info)

Thursday (12/29)

• CharmSec Meetup – Normal meetup at Slainte Irish Pub & Restaurant from 7:00 to 10:00 PM (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Thursday: OWASP NoVA Meetup
• Friday: 2600 Arlington Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 or mention it to @grecs on Twitter.

Before we get things started, we at @novainfosec would to wish you a Happy Holidays! Now with that out of the way, here are a couple of meet-ups to get you through the week as well as a preview for next week.

This Week

Tuesday (12/20)

• ISSA DC Meetup - ”Advanced Threat Modeling” by John Steven at the Government Printing Office from 6:30 to 8:00 PM (more info)

Wednesday (12/21)

• OWASP DC Meetup - ”New Features in the Web Exploitation Framework (wXf)” by Ken Johnson & tentatively Chris Gates at Living Social from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

• Thursday: CharmSec Meetup

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do.

And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.

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 even more great security blogs and people to follow on Twitter.

As always feel free to check out what local security bloggers have been up to and also be sure to follow myself (@nathiet), @grecs, and @novainfosec on Twitter if you want to know more about what’s going on in the local security community during the week. Without further ado … here are the top picks for this week.

First and for most, we would like to say it has been #1000 Posts in 1000 Words & Still Counting! so don’t be afraid to check out our history and future plans here! so without further ado, here are this weeks top 3 NoVA Infosec blog posts….

#3 – Best Approach to Increase Cyber Security Professionals: We often hear that the Cyber security field is growing and professionals are in demand, how should we fill this shortage of professionals? @judykavuo covers how to increase Cyber Security professionals in her latest blog post, is it pushing students through the budding cyber security degree programs? or some other means? Click here to find out what is best.

#2 – Impact, Value, and What’s Really Important: Is risk more important that impact when talking about risk management? Ben Tohmhave answers that question for us in his latest blog post. Click here to find out his answer.

#1 - New FedRAMP Program: Not Half-Baked but Not Cooked Through: If you  have wanted to move your services to the cloud, well look no further as FedRAMP will help Federal Agency managers to adopt cost-saving and service improving cloud computing solutions. @DanPhilpott examines the new FedRAMP program and guest writes his second article for us. Click here to learn more about FedRAMP.