Ok, I had to go with the “Words Starting with N” theme. Oh and by Notes, I really mean Comments. And by NICE I really mean the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. I had been meaning to write about this a little sooner as you can tell by the dates of the articles referenced...
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Tags: education, govinfosecurity, infosec, infosecisland, nice, nist, Training
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What beats a week of security training with your peers? Not much. That’s why SANSFIRE 2009 is an event that you should add to your calendar right now, before you get distracted by any other pesky summer plans. Taking place in Baltimore this year, SANSFIRE will be held between June 13th and 22nd at...
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Tags: conferences, dc, Events, infosec-training, md, nova, sans, sansfire, sansfire-2009, security-training, Training
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Have you registered for the SANS AppSec event yet? If not, there’s still time left to purchase your registration. While the event starts tomorrow, April 29th, registration is still open. You can purchase your registration through our SANS section (just click on the SANS image to be taken to the official website), which won’t...
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Tags: Application Security, conferences, infosec, jeremiah-grossman, konrad-vessey, nsa, preventing attacks, sans, Training, whitehat, workshop
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If you haven’t heard about Conficker worm, tell us where you’ve been hiding: We want to go there too. In all seriousness however, the Conficker worm is a serious issue that has made a name for itself not only in the security world, but is (slowly) being recognized by the general public. While it...
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Tags: cnet, conficker, conficker-worm, cyber security, infosec, News, nova, security, security-basics, technical-solutions, Training
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I came across the “Hack” part of the “Hack-or-Halo” challenge for this year’s ShmooCon on White Wolf Security’s web site.
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Tags: challenge, conference, event, hack-or-halo, infosec, nova, shmoocon, Training
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Learn Security Online has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “CrackMe 0×03.”
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Tags: challenge, event, infosec, learn-security-online, Training
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I was finally able to make it to the Arlington 2600 group infosec meetup event last evening. There was a good turnout with about 10 people showing up. Most of the people that attended were fairly new so nobody really had a good idea of what we were suppose to do.
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Tags: 2600, 2600-arlington, compliance, event, handle, infosec, meetup, nova, phreaking, raid, secret service, Training, voip
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Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “It Happened One Friday.”
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Tags: challenge, event, infosec, skoudis, Training
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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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Tags: certification, challenge, course, section, Training, university
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