Blog Posts Tagged with "Conferences"
Sure, I'll be Your Unicorn
January 21, 2013 Added by:Wendy Nather
I was fascinated to read about the last year cancellation of the British Ruby conference due to the arguments that the speaker lineup lacked diversity. Other people have their own opinions on why we have this problem and what we should do about it...
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Wargames on a New Level - Hackfest.CA in Quebec City
December 02, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
When I was asked to come out to Quebec for a conference called Hackfest.CA, I was interested because this isn't a conference I had heard of, and it wasn't on my radar. Additionally, the name suggests it's geared towards the 'hackers' and quite frankly, I'm fairly out of practice...
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Three Ways to Engage with the InfoSec Community
November 14, 2012 Added by:Brent Huston
Folks who are just coming into infosec often ask me for a few ways to engage with the infosec community and begin to build relationships. Here a few quick words of advice that I give them for making that happen. BUT, you have to work to earn respect and rapport in this community and contribute. You must add value...
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Don't Be a Con (Insert Favorite Term for Jerk Here)
October 07, 2012 Added by:Philip Polstra
While ours is a friendly community, I did observe my share of bad behavior from a small minority in our community. So here is my short list of ways you can avoid being a (jerk term) at a con. If we all were to follow even these 4 simple rules the infosec world would be a better place...
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On Security Conference Mania
September 30, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
From giant industry events, analyst events, regional events, hacker cons, to any kind of gathering you can think of including conferences on boats, trains, and buses. At any given time, you can find a security conference happening. What is it about the industry that loves an event?
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Pre-Rejected CFP Submissions
September 27, 2012 Added by:Wendy Nather
A disturbing trend in security conferences is meta-talks that have nothing to do with pwning stuff. Burnout, sexism, career advice, economics, recruiting, food, exercise and other presentations on what's wrong with the security industry, are replacing actual knowledge transfer...
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CleanIT Project: concerns for a Global Surveillance Project
September 23, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
I just returned from the Cyber Threat Summit in Dublin, The event revealed an alarming scenario on cyber threats, no matter if it is cybercrime, hacktivism, cyber terrorism or cyber warfare, all those share a worrying growth of attacks that are influencing our digital lives...
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Rediscovering Our Way: OWASP AppSec Ireland 2012
September 20, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
We can't expect the OWASP community to continue forward as a collection of application-security focused professionals without developer outreach, education, and more outreach. Application (and software) security isn't about security people at all, it's about developers...
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Fifty Shades of Grey Hat: Hacking and Ethics
September 19, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
The grey hat is more interested in the “how” than the “why”. There is a respect for the black hat's technical abilities, while keeping a wary eye on them. Some grey hats have had run ins with the law, not due to being malicious, but because curiosity got the best of them...
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SOURCESeattle Write-Up
September 18, 2012 Added by:Robert M. Lee
As my perspective in infosec comes from my role as a Cyberspace Operations Officer in the Air Force, where most people say “infosec” I say “cyber” and try to speak on the broader domain impacts, deterrence, sharing threat intelligence, education, and the importance of working together...
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Strengthening Partnerships to Address Cyber Threats
August 29, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
It only takes a single infected computer to potentially infect thousands of others. Partnerships are required across all levels of government, the private sector and internationally to share information about emerging threats and how to stop them, and coordinate mitigation efforts in response to cyber incidents...
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Marketing to the Cynical, Skeptical, and Jaded
August 24, 2012 Added by:Jack Daniel
Words like engagement and community are overused by charlatans, marketing gurus, and social media experts- but if you cut the crap and actually engage the community, people will pay attention. Influencer is another abused term, but some people have more of a voice in the community than others. Ignoring people who aren’t ready to buy could be a very bad idea...
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Infosec Fill-in-the-Blank: Security BSides Las Vegas Edition
August 08, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
The hardest part about security is...? Security BSides Las Vegas attendees finished the sentence, and Infosec Island‘s Anthony M. Freed caught them on camera. The responses range from insightful to geeky, depressing to funny, and some are harsh, some others pragmatic, but all are quite sage...
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Black Hat and BSides Las Vegas: The Enemy Within
July 30, 2012 Added by:alan shimel
There was a time that Black Hat was where the edge met the establishment, but Black Hat has gone totally corporate and seems to have lost the edge. All of the edge seems to have gone to BSides. I love both Black Hat and BSides and think each needs a little bit of what the other has to be whole, viable and successful...
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Join Infosec Island and Tripwire at Black Hat USA 2012
July 10, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Black Hat remains the biggest and the most important technical security conference series in the world by delivering timely, actionable security information in a vendor-neutral environment. Infosec Island would like to extend a special thanks to Tripwire for making possible our presence at the event...
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EFF Staff to Present at Hackers on Planet Earth
July 01, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Technologies are transforming our society, and when our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE), one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world...
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