The Open Group runs quarterly conferences, which include plenaries and tracks which are open to the public. The theme for our Munich Conference is Secure Architectures, and the following one in San Diego will also have a focus on security architecture.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon have developed a way to semi-automatically develop exploits from patches (cf. story on SecurityFocus).
Everytime I come back to visit IT Security Link between posts, I am greeted with a google ad for "Ethical Hacking" - company: Classic Blue. I don't know if you are and I don't profess to understanding how Google does these ads.
I do know one thing - "Classic Blue" does nothing of the sort. (I hate the term "ethical hacking"....it sounds so BS but that is beside the point!)
Members of the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) have published the fingerprint of Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Schäuble, along with a video on how to make fa
CSO Magazine has a column that's titled What Would You Do With an Extra 10 Percent in Your Budget?
There's an easy answer to this. Use it for an awareness initiative. Oh, and with an extra 20%? Use it for an awareness initiative. An extra 50%? Now you're talking!
There's two reasons for this.
Girl With a One Track Mind, the blog by Zoe Margolis, may seem like an unlikely entry for an IT Security blog.
He's come a long way since "You have no privacy.
It was in the news... The German, Federal Constitutional Court had to decide on the legitimacy of "state sponsored hacking" - called "Onlinedurchsuchung" (electronic search and seizure) by its proponents - in the context of criminal investigations.
With reference to marketing yourself in the IT Security job market - I particularly liked this article I read this week written by Peter Berlich and posted on Networkworld.com - http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25318
Every point he made was valid... except one ... We can all agree we are in a global downturn - so luxury brands are screwed, right?
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has hired Disney CIO Tony Scott to replace sacked CIO Stuart Scott. Tony Scott will head up the software giant's Global IT helpdesk. A post that will see him lead more than 4,000 staff and manage tech systems for Redmond's worldwide sales, marketing and services. He will also oversee the management of all of the firm's corporate systems and applications.
If you have ever been on the market for a new job in the IT Security sector you will have undoubtedly come across the typical "bodyshop" recruiters that cant wait to flog you from door to door in their hope for a 30% commission - representing only the needs of the employer and not the high value candidate that they in fact represent.
The average consumer believes their web browsing is a private affair,
but just step into the headquarters of Google and see the computer
screens avidly displaying the words being typed into the company's
search engines and we know that its not.
Increasingly governments around the world are attempting to gain
access into users online histories. Couple that with a series of
