The future of endpoint security

Ok so next time I have to remember to leave enough time to take a decent lunch. I had to miss a vendor presentation because I didn’t schedule myself a lunch break. Now it’s back on pace with the 1:10 panel discussion – the future of endpoint security. So what is the first thing I […]

My RSA schedule

To hopefully let my readers in on what is upcoming I wanted to share my RSA schedule so you know what I am attending in case it interests you and you had questions:   For the rest of today: Crypto panel – too fast to keep up so will post some early stuff online later […]

RSA Keynote Francis deSouza

Francis deSouza Group President Products/Services Symantec – Building a higher level of security intelligence. Start out with a tale of an breach – and identifying the difference between good guys and bad guys the asymmetic difference between them. Reference some new publications and Stuxnet 0.5 (evidence of a possible precursor to Stuxnet). paraphrasing here – […]

RSA Keynote Scott Charney

So I hope Art’s blog made since – it is my first attempt at live blogging. Note you can also follow me on twitter for photos of RSA if you are interested. Next up is Scott Charney Corporate VP of TwC (trustworthy computing) from Microsoft – Making a case for securit optimization. He is speaking to […]

RSA Keynote Art Coviello

First up Arthur Coviello – Executive Vice President  EMC – Big Data Redifenes Security. Hopefully it wont be another big data buzz word talk. we will see.  Tie into the “we are the champions” song. Good quote “although we may not be winning we aren’t loosing either”. “2012 break out year of big data” – […]

RSA Key Note

Today kicks off the RSA conference (ok, technically its the second day but the first keynote).  I must say the setup is quite impressive. I was lucky enoug to snag one of the tables w/ internet access  and power  which brings me to my first thought of the day “How many of these folks protect their […]

Presentation basics

As my journey out here to sunny SF (for bsidesSF and  the RSA conference), starts I want to post some presentation basics that few people remember: 1. If you have a live demo you need to have a video back up – especially if you haven’t preyed to the the demo gods. 2. Have a gray […]

Security BsidesSF and RSA

I am on the road again… onto Security BsidesSF and then to the RSA confernece (also in SF).  I will try my best to keep a daily blogroll of what I have seen, talks I have been to, and for the fun had by all. In addition to the conference, I hope to hit up Krav Maga SF to […]

C|CISO Certification

I got news the other that my application to be grandfathered into EC-Council’s Certified Chief Information Security Officer certification (C|CISO).  I guess 16+ years of infosec experience and 5+ yrs of management/leadership has paid off.  As I posted before 2013 is going to be the year of the certifications.   I understand that a certification doesn’t […]

More… almost free.. trainning

More upcoming and almost free training: IT Audit for Internal Auditors – Hot Topics IIA Baltimore Chapter Friday, February 8, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EST).   8 CPE The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute, Linthicum Heights, MD Register by February 6, 2013 Members $150, Non-members $175 Link:  http://baltimoreiia020813-rss.eventbrite.com/#   Ethics: It’s Not […]