Vendor released security intelligence reports are a double-edged sword; on one hand they are (usually) provided at no cost, on the other hand they tend to have a reputation to carry a bias towards the business focus of the vendor releasing the report. Personally i think many of the reports are of considerable quality and […]
Time flies when you have fun (or if you are absolutely buried in work) and nothing proves that better then the realization that bSidesLondon arrives in less then three weeks from now. There are still lots of things to do to ensure it will be a great day for everyone involved but, knock on wood, […]
Security awareness training is an interesting topic; the importance to educate your security challenged employees or family members is generally undisputed but yet there are intense debates whether security awareness training makes any difference and/or is worth the effort put behind it. And it is somewhat discouraging if even industry bigwigs like Schneier and Ranum […]
It feels like all has been said about Stuxnet from a technical perspective that is even of remote interest to the average security professional but yesterday the N.Y. Times published an article titled “Israel Tests on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay” shining some light on the political and intelligence side of the story. Before […]
“It was the year everything changed.” – Babylon 5 Well, maybe not that dramatic but there can be little doubt that the idea and most of all the people taking action to bring that idea to life have changed the way the community is engaging with information security events globally. Originally bSides was created to […]