Cybersecurity

The Nordic Security Conference on Iceland is now over, and i must say that it was an amazing conference with several top notch presentations from both local and international researchers.

On 20th and 21st of August we had our 2nd Latin American Security Analyst Summit here in Quito, Ecuador.

Greetings from the IDC Security Roadshow in Johannesburg, South Africa!

Probably the two most important security conferences in the world are held in Las Vegas during the same week, gathering more than 15,000 attendees and offering dozens of talks.

Defcon 2012 marked its 20th anniversary with unexpected speakers, some pretty tough content, and the cultural dark magic that buzzes the conference every year.

BlackHat USA may have been wrapped up for the year but DEFCON is in full swing. I didn’t stay around for DEFCON though, which means I finally have some time to reflect on BlackHat.

The Blackhat 2012 keynote started the event with Shawn Henry, former Executive Assistant Director of the FBI, painting a grim, seemingly unspeakable picture of cyberespionage in the US.

There are just 11 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in London. With the games fast approaching, now’s a good time for us to issue a gentle reminder about security.

I am now back from the Kaspersky conference: Security For The Next Generation, the International Cup 2012 which took place in the Netherlands.

At the recent SOURCE Boston conference, one presentation that caught my attention was called SexyDefense – Maximizing the home-field advantage.

Dan Geer’s fantastic Keynote Speech kicked off Day 2 of SOURCE Conference Boston this morning. The talk itself was heady and complex, something to keep up with.

SOURCE Boston kicked off the first of three days with an opening talk on hacktivism and the Anonymous movement, Costin Raiu and Vitaly Kamluk presented the latest in Duqu C2 research, and Vercode’s Shyama Rose talked about strategic success in security program buildouts.

While Google is obviously trying to create a safer environment in regard to the Android operating system, some of these changes are leaving me a bit confused. I recently discovered some interesting behavior in regard to the default email client in 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Following their major database breach, Zappos leadership is doing the right thing by what seems to be quickly and clearly communicating what data was accessed and what was not

LANDesk Interchange 2011 is winding down in Las Vegas today. The event gathered partners and displayed newer technologies offered by the decade old systems management company.