There is a new security conference on the horizon that might be of interest to some of you. Disclaimer: My son is one of three principles putting it together, so this email was pre-cleared with Stu to avoid any concerns. He felt it was on topic.
It's focus is going to be more on the other side of the screen, more offensive than defensive. But having used his tools, and those of the other people that will be there I can say it is a good way of approaching security. Know how you are going to get owned and then mitigate that, rather than following 'best practices'. Having and knowing tools like Metasploit, Backtrack and Fast-Track can make you your own in house security consultant at no cost. Offensive is my son's back ground. Five years in the Marines where he developed their network exploitation team. Then some time on loan to the NSA and some foreign governments. After that he went private sector at a very good security consultant firm and is now the Director of Information Security at a major corporation that shall remain nameless. They approve of and support his outside efforts but don't want to make themselves a bigger target than they already are. He has spoken at or been the key note at every major security/white hat hacking convention you can name. This is an inexpensive conference, with lots of training options available. The list of trainers and speakers is a who's who of the white hat community. It could very well be worth your time. Here is the website, the teaser video on it just went live yesterday. http://derbycon.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
