Each week, we’ll highlight a major city in the US and cover the places and events you can go to in that area to get your security information fix. This post is part of the information security communities.
The Heart of America, Kansas City. If you like great music or want a taste of that special [...]

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BlackHat / DefCon 18 related posts

Highlights from Black Hat and Defcon – readwriteweb.com
Here’s our round-up of highlights from the two security events from around the web.
Black Hat & DEFCON Observations – bobbydominguez.com
Both cons have their own distinct culture and participants, but you’ll see Black Hat attendees stay for the Defcon forums.
Corey’s 2010 Las Vegas [...]

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Black Hat too commercial for you? – networkworld.com
Black Hat and DefCon share the Las Vegas stage this week with Security B-Sides and other security events.
How to follow #Blackhat / #Defcon / #BsidesLV without being there (updated x4) – security4all.be
Keep an eye on the Security Bloggers Network (RSS) and a Technorati search (RSS). A lot [...]

Canada’s premier conference is starting tomorrow, March 24! CanSecWest is the most comprehensive and advanced applied digital security event in North America. With cutting-edge speakers delving into a host of highly-informative and highly-technical sessions, this is one security conference you would not want to miss.
Unlike most events, CanSecWest features a single track of presentations, distilling [...]

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RSA related posts

Chattin’ With the Boss: “Securing the Network” (Waiting For the Jet Pack) – rationalsurvivability.com
RSA Interview (c/o Tripwire) On the State Of Information Security In Virtualized/Cloud Environments. – rationalsurvivability.com
RSAC2010: ISC2 – mckeay.net
Pics from the RSA Codebreakers Bash – tripwire.com
Videos from the RSA Codebreakers Bash – Spinning and Hoops – tripwire.com
RSA Conference 2010 Recap [...]

The RSA conference is just around the corner, and that means the vendor parties are as well. I’m not sure who is behind the RSA party list on yahoo’s upcoming, but it contains a good list of parties. I’ve gone ahead and created a party map for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
Tuesday Map:
 
Wednesday [...]

Vendor parties during Black Hat USA is always interesting, because the conference is in Las Vegas. Here is a list of vendors that I know of that are throwing parties this year at Black Hat USA 2008.
Tuesday, August 5th

Qualys
Fortify

Wednesday, August 6th

Arbor Networks
MANDIANT
WASC / OWASP

Thursday, August 7th

Accuvant
Core Security
iSEC Partners
Microsoft

Saturday, August 9th

IOActive / StillSecure

Know of any [...]

What an amazing event put on by Jennifer Leggio and crew. I had a great time talking to other security bloggers, and the food was awesome. Thanks to Fortinet, Microsoft, and StillSecure for sponsoring the event.
Here is a video clip of the opening:

And here is a list of people (in no particular order) that I [...]

The WASC meetup was a few days ago at Jillian’s, and I had a blast. It was a great to have conversations with groups of like-minded people during the day, and not at a loud dark bar. Thanks to WhiteHat Security for sponsoring the event, and for the yummy food. Here are a few pictures [...]

With my ever growing RSA party list, my friends made me decide which party we should  attend, so I selected Microsoft’s party. I figured you can’t go wrong with a huge company, and it was at the Cartoon Art Museum. The current theme for the main exhibit was Sex and Sensibility, and it contained many [...]