May is a bit slower with only 7 different events going. Here is a list of information security events in May: EDUCAUSE Security 2008: May 4 - 6 ChicagoCon Training and Conference: May 12 - 17 LayerOne 2008: May 17 - 18 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy: May 18 - 21 Systematic Approaches to [...]
Another conference that I wasn't able to attend due to international travel was Black Hat Europe. The conference was last month, in wonderful Amsterdam. Presentations are now online at Black Hat. Some of the presentations that interested me: 0-Day Patch - Exposing Vendors (In)Security Performance Intercepting Mobile Phone/GSM Traffic Developments in Cisco IOS Forensics The [...]
Last week was the Hack in the Box conference, this time in Dubai. I wish I could have been there, but its a bit hard for me to justify the international travel costs. But the speaker lineup and topics looked awesome, covering things like GSM cracking, windows token kidnapping, and Medeco m3 cracking. Speaking of [...]
Three new entries have been added to the events calendar. Web 2.0 Security and Privacy in California - May 22 Shakacon Workshops and Conference in Hawaii - June 9 to June 13 Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS) in New Hampshire - June 25 to June 28
While I had a good time talking to vendors on the RSA expo floor, I had a better time running around trying to find cool SWAG (stuff we all get). I tried to stay away from tshirts, but I did end up getting a few of those too. Some of the cool / useful items [...]
I thought I had an excellent plan when attacking the massive number of RSA sessions available. My plan was to attend the sessions unique to RSA, mainly the business sessions because I already attend a handful of technical security conferences throughout the year. Here is a my original RSA schedule, and I none of them [...]
There are two working Engima machines on the expo floor at RSA! And by working I mean you can punch in your own message on one machine, copy the cipher text, and find the other machine to decode it. Very cool. One of the devices is in the NSA booth, and I forgot where the [...]
I had a nice laugh when I saw "Cisco Recycling Center" at the StillSecure booth.
Which vendor will win the award of having the best booth babes? Note that I didn't spend a lot of time on the expo floor, but I should have more time tomorrow to walk around. And due to the lack of time, I'm not sure how many of these people are hired "talent". Okay, [...]
For this year's RSA conference, I am registered as a blogger, which allowed me to get a press credential. This is my first year attending as press, but I've covered many other security events like Black Hat, Defcon, and CanSecWest as press. So from past experience, the conference would give away the same SWAG to [...]