I Am Security

Category: Opinion

  • Vegas 2012 by the Numbers

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    So, I’m finally back from a very long week in Vegas. How long you ask? well, here are some numbers that start to reflect how it felt: Number of days in Vegas: 6+1 (un-planned extra day due to a missed flight) Number of conferences attended: 3.5 (BlackHat, BSidesLV, Defcon, and IOAsis counts as a 1/2…

  • Security Awareness and Security Context – Aitel and Krypt3ia are both wrong?

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    It was pretty obvious that after an Information Security persona such as Dave Aitel has posted his “Why you shouldn’t train employees for security awareness” article, there would be a lot of flak from the industry. A lot has been said about training employees to be somewhat more savvy users when dealing with corporate equipment…

  • So you thought you were protected: How hackers can break into your business

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    This is a translation of the original article published in Calcalist on May 20th 2012.   A group of professional hackers, employed by the most sensitive organizations to detect security breaches, are showing how to gain access to critical information, or take down the power for a whole city – and what is needed in…

  • Sexy Defense

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    So, Source Boston proved to be a great venue for the inauguration of the Sexy Defense paper and talk that I was working on recently. Had a great time both developing the concepts, as well as discussing them before, on stage, and especially after the talk. I really was amazed by the great feedback that people had…

  • March – April Events

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    After a quiet start for the year (and keeping up with my promise to try and cut down on travel) we are fast approaching exciting times. March will have a couple of great events I’m really looking forward to, and April packs a really great conference and training. So, without further adue: DC9723 kicking off…