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B-Sides Ottawa is fast approaching and today we can share the schedule of superb talks that cover a broad spectrum of Information Security subjects. We had an amazing set of talk submissions from speakers, both local and from around North … Continue reading →

Check out my latest blog post on Dark Reading’s Security Monitoring Tech Center entitled “Monitoring With Network Flow Technology“: A network flow is a data entity that contains information related to a unidirectional sequence of packets on an IP network. … Continue reading →

Here are the venues that have posted dress codes (some more vague than others): Margaritaville Las Vegas – Casual Palms’ Fantasy Tower – Stylish Nightlife Attire (no hats, no tennis shoes, no baggy or torn jeans, no sandals for men.) … Continue reading →

I think everyone should start their information technology careers as helpdesk analysts, supporting 14.4 modems, on Windows 3.1 workstations. It helps you discover your tolerance for apathy early in your career…Trumpet Winsock anyone?

I’m often accused of being overly critical of the talks that I give. Labeled as a perfectionist by colleagues, in addition to ‘crazy’ by friends and family, I often walk away from a presentation thinking that I could have done … Continue reading →

When you say you’re good at something, people usually don’t jump all over you. When you say that you’re “The Worlds Number 1″ something, however, you’re just asking to draw criticism from your peers. LIGATT Security International CEO Gregory Evans, … Continue reading →

Having just installed Windows 7, like many people since its release, I ran into a perculier problem. Windows 7 was able to detect that my Apple Time Capsule was serving up its disk and, as a result, was prompting my … Continue reading →

Whilst looking through some of my Google News RSS feeds I noticed a press release that made me groan, laugh, and angry…all at the same time. Who is marketing writing these press releases for anyway? They certainly aren’t writing them … Continue reading →

Thanks to Syngress, and their great discounts lately, I have a full forensic library to read through this fall (and probably through the winter). Also, I blame Rob Lee for my new found love of forensics. Here are some of … Continue reading →