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12 Oct 2017Hacker Halted – a security show worth attending
I've been a big advocate of attending security shows in order to learn, network, and see/hear about the latest technologies. There are a ton of these shows each year - some are a good fit, others not so much. Well, there's one show that I just attended in Atlanta this week that's worth my mentioning and recommendation. It's called Hacker Halted. Put on by the EC-Council (Certified Ethical Hacker) folks, ...
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19 Sep 2016
People Behaving Badly and information security’s tie-in
Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to the Bay Area in California to record an information security video (thanks Intel and TechTarget!). Of course, I couldn't travel across the country and not see the sights of San Francisco. A most excellent highlight of the trip was for my son and I to meet television and social media celebrity, Stanley Roberts. My son is a huge fan of Stanley's, ...
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26 Jan 2012
Evanta CISO event and why St. Jude’s has it right
This week I had the opportunity and privilege to serve as a panelist on mobile security at the Evanta CISO Executive Summit in Atlanta. What a neat event...it wasn't just another infosec show. It was unique in its focus and well run by Corrine Buchanan and Mitch Evans who always seemed to have a smile on their faces - something we don't see enough of at these types of shows. ...
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19 Jan 2012
My interview in Hackin9 magazine
If you subscribe to Hackin9 magazine, check out this issue where they feature an interviewed with me about how the information security landscape has changed over the past decade, how you can get started in information security, my take on compliance and more.If you don't subscribe to Hackin9, it's a great trade rag for technical security pros and (especially?) non-technical IT, security and compliance pros...Putting the occasional typographical errors aside, ...
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21 Sep 2011
Buying, selling & consigning used hardware great for IT budgets
In IT and information security we're required to come up with creative ways to save money any way we can. Well, how about this novel idea: buy used network and computer hardware, or sell what you've already go so you can upgrade.A good friend of mine works at a company (Riverside) that does just that. They buy, sell and consign used network and computer hardware to help businesses save (or ...
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21 Jul 2011
Solid IT and infosec content to check out
I just got back in town from doing a video shoot on cloud security with my friends and colleagues at TechTarget in Boston (man, I love that city). Anyway, I feel compelled to share with you a few of TechTarget's websites that I write for and I know they have lots of others with all sorts of information security, compliance and IT content. Here you go:SearchCompliance.comSearchEnterpriseDesktop.comSearchEnterpriseLinux.comSearchWinIT.comSearchSQLServer.comSearchMobileComputing.comSearchSoftwareQuality.comSearchNetworking.comSearchSecurityChannel.com...all of their sites are ...
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17 Jun 2011
Proud to be a speaker on the TechTarget roadshow
I just completed two seminars this past week for TechTarget and CDW...One was in Minneapolis, which by the way, was probably the friendliest city I've EVER visited. Great bunch of folks...thanks for the great Midwestern turnout and hospitality!Our second stop was San Francisco...one of my most favorite cities to visit. I also had the opportunity to visit the nice folks at one of my publishers: Realtimepublishers.com (publisher of my latest ...
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21 Jul 2010
Good Web application security resource
In typical monster corporation style, Hewlett-Packard's Web site is painfully difficult to browse around, much less find what you're looking for when it comes to, well, pretty much anything. There is an exception however that benefits all of us in information security. It's HP's Application Security Center Resource Library. It's chock full of goodies from HP (and former SPI Dynamics) engineers, developers, and Web security evangelists.In addition to more recent ...
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20 Nov 2009
I need your help *today* Friday Nov 20th
You may already be aware of TechTarget's IT Knowledge Exchange. It's a great place to ask questions and/or establish yourself as an expert.Anyway, I just realized that today's the last day to nominate another member [subliminal message]Kevin Beaver[/subliminal message] for their Panasonic 42" TV giveaway. Someone you know [subliminal message]Kevin Beaver[/subliminal message] is in the running and could really use your help.So what's in it for you? When you nominate ...
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17 Aug 2009
You have to check out this magazine
I may have mentioned it a while back but it deserves repeating. There's a (relatively) new information security magazine called Hackin9 that's chock full of good material. It's sort of like 2600 and then some. Definitely worth a read if you're into staying up with the latest hacking tools and techniques....
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“A business associate referred our company to Principle Logic when we were seeking a resource to perform vulnerability /penetration testing for our external and internal networks. We found Kevin Beaver to be professional, well informed, and easy to work with. His testing did not disrupt our networks, and his progress updates were timely.
His final report was very thorough and included security recommendations for our network environment. The executive leadership was so impressed with Kevin’s security expertise, they have extended their agreement to continue to perform periodic testing. We highly recommend Kevin Beaver and Principle Logic as a resource for network security testing.”
(IT managed services firm)
Kevin has written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
