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15 Mar 2011Discount code for SecureWorld Expo Atlanta
Have you ever attended SecureWorld Expo? It's a neat security conference that travels around the U.S. bringing content to you. I traveled around and spoke at their shows for years and can attest that it's a very good value - especially when you can't afford or otherwise justify going to RSA, CSI and related shows.The folks that run SecureWorld Expo have setup a discount code for me (SWEBEAV) that will ...
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04 Mar 2011
My upcoming information security speaker roadshow
Thanks to TechTarget and CDW starting this month I'm embarking on an 11 city speaking tour across the U.S. Along with my colleague Pete Lindstrom, we'll be speaking/ranting about all sorts of network security and data protection stuff including:Embedding Security into the Network—Building Defense in DepthSecuring your Presence at the Perimeter: Contrary to Popular Belief, you do still have a Network PerimeterLocking Down Server and Workstation Operating Systems: A Critical ...
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02 Mar 2011
My roundtable tomorrow on the state of IT compliance
Join me and my colleagues/friends Becky Herold (The Privacy Professor) and Scott Woodison (security manager extraordinaire) on Focus.com tomorrow at 2pm ET where we'll be talking about:Compliance vs. managing information risks - there is a differenceCommon compliance-related mistakesRecent changes to information security and privacy regulations and how they affect youRecommendations on what your business can do to get its arms around the compliance beastIt'll be laid back yet informative...we'll no ...
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09 Feb 2011
Leave the phone alone…
You have to watch this video. Seriously, stop what you're doing now and watch this. This issue has a profound affect on you, your family, your friends - everyone around us. It'll make you cry. No matter how good a driver you are and no matter how much you've heard about this topic - everyone needs to see this video. Please pass it along....
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11 Jan 2011
My “new” book on ethical hacking turns 1
Today marks the one year anniversary of the publication of my "new" book Hacking For Dummies, 3rd edition.Wow, how time has flown by! Thanks so much to those of you who have provided both kind words and constructive criticism via your emails, Amazon.com reviews, and in your own independent sites and blogs. No doubt it'll soon be time to start planning out the 4th edition. Until then......
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05 Jan 2011
My message to Republicans on this critical day in history
This is a big, big day for the future of the United States of America. The people spoke in the last election telling the jokers in Washington that we don't want their "hope and change" that's running this country into the ground. Today our new Congress gets rolling. But what's it going to lead to? I have my fingers crossed that we won't see more of the same old Big ...
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19 Nov 2010
Just how much control are we willing to have forced upon us?
It's been an interesting and truly scary news week in the "good old" U.S. of A. Think about this stuff folks:A Democrat congressman in charge of the House Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over taxes gets reprimanded for not paying taxesA judge is busted for buying drugs to use with a stripperSan Francisco banning circumcision and toys in Happy Meals And, of course, TSA minions doing things like giving ...
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03 Nov 2010
Let the smoke (and mirrors) clear
Finally, some hope and change we can believe in!But not so fast...a quick note to all the Republicans out there: you didn't get voted in because people are embracing you...people are just tired of seeing the Democrats' lack of principles and leadership- not to mention their taking money (by force) from the people who earn it and giving it to those who don't deserve it - undermining and effectively destroying ...
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02 Nov 2010
Today is the day
Today is the day we get a chance to vote for more government or less government.Today is the day those of us in America can begin to stop the bleeding we've been experiencing since January 20, 2009. Technically, for decades.Today is the day we're empowered to remind the career politicians around our country that we the people are in charge. Not them.Today is the day we stop giving up little ...
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19 Jul 2010
Lessons learned & reminded of this past week
After taking this past week off to be with my family during my mother's passing I'm back to work this week. I wanted to thank each and every one of you who reached out and sent cards and kind words to me during this tough time. It really meant a lot.There's one thing I learned this past week. It's that no matter how much you think you're prepared, how much ...
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Kevin has written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
