• 20 Mar 2020

    Want to get better at (whatever)? Explain the concepts to others.

    I recently had the opportunity to write an article for Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets Weekly newsletter. It's one of the most popular newsletters in motorsports with a ton of visibility. Ross was kind enough to let me reshare my article here...I wanted to share it with you because it relates to IT and security just as much as it does to racing a car. Being a professional writer in information/computer ...

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  • 21 Sep 2016

    Join me along with ISACA and TechTarget today to learn about how to advance your infosec career!

      I'm happy to announce that I'll be joining ISACA and TechTarget for their annual online security seminar - a day-long learning event for IT and information security professionals.  My session this afternoon, which starts at 3:30pm ET, will be I Can Do versus I Have Done...Certification, Experience, and the Information Security Career Path. You can register by clicking the image or via this link: http://www.bitpipe.com/data/document.do?res_id=1469026420_560   I hope to ...

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  • 14 Mar 2012

    My upcoming webcast with Checkmarx: How to Use Source Code Analysis to Improve Information Security

    Join me next week, Thursday March 22, for a quick webcast where I'll be co-presenting on the topic of source code analysis and how it can improve your information security over time. I'm convinced that source code analysis is one of the missing links in the overall security process. As I say all the time: you cannot secure what you don't acknowledge. Ignoring security flaws at the source can be ...

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  • 14 Mar 2012

    My Atlanta CDW/TechTarget seminar

    We had a friendly and larger than expected crowd at our event CDW/TechTarget information security seminar yesterday. Thanks to those who came out!My favorite part of these events is learning new ideas from the participants and the other speakers. In this ever-changing world in which we work, it's hard to keep up and there's certainly no way to know it all. Every little nugget helps. Looking forward to an even ...

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  • 09 Mar 2012

    My upcoming webcast on firewall management

    Join me and AlgoSec's Nimmy Reichenberg next week for a unique discussion on strategies for improving firewall management.We all know it's the elephant in the room...Today's enterprises have firewalls that are so complex and so fragile yet no one's really taking care of them. Any processes that do exist around rule management, rule changes and firewall risk analysis are often manual - and oh so painful.I know, I know, firewalls ...

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  • 24 Feb 2012

    CDW-TechTarget seminars are back this year – join me in Atlanta soon

    Great news - I'll be speaking at the CDW-TechTarget roadshows again this year! Our first show kicks off in Atlanta on March 13th and then we start zig-zagging across the country every few weeks until late September. For most of the shows I'll be giving two presentations:Adapting Your Old-School Network Security Agenda to Today's New-School Security Challenges ...and:Ensuring Security Controls in an Anytime, Anywhere Access EnvironmentThere will also be vendor ...

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  • 11 Jan 2012

    Great year for my book Hacking For Dummies, 3rd edition

    2011 was a great year for me in so many ways. I feel extremely blessed and very lucky. Part of this was related to my book Hacking For Dummies, which is now in its third edition. I knew that sales were up - I believe in large part due to all the speaking engagements I did for TechTarget and others.Well, I just found out from my publisher that it's safe ...

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  • 07 Dec 2011

    Join me live online today with TechTarget & ISACA

    Today is our live virtual seminar Making the Case for the Cloud: The Next Steps. Join me, Urs Fischer, Dave Shackleford, Andrew Baer and Diana Kelley to hear about various aspects of cloud computing you may not have thought about.Starting at 11:15am ET, I'll be presenting on Incident Response in Cloud Computing. I'll talk about common incident response weaknesses I see in my work, questions you must ask your cloud ...

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  • 10 Nov 2011

    Join me at the CDW – TechTarget seminars in Philly & NY next week

    If you happen to be in or around Philadelphia, PA or New York City next week, I'd love it if you could join us for our TechTarget / CDW seminars: Predictive Security: Plan Ahead to Stay Ahead of the Next Threat.I'll be giving the keynote presentation and splitting the breakout sessions with Pete Lindstrom and other vendor experts. After the morning sessions and a great lunch, we'll get back together ...

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  • 18 Oct 2011

    Keynoting the NKU 2011 Security Symposium next week

    If you happen to be in the Cincinnati, OH area next Friday, October 28th, I'd love it if you could join me as I give the keynote presentation for the Northern Kentucky University 2011 Security Symposium. I'll be talking about mobile security problems and solutions and it looks like they've lined up tons of great content and speakers.Hope to see you there!...

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