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14 Sep 2011NetIQ’s file integrity monitoring solution
A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the Information Week / Dark Reading Virtual Trade Show How Security Breaches Happen and What Your Organization Can Do About It.In my presentation How to Win the War Against Cybercrime, I apparently had a brain-cramp moment and said that I'm not seeing anybody with good file integrity monitoring. Um, duh, Kevin (as I smack myself in the face), ...
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19 Aug 2011
What’s up with conferences in October?
I've had to turn down 3 speaking engagements the weeks of October 10th & 17th because I'm, well, speaking at other shows those weeks. Maybe it's something about the weather that time of year? Perhaps discounted meeting facility rental rates? I suspect the real reason is that all the top-notch security speakers are busy then so the conference organizers are reaching out to second stringers like me. BTW, my apologies ...
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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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24 Aug 2010
Selling security: To persuade to is succeed
Okay, so your managers aren't getting security and your users aren't on board either. Security's not looking too good but you know it needs to happen. Just how can you "sell" security to those who matter most? Here's a collection of articles and blog posts I've written that address this very subject:How to get - and keep - user support with securityHow to get management on board with Web 2.0 ...
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27 Apr 2010
How to become a better presenter
There are a lot of unknowns in IT but one thing's for sure: if you're going to be successful in your job and move up the career ladder you have to sharpen your presentation skills. Here's a new piece I wrote that'll help you get started down the right path:Eight tips every IT pro can use towards becoming a better presenter...
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19 Mar 2010
No need to fix the problem, just ban the tool
Here's a great post from my colleague Dave Paradi talking about how a conference is banning presenters from using PowerPoint. It's an embedded systems conference. So they're telling these highly-technical people they can't use PowerPoint to get their messages across!? I suspect the audience will instead be subjected to overhead transparencies and slide rule demonstrations. Sounds like a great show!This is just like businesses banning thumb drives and instant messaging ...
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08 Sep 2009
Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck
That got your attention, huh? Mine too when I first came across this gem of a book by Rick Altman. It's pretty much all you need to know about what to do - and just as importantly, what not to do - with Microsoft PowerPoint. It has a no nonsense approach to making your presentations better. Mandatory reading for all college students, perhaps??By the way, Rick Altman is bringing his ...
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06 Aug 2009
A must-attend show for technology professionals
If you give presentations at work, for clients, at conferences or seminars, or you just want to become a better presenter overall you have to check out a show that's coming to my hometown in October called PowerPoint Live.I haven't attended any of their previous shows but I purchased their handouts and presentation content from last year's show and it's great stuff. Now, this year, I'm going to force myself ...
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28 Apr 2009
Great tips for your PowerPoint slides
I just came across these research-based findings regarding effective PowerPoint slides. Really good stuff to keep in mind when you're putting together that next slide deck.Creating PowerPoint Based on Research...
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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:
