Our Client has an immediate need for a Network Security Specialist to support a true (24x7x365) NOC in Alexandria,VA for the USPTO (US Patent Trade Office) on the EUS contract. This is a perm requirement.

Apple released a security update for Mac OS X that patches 13 vulnerabilities.

The release fixes issues in several components, including CoreGraphics and Apple Type Services. Several of the vulnerabilities are buffer overflows, and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

The Wireshark Certified Network Analyst webinar recording is available at www.wiresharktraining.com/certification. The Exam Information Pack is available at the same location.

Ran across this interesting presentation on FISMA and Continuos Monitoring…

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

The management-focused CISM is a unique certification for individuals who design, build and manage enterprise information security programs. CISM is the leading credential for information security managers..

The CISM certification promotes international practices and individuals earning the CISM become part of an elite peer network, attaining a one-of-a-kind credential.

Linux is inherently not a secure operating system. The reason it’s not secure is because Linux was based on the architectural design of UNIX, and the creators of UNIX didn’t care about security – it was 1969 after all.

“The first fact to face is that UNIX was not developed with security, in any realistic sense, in mind; this fact alone guarantees a vast number of holes,” Dennis Ritchie wrote in his paper, “On the Security of UNIX” in 1979.

On august 11, 2010, a researcher post information about a bug in Facebook’s login process that revealed the full name, email address and profile picture of all 500 plus million Facebook account holders regardless of your privacy setting. The bug has recently been repaired by Facebook, but posed enormous privacy threat for Facebook users prior to the fix being implemented.

The Wireshark Certification Exam was designed to confirm individual competencies in using Wireshark to locate the cause of network problems (poor performance or security-related) and confirm your knowledge of TCP/IP network communications in general.

Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month, the day on which Microsoft releases security patches.

HackerHalted.com – Register for the 2-day conference by August 31 and receive a FREE iPad onsite. No tricks or anything else to purchase.

SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Arlington, VA where
we will teach Management 414: SANS Training Program for the
CISSP(R) Certification Exam, October 4 – 9. The course will be
taught by SANS Certified Instructor Ted Demopolous. For complete
course description, event details, and to register, please visit
(https://www.sans.org/arlington-2010-cs).

SC Magazine is pleased offer a unique webcast series – SC Magazine 20/20. The free webcast series features a member of the SC Magazine editorial team sitting down with various industry thought leaders to discuss the past, present and future of IT security. Our next webcast in the series: