White House to Unveil Cyber Security Proposal
White House officials Thursday planned to unveil a major legislative proposal aimed at improving U.S. cybersecurity and protecting the economy, an administration official said.
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SANSFIRE 2011 in DC
If you like what the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) provides to the cyber security community, then you will love SANSFIRE! SANSFIRE 2011 is the one annual training event powered by the ISC. This years event will be held in Washington DC, July 15-24, and includes more than 25 courses and dozens of up-to-the-minute field reports from ISC handlers.Each evening, the ISC handlers share riveting talks on their most interesting experiences and newest cyber hazards. These special presentations are free to everyone who attends a course at SANSFIRE 2011.
Free SANS Webcasts Powered by vLive!
Please join us in the upcoming weeks for the following informative, free SANS webcasts powered by vLive!, the SANS Institute’s online learning platform:
May issue of BSD magazine- Embedded BSD: FreeBSD and Alix
The May issue of BSD magazine is out and full of new content. :)
We warm up with Michael Hernandez and his Introduction to Z Shell followed by the Developers Corner. There you will find Dru Lavigne’s article about PC-BSD 9.0 Multiple Desktop Support, more DragonflyBSD news from Justin C. Sherrill (including information about new DragonflyBSD 2.10) and an article about „Evolution of an OpenBSD port” by Ian Darwin.
10 Reasons to Attend TakeDownCon Dallas 2011
So here are 10 good reasons for you to join us at TakeDownCon Dallas. Don’t hesitate, REGISTER NOW, and be part of history in the making.
Splunk Live! – Washington, DC Thursday, May 12, 2011
The IT systems and infrastructure that run your organization generate massive volumes of data every millisecond of every day. This machine data contains a definitive record of all user transactions, customer behavior, machine behavior, security threats, fraudulent activity and more.
National Town Hall on Cybersecurity
Join 1105 Media, Cisco, (ISC)² and government and education cybersecurity leaders from across the country for an interactive National Town Hall discussion online.
Join UMUC for an Evening in Cyberspace, a Black-Tie Gala, April 2, 2011
Proceeds from this black-tie event will help fund scholarships for students enrolled in the university’s cybersecurity programs. The event will feature a keynote by General Michael V. Hayden (USAF, Retired), principal of The Chertoff Group and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency.
Visit www.umuc.edu/cybersecuritygala to register. For more information, please e-mail events@umuc.edu.
Hackers breach security giant RSA’s network
EMC’s security division RSA has revealed its own network has been breached by hackers who launched an ‘extremely sophisticated’ attack that may have compromised the company’s SecureID authentication service.
In a note to customers, executive chairman Art Coviello said the company had identified a sophisticated cyber attack in the form of an advanced persistent threat (APT).
Core Security Technologies present IT SECURITY WEBCAST with Ed Skoudis, Josh Wright, and Kevin Johnson
During this webcast, security swashbucklers Ed Skoudis, Joshua Wright and Kevin Johnson will return with more penetration testing madness and demonstrate techniques that you can use to proactively assess the security of Cisco networking equipment throughout your organization.
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