Conference
The Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo

Registration is now open for the Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo on December 8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Mark your calendar today and plan to attend this full day event focused on secure mobile implementation for government.

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General Security
October 2011 is National Cyber Security Awareness Month & National Stop Bullying Month

The month of October has been designated as National Cyber Security Awareness Month and National Stop Bullying Month. securityorb.com/ plans to publish security tips on how to protect yourself, your information, and your computing devices as well as provide useful information on how to deal with cyber bullying.

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General Security
DerbyCon 2011 Review

DerbyCon is a new hacker’s conference held this past weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. Hans Bosch of NY, a securityorb.com/ contributor had the opportunity to attend and shared some positive feedback with me about the conference.

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Training
Join SANS’ Lance Spitzner for a free lunch-n-learn, downtown Chicago Tue, 27 Sept. on how to secure the HumanOS.

Organizations have traditionally invested most of their security in technology, with little e!ort in protecting their employees. As a result, many attackers today target the weakest link – the human. Awareness, not just technology, has become key to reducing risk and remaining compliant. This high-level talk designed for management explains why humans are so vulnerable, how they are being actively exploited, and what organizations can do about it.

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Child Safety
Cyberbullying Summit 2011

Cyberbullying Summit 2011

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Training
Digital Forensics and E-Discovery – Free Seminar

Join government and industry experts at the Digital Forensics and E-Discovery Federal Executive Briefing, tomorrow at the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C.

Hear real-world examples of how digital forensics tools are being used to support cybercrime investigations while meeting requirements for evidence protection and chain of custody.

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IT Certifications
EC-Council Announces New CISO Certification: C|CISO

C|CISO is ideal for those who: aspire to attain the highest regarded title within the information security profession – CISO, already serve as an official CISO, or perform CISO functions in their organization without the official title. The C|CISO designation is the recognition of your knowledge and achievements, and will award you with professional acknowledgement […]

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Video
Occupy Wall Street Protest

It wasn't Tahrir Square, exactly, but the anti-Wall Street demonstration that began on Saturday succeeded in disrupting the Monday morning commutes of the area's workers. The J/Z Broad Street subway stop was shut down this morning, and the large police presence, along with chanting, meant that Wall Streeters had to pass a gauntlet of sorts to get to the office this morning. The turnout was lower than the organizers hoped for — "hundreds" seems to be the unofficial consensus for now, compared with the hoped-for 20,000.

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General Security
Stop Bullying: Speak Up - Facebook and Time Warner Team Up

Today Facebook and Time Warner are launching the Stop Bullying: Speak Up Social Pledge App. The Facebook app is aimed at educating people about the harm that bullying can cause and inspiring bystanders to speak up whenever they see bullying. The app is full of great resources, including the ability to create bullying prevention groups in schools and expert tips from safety organizations. We encourage everyone to pledge to stop bullying by speaking up, and help us spread the word.

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Mac OS X
Key New Features in SAINT 7.10

SAINT Professional is now available on Mac OS X Lion (10.7).
You can now fingerprint iPhones and iPads connected to your network. SAINT includes OS Fingerprinting during network discovery and/or vulnerability scanning.
New OWASP Top 10 Web Application scanning policy including 12 new web application checks.
DoD IAVA - Department of Defense Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert scanning policy and report template added (Requires IAVA plugin).
A new OS Password Guess policyhas been added including:
all SAINT password-guessing features (excluding password configuration policies) designed to guess the operating system password
checks for default FTP passwords
the capability to provide dictionary-based password guessing for operating systems (Windows, *nix), including Cisco and other devices, that have Telnet, SSH or FTP. These checks to do not include password guessing for databases or Web Auth.

Enhanced content scanning probe now includes performance enhancements as well as assessments on numerous file formats for Linux and UNIX OSs, in addition to Windows.
Live hosts that were identified during network discovery can now be displayed within the GUI. A report can also be generated from this discovery file.
Enhancements have been made to the backup & restore functionality to include credentials, custom logos, and additional configuration data.
New menu-driven launcher application allows starting SAINTmanager, SAINT nodes, and SAINT web listeners from the desktop menu without command-line knowledge.
New SAINTmanager RPM and DEB packages for easier SAINTmanager installation on Linux.

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