SECURITY 660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking
As a perpetual student of information security, I am excited to offer this course on advanced penetration testing. Often, when conducting an in-depth penetration test, we are faced with situations that require unique or complex solutions to successfully pull off an attack, mimicking the activities of increasingly sophisticated real-world attackers.
Mobile Security Summit l Free Online Event
Consumer-oriented devices are used to access the enterprise network, email and applications on the move. While the productivity gains and strategic opportunities of accessing data remotely are real, enterprise decision makers are increasingly challenged by cost and security.
Join industry experts, analysts and end users as they identify the key vulnerabilities you should be aware of and the solutions that will allow you to keep your business running securely.
PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICY MAKERS 2011
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit papers to be considered for FPF’s second edition of “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers.”
Fox News Politics Twitter Account Hacked, Reports President Obama Had Been Assassinated
On Monday July 4th, a hacker group called the “Script Kiddies” hacked into the Fox News Politics Twitter account and posted six tweets reporting that President Obama had been assassinated.
FCC and FTC holds Location-Based Services Forum
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is holding a public forum on privacy concerns about cell phones and their ability to track the location of users.
The forum is being held between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at the FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554.
Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live. The FCC’s webcast is free to the public. Those who watch the live video stream of the event may email event-related questions to livequestions@fcc.gov. Depending on the volume of questions and time constraints, the panel moderators will work to respond to as many questions as possible during the workshop.
First CAST Summit - EC-Council
The very first CAST Summit will be held in Washington DC from Aug 22 - 25 at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda.
There is a suite of advanced and technical security to choose from from Aug 22 - 24, and a special training seminar on Aug 25. This unique and specially designed series will cover topics such as advanced penetration testing, digital mobile forensics, application security, network defense and cryptography.
Recent spate of high profile IT security incidents has heightened the need for advanced security training. You or members of your organization can acquire the necessary skills at CAST Summit to better prepare for such attacks.
EC-Council 2011 Security Events
Hacker Halted USA, October 21-27 in Miami, is the EC-Council's flagship IT security event for both technical experts and C-Level executives. It hosts lots of technical training courses and a two-day conference with exhibits. The conference track themes include cloud security, SCADA, and timely topics chosen by peer review and input from 450 training companies worldwide. SecurityOrb subscribers can receive a $100 discount on the two-day conference or the six-day Training/Conference Package by inserting the code HHMP31 when prompted. www.hackerhalted.com/2011
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) was established in 2002 as a Federal law designed to increase the security posture of Federal Systems and their supporting entities. Since its establishment, an increasing number of Federal information systems and databases have been integrated into non-Federal agencies, including municipalities, law enforcement, and contractors.