Conference
Support Our Troops by Recycling Your Phones at FOSE & GovSec 2012

Last year at FOSE 2011, we held a successful cell phone recycling drive in partnership with Operation Gratitude to support our overseas troops. We’re proud to announce that we’ll be teaming up again with Operation Gratitude to collect cell phones for recycling at both FOSE and GovSec!

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General Security
LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers Arrested

  Just last week we told you about a string of arrests in several South American countries, all of which were tied to hacktivist group, Anonymous. This week it looks like the feds are taking on LulzSec and it's now know that the founder reportedly worked with the Feds. The informant in question might sound […]

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Conference
GovSec 2012 Conference & Expo takes place April 2-4 in Washington, D.C.

GovSec 2012 Conference & Expo, featuring U.S. Law Enforcement, takes place April 2-4, 2012 in Washington, D.C., offering 30+ sessions covering Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure and Protection. SecurityOrb is proud to be partnering with GovSec for the second year in a row!

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Conference
The FOSE Conference & Expo Washington, DC, April 3-5

The FOSE Conference & Expo is returning to Washington, DC, April 3-5 – with all new in-depth conferences, workshops, camps, keynotes and education. The FOSE 2012 Education Experience features 5 all-new conferences, including the Cybersecurity Conference: http://bit.ly/FOSE12Cbr SecurityOrb is proud to partner with FOSE for the second year in a row!

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Events
SANS Capital Region 2012 is coming to Reston and Baltimore

SANS is presenting two weeks of training on two campuses, convenient to the DC Metro area. Northern Virginia 2012 - April 15 - 30 | Reston, VA Cyber Guardian 2012 - April 30 - May 7 | Baltimore, MD SANS Northern Virginia 2012 at Reston features the following SANS @Night evening talks included with your […]

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General Security
LulzSec Sabu was working for FBI to Trace down other LulzSec hackers: Various Reports

For the last eight months, the self-styled “hacktivists” who make up LulzSec and the international hacker community beyond have been led by a turncoat.

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General Security
Obama Administration Calls for "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights"

The Obama administration unveiled plans to protect the privacy of Internet users today. The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights outlines principles that the administration expects Internet companies to adopt, even if legislation isn't passed.

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Privacy
A Review of Google’s New Privacy Policy

As of March 1, 2012, Google officially combined privacy policies from more than 60 of its services to a single privacy policy. In doing so, Google is now able to take information from users who are logged-in to its products and services and store them into a database.

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Vulnerability Assessment
The Federal System’s Need for a Security Assessment Process: Part 1

Federal agencies, due to Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements, are obligated to assess the effectiveness of their systems, as well as the security controls that are in place as part of the certification and accreditation (C&A) process before operations can be approved.

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Conference
EC-Council to Host Advanced Technical Security Summits in Alexandria and San Jose

The Center of Advanced Security Training (CAST) - the advanced training division of EC-Council - announces the next installment of its successful advanced training series ‘EC-Council Summit’ (formerly known as CAST Summit) March 19-22 in Alexandria, Virginia and March 26-29 in San Jose, California. This series of summits feature five highly technical workshops in ethical hacking, penetration testing, mobile hacking/forensics, application security and network defense.

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