Steve Walker, president of Steve Walker & Associates and managing partner of Walker Ventures, will be the opening keynote speaker for the second annual Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Registration for the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium is now open at www.selinux-symposium.org. The event, scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland, explores the emerging SELinux technology and the power of flexible mandatory access control in Linux.
The Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium announces papers and speakers for its second annual symposium. Experts from business, government, and academia will share and discuss the latest SELinux research and development results, application experience, and product plans. The event explores the emerging SELinux technology and the power of flexible mandatory access control in Linux. Registration for the SELinux Symposium, scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland, will open soon at www.selinux-symposium.org.
CMP Media, a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and entertainment markets, announced today that it has acquired Black Hat Inc., a producer of information security conferences and training that includes Black Hat Briefings and Conferences.
Three of the world's biggest electronics companies--IBM, Sony and Royal Philips Electronics--have joined forces with the two largest Linux software distributors to create a company for sharing Linux patents, royalty-free.
The Open Invention Network (OIN), as the new firm unveiled on Thursday is known, could mark a breakthrough in resolving how to protect vendors and customers from patent royalty disputes resulting from freely shared Linux code.
The six-day LISA '05 training program includes 50 in-depth, immediately useful sessions on the latest techniques, effective tools, and best strategies
for solving the toughest system administration challenges. The new Hit the Ground Running Track offers 15-minute talks that give a head start on the
must-know topics in cutting-edge technologies including VoIP, SAN, configuration management, identity management, and network security.
Source: NetworkWorld - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
With many keeping one eye on Hurricane Wilma churning off the coast, 6,000 IT executives last week heard Gartner analysts offer their vision on everything from security trends to wireless network directions. The Gartner Symposium and IT Expo 2005 also brought out 190 vendors and included keynote presentations from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, HP CEO Mark Hurd and Dell CEO Michael Dell.
Source: Hacking Defined - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
The term "Hacker" describes "one who creatively overcomes obstacles".
Today in the digital age, this term has been shrouded with mystery, confusion and misconceptions.
How can one expect to defend a stronghold, without first understanding the methods and methodologies of attack? How can one expect to design, implement and defend an architecture, without a deep understanding of a hackers' frame of mind? These are basic questions every Technical Security Designer and Coordinator should ask.
Rootkits. Zero-day exploits. Social engineering. Encryption cracking. Cryptography. File format fuzzing. Kernel exploitation. These are just some of the buzzwords making the rounds at the Black Hat USA 2005 security conference here, where some of the sharpest minds in the research community will congregate to share information on computer and Internet security threats.
