I am looking forward to speaking at the Cloud Computing Atlanta event on Tuesday November 12. This meeting will be held at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech and is open to the public. I will be speaking about the 20 Critical Security Controls and how it can be applied in a cloud hosting […]
Community SANS returns to Augusta
Consider joining me for the next Community SANS event in Augusta on July 16-21, 2013. I will be teaching the SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style course. This popular course is appropriate both for people new to security as well as those who have been in security for years. This was the first SANS course I attended […]
Scheduled Maintenance
I spent a some time this week on car maintenance. My 1999 Honda Accord with 225,000 miles has never given me any trouble and I credit that to regular maintenance. To help make sure I reach my goal of 300,000 miles, I created regular reminders on my calendar to remind me to perform such tasks […]
Security B-Sides Atlanta
Security B-Sides Atlanta unconference is back. On November 4, all of your local and not so local security friends will be back at Think Inc, located at 1375 Peachtree St. Suite 600, Atlanta, Ga. Registration is now OPEN and true to Security B-Sides, the admission price is most affordable by everyone.
Control 20: Security Skills Assessment and Training to Fill Gaps
Is your team well trained or does it lack fundamental and often the advanced skills needed to perform their jobs? Are there team members who are the only ones that know certain functions? What happens when they are not available for good reasons or bad ones? Several avenues for acquiring training are available. Many large […]
iptables -L
Recently I decided to teach myself how to use iptables. The concept always made a lot of sense, however until I forced myself to actually use it, my understanding was incomplete. Iptables is a host based firewall implemented in Linux. INPUT defines what traffic can reach the host and OUTPUT defines what traffic can leave […]