Upcoming ISSA Ireland Special Event
ISSA Ireland are hosting a special event next Wednesday the 10th of June. The event is being run in conjunction with Microsoft and will focus on the security features of the Windows platforms. There are some really good talks lined up which will prove to be very useful to those of you charged with securing […]
Upcoming ISSA Ireland Event
The next ISSA Ireland event is scheduled to take place on Tuesday the 5th of May. The event will cover two very interestig topics, Voice Over IP Security and Cybersecurity – Protecting Critical Network Infrastructure. These two talks will be followed by a panel discussion on the area of CNI. The meeting will also host […]
Speaking at The Calyx Security Seminar
Calyx are hosting their Security Seminar on April the 23rd in the Burlington Hotel. I have been invited to be the first speaker of the day and will be discussing “Emerging Threats in Security: challenges and statistics for 2009”. Given the rapidly changing economic and information security landscapes my challenge will be to highlight the […]
Speaking at the 2nd Digital Security Forum
I have been invited to speak at the 2nd Digital Security Forum to be held in Lisbon in June. I will be giving a presentation based on the ID Theft project in which I gathered enough information to steal the identity of journalist Marie Boran.
OWASP Ireland AppSec Conference 2009
I am thrilled to see that OWASP will be hosting their first Irish Application Security conference here in Dublin on the 10th of September. Application security is becoming more and more important as criminals target weaknesses in our applications. This conference will provide you with some excellent speakers and take aways to help you improve […]
Protecting Your Windows Systems from the Conficker Worm
Subsequent to the critical out of cycle patch, MS08-067, issued by Microsoft in October 2008, the Conficker Worm was discovered which infected systems that had not applied the MS08-067 patch. Since then the Conficker Worm has infected over an estimated 9 million PCs. Recent reports also highlight that the Conficker Worm has been upgraded by […]
Upcoming ISSA Meeting
Venue & Schedule The next ISSA Ireland chapter meeting will be held on Tuesday February 17th at the Westbury Hotel in Dublin. This will be a half-day seminar covering a range of topics and will run from 1 PM to approx 5 PM followed by drinks in the hotel bar. Attendance Fees Since this is […]
Presenting at the Next ISACA Ireland Meeting
The next ISACA Ireland chapter meeting will be held on the 3rd of February in Deloitte & Touche’s offices on Earlsfort Terrace. I will be presenting to the meeting on why I founded the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service. During the presentation I will provide a background into why I felt it necessary for […]
Upcoming IISF Meeting
The Irish Information Security Forum will be holding their next meeting at 15:00 on the 28th of January 2009 in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. The topic for the day is “Information Security: Can the Good Guys win?” and will be given by Professor Fred Piper. The meeting will close at 17:00 with the […]
Upcoming SANS WhatWorks Event
SANS are running a WhatWorks in Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking Summit on September 17th 2008 at the Le Meridien Piccadilly in London. The summit is a one day indepth look at the latest techniques and best practises you should employ to run penetration tests against your networks. So whether you are responsible for securing […]