http://www.csoonline.com/article/590873/An_infosec_revolution_in_Boston By Bill Brenner Senior Editor CSO April 14, 2010 If your focus is information security, Boston is the place to be next week. A perfect storm of events is brewing, and I've come to anticipate this time of year the way a kid anticipates Christmas. First up is a special edition of BeanSec, usually the third Wednesday of each month but moved to Tuesday to coincide with the start of the other events. It's a relaxed affair with no presentations or agenda. Industry practitioners meet over food and beverages and discuss any number of security issues. Some walk away with a solution to a problem. Everyone walks away with at least one new contact. BeanSec is usually held at the Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge starting around 6 a.m. This time it'll be held at the Seaport Hotel, site of the next event worthy of mention. The SOURCE Conference is the main event, a still-new event that started in 2008. What's difference about SOURCE Boston compared to other conferences is that, instead of being run by a paid crew from whatever company puts it on, it is run by Stacy Thayer, founder and executive director of the event, and an army of volunteers from all corners of the industry. The volunteer effort gives SOURCE a more grassroots feel compared to something like RSA Conference or Black Hat. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Sun Apr 18 2010 - 22:48:09 PDT
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