Monday 23:10… Back from holidays, it was my first day back at work. My day job is over but I’m still online in my dark room with only the noise of some fans, the light of my laptops / monitors and the typical keyboard “clicks”… My wife comes in: “Hey,
Category: Event
Hack in Paris 2011 Wrap-Up
Yesterday, I went to Disneyland Paris! Not for a family trip but to attend a security conference. Great place isn’t it? Everybody knows the Disney park but the nearby hotels propose facilities to organize events. That’s what did Sysdream, the organizer of Hack in Paris 2011. I left home very
Multiculturalism in IT?
Yesterday I attended the monthly ISACA Belgium chapter meeting. The topic was “The influence of national cultures on IT governance“. This very interesting question was the purpose of a paper published by Prof. A.J. Gilbert Silvius. The second presentation was performed by Layla El Kastite. She presented her thesis on
We Survived the World IPv6 Day!
… and the first World IPv6 Day! This first major event to promote the version six of the IP protocol looks to be a success for most of companies. For most users, it was completely transparent as network administrators prepared all the required stuff on the background. Maybe you were
Ready for the World IPv6 Day?
Next Wednesday will be the 1st World IPv6 Day! Are you ready? What are you plans? Unfortunately, I’ll be visiting a customer but I’ll try to grab some popcorn, coke and to keep an eye on the Internet. The goal is simple: Make a maximum of web sites and online
PH-Neutral, My First and Last One
I’m writing the final touch of my PH-Neutral wrap-up from the Berlin airport waiting for my flight back to Belgium. The 0x7DB edition was the first time for me but also the latest one as FX, the founder, decided to not organize the event next year. A page is over!
May 2011 OWASP/ISSA Belgium Meeting Wrap-up
Tonight was held a joined OWASP and ISSA Belgium Chapters meeting with three speakers. Very interesting content, here is a small wrap-up in “bullet-point” mode due to a lack of free time… First speaker, Tom Van Der Mussele from Verizon Business spoke about the “non-conventional attacks“. Tom explained that those
HITB2011Ams Wrap-up Day #2
After a cool dinner with other Belgian infosec people, the second day started with a discussion panel about the “Economics of vulnerabilities“. The panelists were: Lucas Adamski (Mozilla), Steve Adegbite (Adobe), Aaron Portnoy (Tipping Point),Adrian Stone (Blackberry / RIM), Chris Evans (Google),Katie Moussouris (Microsoft), Dhillon Kannabhiran (HITB – moderator). Almost
HITB2011Ams Wrap-up Day #1
Welcome back in Amsterdam! This is the second edition of the Hack In The Box (HITB) security conference in Europe. Let’s go for a quick wrap-up! I woke up too early (04:00AM) to drive to Amsterdam and arrived without any traffic jams (rare in Amsterdam)! Enough time to perform the
HITB Amsterdam 2011 Coverage
In exactly one week, the 2nd edition of HITB Amsterdam (“Hack In The Box“) will be already over. As you see their logo on the left, I’ll attend the event and perform a coverage via Twitter and my Blog (Thanks against to the organization for the invitation!). I’ll be in