From time to time, surveys reveal human behavior that are scary. On 2008, a survey revealed that woman love chocolate more than password security. I just read another one on a Belgian news website: To stay safe, the Belgian citizen is ready to sacrifice some of his privacy! (Source: rtbf.be
Tag: Belgium
Belgium will have its Own Cybercrime Competence Center?
As I wrote in a previous blog post, I went to the FIC2010 conference last week. One of the talks I attended was about the “2centre” initiative. 2centre (“2c” for “cc”) means “Cybercrime Centers of Excellence Network for Training, research and Education“. Those centers of excellence focus on law enforcement.
InfoSecurity, (ISC)2, ISACA, My Security Marathon
This week is a real security marathon. I was in London yesterday but came back to Belgium too late to attend the ISSA Belgian Chapter meeting. The invited speaker was a great one: Chris Hoff. According to friends, it was great! Today was also the first day of the InfoSecurity.be
HADOPI in Belgium, a new Don Quichotte Story?
After an HADOPI law voted in France, other countries follow the same example. A politician is trying to introduce the same system in Belgium as an attempt to fight the exchange of illegal material on the Internet (via peer-to-peer networks). For those who aren’t aware of the HADOPI law, it
BruCON 2010 CFP Announced!
After a great first edition in 2009, BruCON will be back in 2010! Two days of trainings and two days of talks. The Call for Papers (CFP) has been announced and will remain open until 30th of April 2010. Submit directly your propositions via the dedicated tool, here.
OWASP & ISSA Belgium Chapter Meeting
I’m back from the last OWASP (organized together with ISSA) Belgium Chapter meeting. As usual, good times with friends from the Belgium Security landscape ;-). Two topics were covered today. First GreenSQL, a database firewall, then an overview of the mobile malwares by Mikko Hypponen. Almost one year to the
Data Protection Day 2010
The 2010 edition of the Data Privacy Day will be held on the January, 28th. This initiative has a dedicated website: dataprivacyday2010.org. The goal is to create more awareness about your online privacy: “Data Privacy Day is an international celebration of the dignity of the individual expressed through personal information.
ISSA Belgium Chapter Meeting: Introduction to OSSEC
Back from the first ISSA Belgium Chapter Meeting of 2010. Today’s topic was “Introduction to OSSEC : Log Analysis and Host Intrusion Detection“. A very interesting topic for me. First because I’m involved in lot of SIEM projects. But especially because Wim Remes, the speaker, is a friend of mine.
Why Should I Give Money to Backup my Data?
On the 17th of December, the Belgian citizens (like me) had the “good” surprise from our Minister (certainly not a X-mas gift)! A Royal Decree was published in the “Moniteur” about the tax on the private copy of digital data. From now (or from 1st of January, I suppose), when
Security Starts with Confidentiality…
I read this morning an article in DataNews, a Belgian IT security newspaper, about a big contract won by a security integrator to deploy a brand new e-mail platform for the Belgian Federal Police. Good news for them! But, why did the journalist disclose in his article sensitive information like