[GRLUG] Need Security/Linux Expert for a talk

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 15:47 -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>> > Hey GRLUG,
>> > I'm wanting to do a joint GRLUG / GR-ISSA meeting and am looking for a
>> > linux security expert to give the talk.
>> > Who's interested?
>> Might I suggest you try to get two people involved:
>> 1) An expert in the 'attacker' space. (i.e. a penn tester.)
>> 2) An expert in the 'defender' space. (i.e. a seasoned sysadmin who's
>> dealt with security concerns.)
>> Penn testers are single-focused, while the sysadmin has to think about
>> larger pictures. IMO, you'd really need both for proper chemistry in a
>> good presentation.
>
> +1  I've sat through quite a few 'security' presentations.  Most blew
> right past their audiences, or at best it wasn't clear how to use the
> information presented [other than "hire us"].   "Security" is such a
> broad swath of topics, and depending on the type of organization and
> size is approached so many ways, it is hard to address generally in a
> meaningful / practicable way.

I was thinking of you when I was thinking 'seasoned sysadmin'. Maybe I
just want to see you call the other guy's BS, and then see him call
yours. It would be a very entertaining way to spend an evening. :)

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