Last Updated on Monday, 06 October 2008 05:02 Written by Administrator Saturday, 04 October 2008 19:13

I was able to attend Sun Tzu Data's first DojoSec meeting on Thursday night. This is a genius idea from Marcus Carey, the man in charge. The Balt-DC corridor is the hotbed for IT security, so get the big name speakers to come here, in their own backyard, to train other locals. And the event went off awesomely.

It was a three hour mini-conference, catered, with two talks given. Chris Daywalt and Eoghan Casey teamed up on a talk of altering Incident Response techniques to more effectively combat advanced hackers. Working with Chris, I know that he thinks and speaks on a level that is far beyond us mere mortals, but the information was great and really emphasized by the many mistakes that we have all made. This was my first time meeting Eoghan, who had a great speaking presence and mixed well with Chris's very up-beat, off-the-wall manner.

Following them was Johnny Long's No Tech Hacking talk (from whom I unabashedly stole the web design). Having seen this a few times already, you get used to it. But, there were a few good changes to keep it new over the months. Johnny and his family were there to also spread the Hackers for Charity movement, a noble cause that deserves much recognition.

This is geared to be a monthly meeting, and I hope to attend each one. Not only for the good talks, but also to meet with others in the field and catch up with some old friends that have moved onto other businesses in the area. A number of conversations arose from that night, one a topic that is really hitting deep with me that I will write about in a bit... how to get n00bs into forensics/intrusions.