Tuesday January 20, 2015, is our first meetup of the new year.
This Friday Blackhat gets released to theaters and we're looking to have a special ColaSec meetup to go watch the movie. Shmoocon is also this weekend so be on the look out for items to talk about from there next Tuesday.
On the docket is me giving a presentation on how to keep up/get into information security. The title is still very much in the works, but it's a presentation that talks about some of the resources an information security professional can use to keep up with the latest happening in the community. This is my first presentation every and I'm hoping it's not too noobish and gives people some good information they can use. The goal is to be interactive so that those already following the infosec community can participate as well. Really, it's just a way for us to create some discussion and share some great resources to make us all better professionals.
Looking forward to seeing some old faces and some new faces at the next meetup.
After talking to several current and potential members of this user group, we have decided to shift our meetup day from every third Monday of the month to every Tuesday of the month. Tuesday just seems to fit everyone's schedule better and allows everyone to shake off those Monday blues. We also won't be conflicting with Monday night football during the fall.
With the new date it puts our next ColaSec meetup on Tuesday January 20th, 2015. The Tuesday after Blackhat releases. If anyone is planning on going hit me up on Twitter or by email (timothy.deblock[at]gmail[dot]com).
While on holiday and doing some chores this past week I was listening to episode 120 of the Down the Rabbithole security podcast and they had on Chris Hadnagy who was talking about social engineering. It's a really good episode, with a lot of good information and interesting stories about social engineering, as well as how organizations can better protect themselves against social engineering. If you can find the time I would highly recommend listening to the episode.
It's the final ColaSec meetup of 2014 and we're looking to do a little planning for 2015. We've had a good start to the security meetup and want to continue to grow and expand our membership. This is your opportunity to show up and let us know what you want out of this monthly meetup.
We will be meeting Monday, December 15, 2014, at Hunter-Gatherer Brewery on Main Street in downtown Columbia.
We'll also be talking about some of the latest news in infosec, including:
- Sony Hack
- POODLE part deux
- Target liability for last year's breach
Be sure to come out and join us. We would love to meet new information security professionals in the area.
Our next ColaSec meeting will be held at IT-oLogy on October 20th, 2014 at 6:00 PM. We will have pizza, a demo of metasploit & some traffic analysis, a presentation on Google dorking, and a discussion of some of the InfoSec news from the past few weeks (there has been plenty). Adult beverages are welcome, but this is a BYOB event
Please note that parking in the garage at IT-oLogy is free after 5:00 p.m. You can access this garage on Gervais St between Marion and Sumter. There's a foot bridge over into the area where we'll be meeting. Directions will be posted on our website before the weekend.