Today I was hanging out in one of my favorite Slack servers and I decided to drop a small pitch for Paladin Security in the vendor related channel. (Yes, I checked with the admin before I did so.) Someone popped up and asked me if I gave discounts for open source web apps. Huh… do I? I hadn’t really thought … Read More
UTOS 2009 Presentation Resources
On Friday October 9th at 12:00 PM I will be speaking at the Utah Open Source Conference on how to put together a kit of security tools using open source software. I discuss a fictional company that we work at and some of the things that we can put in place to help secure the environment and handle some of … Read More
New Open Source Project Created – Reconnoiter
Earlier this month I decided to take the scripts for username generation and roll them into an open source project. There were a couple of reasons for doing so. First, I needed source control hosting and SourceForge provides that for free as long as you release the project to the public. Second, I want to expand the scope of it … Read More
Speaking at the 2009 Utah Open Source Conference
Last month I sent the Utah Open Source Conference a proposal for a presentation on “Building an Open Source Security Tool Set“. Presentations are voted on by the registered attendees and the other folks who have submitted a presentation. When I was making my votes, I saw that there were a lot of great abstracts. In fact, there were a … Read More