Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
SAN FRANCISCO — Pen and paper instead of a laptop. Cash instead of credit cards. Face-to-face chats instead of cell phones. That’s the drill for the most cautious at two big computer security conferences taking place this week in Las Vegas. It’s where security professionals need to be — and why they need to be on their toes, said Richard Blech, CEO of Secure Channels, a digital information security company based in Irvine, Calif. Black Hat, which begins Tuesday, will fill the Mandalay Bay hotel with upwards of 9,000 security executives, hackers, academics, and government and law enforcement staffers. It’s immediately followed by Def Con, a more hacker-oriented conference held at the Paris and Bally’s hotels. Last year, Def Con attracted nearly 16,000 people. Both feature demonstrations, lectures and presentations about the most cutting-edge computer security issues — and are attended by thousands of people with the tools and the knowledge to break into just about any system imaginable. These very skilled attendees sometimes like to show off their skills, others are looking for bragging right. And because it’s an event that brings in high-level government and corporate staff, there’s also plenty of data and networks to entice the nefarious. It’s one-stop shopping, a place were every major security executive […]
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