Astaro Sponsoring the Podcasters Meetup at DefCon 16

Astaro is sponsoring the Podcaster's Meetup at DefCon 16 on Saturday, August 9.  If you're going to DefCon, swing by Skybox 208 in the evening for the live show and more, full details and schedule here.

Jack

The Astaro Linkedin Group

If you are a Linkedin user and would like to connect with other Astaro users, customers, partners and employees of Astaro- please join us in our new Linkedin group.

Don't worry, we aren't going to spam you or share your information with anyone, we just want to help connect members of the Astaro community.

 

Jack

DC401, Providence, RI

This is the first in a series of posts about security communities and groups, there are many more to come and I encourage you to let me know about others.

DC401 had their July meeting last night.  On a nice summer evening almost 30 people turned out to hear a great presentation on SCADA security.  Don't be fooled by the size of the state, there are a lot of very sharp security pros and hackers in Rhode Island.

About DC401:

DC401 is the local Defcon Group for Rhode Island. DC401 is a gathering for folks interested in the alternate applications of modern technology, referred to properly as 'hacking'. DC401 is not intended to compete with any other computer group, such as Providence Geeks, 2600 or Linux User Groups, but rather to provide yet another gathering place for the discussion of technology and security topics. DC401 meetings are open to anyone, regardless of their skill, age, job, gender, etc. DC401 is here to help you learn new things, meet new people, mentor others in areas you may be strong in, and provide some cohesion within the hacker culture and it's members.

 

Jack

iPhone 2

The hype around the second-generation iPhone is spiraling out of control- maybe not as much as the first time, but it is still impressive for a refresh of an existing device.

Next week we should have some useful information on the new iPhone, but for now you will have to be satisfied with this look back at a classic:

 

Jack

Hi! Thanks for stopping by.

This is a blog primarily about three topics:

• Astaro
• Information and Internet Security
• Communities interested in the above

So, what's here?

• Photos from our Flickr stream (mostly security events and people in the community).
• A calendar of security events and meetings
  • There will often be someone from Astaro at these, probably me*
• A calendar of IT and Security events where Astaro is participating and/or has a booth
  • At least one person from Astaro will be at these events
• Our YouTube Videos

There will be some product and "marketing" materials posted here, but this is not a sales site.

*I am Jack Daniel, one of the Support Engineers from Astaro's US headquarters.

So, thanks for stopping by,

Jack