Security Mashup

This track includes interesting speakers and sessions on a wide range of topics not found anywhere else during the week.

Too good to be the whole truth

So, first the good part: As anybody in the cyber security industry knows, it can feel a bit like an endless game of Whac-a-Mole. Patch one vulnerability, and the bad guys discover another one—or two or three or a dozen. So it’s nice to hear when the good guys whack the mole quickly

 

  • Is open source a bit too open? So, starting from the top. If you’re a fan of open source software—and most people must be, given that it is now at least a component of nearly every application out there—a new report has some good news, along with so
  • Apocalypse soon? Well, for decades we’ve been hearing about the growing threat of a major cyber attack on U.S. critical infrastructure that could take down portions of the grid, cripple or destroy water distribution systems, shut down healthcare facilit