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Source Boston – Video Interviews of Security Rockstars…

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Source Boston has officially wound down, but I’m still on Cloud 9 (sorry) following the amazing sessions and interaction I had with my fellow attendees and speakers.

 

My presentation was well received and with Marcus Ranum, Dan Geer, and Adam Shostack sitting six feet in front of me, I didn’t choke as badly as I could have.  I had a ton of fun giving this first run preso and got a lot of great feedback and questions. 

One of the most excellent things I got to do was spend some time walking about with Zach Lanier (@quine on Twitter) and interview many of the vendors and speakers extemporaneously on various subjects.

 

I’ll be updating this post with links to the interviews as I get them cleaned up and uploaded.

 

Here’s a sampling of what you can expect:
  • David Mortman, “I Can Haz Privacy”
  • Dmitry McKay, LogLogic
  • Chris Wysopal – Veracode 
  • Peter Kuper – “Silver Linings”
  • Jose Nazario, Arbor, “Politically Motivated DDoS Attacks” 
  • Jeremiah Grossman, Whitehat Security, “Get Rich or Die Trying, Making Money the Black Hat Way”
  • Amrit Williams, BigFix, “The Economics of CyberCrime & the Law of Malware Probability”  
  • Adam Shostack, Microsoft, “The Crisis In Information Security”  
  • Dan Kaminsky, IOActive, “DNS – Toward a Secure Infrastructure” 
  • Chris Weber, Casaba Security, “Exploiting Unicode-Enabled Software”  
  • Rob Cheyne, SafeLight, “The End Of Our Rope: The On-Going Discussion Between Business & Security” 

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder why people gave me this task…

 

But seriously, we discuss such mega-issues such as DDoS, Snuggies, Bedazzlers, Zombies and Estonian dissident groups (and that’s in just ONE of the talks.)  

 

I think I’ve found something I absolutely LOVE doing — vlogging (video blogging) and will try and do more of it.

 

Check back for updates to the links over the weekend.

 

/Hoff

 

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  1. Patrick Florer
    March 14th, 2009 at 14:34 | #1

    I am still on a "cloud", too, today. The 4 hour plane ride home couldn't knock me off of it.
    The Source Boston conference was just fantastic – my first time to attend. I am hopeful to find a way to come back next year, and maybe go to Barcelona in the fall.
    For those who did not attend, I would highly encourage you to come next time – it's a deep, high energy, focused, and friendly event of the highest quality.
    Chris, whatever you may think, your "preso" was the most amazing of the 15 amazing sessions and keynotes that I attended – hands down.
    It was the clearest, most articulate, and most comprehensive exposition of VM's and the cloud that I have ever seen or heard.
    I have about 10 pages of typed notes that I made while you were talking. Also, I bought the dvd and watched it on the plane ride home. I will be referring to both quite a bit from here on.
    I am an older guy – I have seen plenty of presos in my life – yours was one of the best ever.
    Patrick Florer
    Dallas

  2. March 14th, 2009 at 16:53 | #2

    Patrick:
    Your comments are exceptionally kind and humbling.
    Thank you very much.
    /Hoff
    (The AV guy assaulting me with the microphone was pretty funny…esp. since the video is blacked out for the first 3 minutes or so 😉

  3. Rich Wiltbank
    July 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 | #3

    Is there a video of your presentation? I've gone through the slides that you have posted, but I'd like to get the color behind some of the slides. I know that this may be an "intellectual property" issue for either you or SOURCE, but just have to ask!

  1. March 16th, 2009 at 21:02 | #1