If you were at the Codebreakers Bash at the 2010 RSA Conference you got to see some great entertainment. If you weren’t there you may have heard about it or have no idea what you missed. Either way, I captured parts of it for you to see now. Tripwire was the exclusive cosponsor with RSA so we tried to capture as much of the night as we could. There will be a couple of posts about this because there was so much great stuff.
First up is the spinning guy. This guy was impressive because he did not fall down the stairs after spinning for 5 minutes. Sorry for the shaking – I was not expecting him to go for that long.
Next is the hoop act. These performers came down and did a great hoop performance to the music.
If you thought the act was cool you could go into the next room to give it a try. This performer showed you how it was done. I was lucky to make it go around on my waist a few times- there is video of that but I will spare you.
Watch for more videos to come this week of the great band Livewire that performed as well as more post show reaction.
Last week at the 2010 RSA Conference Tripwire was the exclusive CoSponsor with RSA for the Codebreakers Bash. This is the party that ends the week and was a GREAT event. It was held at San Francisco City Hall, which was an amazing location. I guess I didn’t realize that city halls could even be on that scale! There were about ten of us from the Tripwire team there – some of us were working the front to give people the chance to win a trip to Hawaii. The rest of us had a chance to enjoy the party. I was busy running around grabbing photos and videos from the bash. You can see the photos we took below and later this week we will be posting videos that show the main hall entertainment as well as a great band called Livewire that performed. If you have photos of the event please leave us a link in the comments section. We would love to see them!
Tim Zonca (^TZ on @TripwireInc or @TimZonca) is our Product Marketing Manager for Tripwire Log Center which was what we spent a ton of time talking with folks about at the 2010 RSA Conference. I asked Tim to give me his impressions of the week. He spent time on the floor, in sessions, at some B Sides talks and with lots of time at the booth with people wanting to see Tripwire Log Center. Here is what he had to say:
Ira Victor is the co-host of The Cyber Jungle, a weekly live security radio show and podcast heard every Saturday at 10a-12p Pacific.
Victor gave an end of day show report that really delved into two areas of the RSA Conference that have been overlooked by many, including me.
The two sessions he reviewed were:
How to look on the timecodes on a hard drive to determine when an incident occurred. Turns out it’s extremely difficult if not impossible to rely on the hard drive timecodes as being accurate as to when information was sent, yet people are being convicted on this basis.
Secondly, was a discussion of the electric smart grid. NIST was on the panel and they said that they are working on a new framework that would allow for better security that would improve the smart grid. This caused quite a commotion as the audience complained and challenged them on their practices.
Jim Maloney is the President of Cyber Risk Strategies and it’s his job is to work with CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) and companies that need to understand the needs by CISOs.
Maloney has written plenty about this subject, so I asked him what are the top issues for CISOs that never go away, and what are some of the new issues they’re tackling. Off camera, Maloney told me that one other new issue CISOs have to deal with are employees that want to bring their personal machines onto the corporate network.
