Security Software
OSOSOS - Offering Security in OpenSource Operating Systems: OSCON 2009 - ...
Many operating system security mechanisms are necessary for developers to build secure software. While this session presents a few such mechanisms available and under development in _OpenSolaris_, it primarily seeks the dialogue and discussion how important these features are and how they compare to those of other OSes.
[Publish Date: July 20, 2009]
Paco Hope is a Technical Manager with Cigital. His areas of expertise software security, security testing, and casino gaming. He specializes in analyzing the security of software, software systems, and software development processes. Paco frequently...
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Security and Data Risk in the Age of Social Networks - O'Reilly Radar
By Joshua-Michéle Ross
Over the past four years we have seen an explosion in the volume of personally identifiable information (PII) online as social software and user generated content have allowed millions of people to create, manage and share their data in the cloud. While the rewards have been pretty clear (lower barriers to participation and collaboration) the risks have not been understood...
[Publish Date: February 06, 2009]
John Viega is CTO of the SaaS Business Unit at McAfee and the author of many security books, including Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley), Network Security with OpenSSL (O'Reilly), and the forthcoming Myths of Security (O'Reilly).
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Cyrus Peikari is currently the Chief Technical Officer of Airscanner Corporation, a leading mobile security software company.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Bruce Potter is a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior to working at Booz Allen Hamilton, Bruce served as a software security consultant for Cigital in Dulles, VA. Bruce is the founder of the Shmoo Group of security professionals. His areas...
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Ben Walther is a consultant at Cigital and contributor to the Edit Cookies tool. He has a hand in both normal Quality Assurance and Software Security. Day to day, he designs and executes tests, so he understands the need for simple recipes in the hectic...
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Jacek Artymiak started his adventure with computers in 1986 with Sinclair ZX Spectrum. He's been using various commercial and Open Source Unix systems since 1991. Today, Jacek runs devGuide.net, writes and teaches about Open Source software and security...
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Speaker: Jyri Virkki: OSCON 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, July 20 - 24, ...
Jyri J. Virkki is the chief architect and lead of OpenSolaris Web Stack project and the Sun GlassFish Web Stack product line. He specializes in server software security technologies and performance. Jyri holds M.S. in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University.
[Publish Date: July 20, 2009]
Matthew Hamrick is an engineering professional focusing on software security for mobile platforms.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
O'Reilly Books for Barack--What Should We Send the White House? - O'Reilly ...
By Sara Peyton
We can't help but feel concerned that Barack Obama, the most technologically-connected President ever, faces an out-of-date, inefficient technological platform. According to news accounts the executive branch's computer and technology equipment is a "jumble of disconnected phone lines, old computer software, and security regulations forbidding outside e-mail accounts." We know our books could help Barack and his staff sort out the wiring, upgrade the software, and create secure networks. That's why we want to send the new White House staff a box of O'Reilly books. And we want your input.
[Publish Date: January 30, 2009]
Randal L. Schwartz is a two-decade veteran of the software industry. He is skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
