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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A better security conference open source style; U.S. military adopts more open source

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A better security conference open source style
Alan Shimel: Today I want to tell you about a different kind of open source security conference. It is an open source modeled event on security: BSides. Read More


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Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

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Optimizing Performance in Virtual Infrastructures
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U.S. military adopts more open source: is that secure enough for you?
Julie Bort: The U.S. military and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are putting their heads together to help the military adopt more open source software. Read More

Shimel's 10 Commandments For Open Core
Alan Shimel: There has been a lot of discussion recently over so called "open core" business models. Many people don't like the term, but the underlying principles are still valid. Read More

Celebrating a year of pushing the Feds toward open source
Amy Vernon: To celebrate a year of championing the use of open source software in the U.S. government, Open Source For America has created an awards program to recognize those who took up the challenge. Read More

Snort and Suricata Creators Exchange Heated Words
Ben Whaley: Matt Jonkman and Martin Roesch have had a rough week lobbying serious accusations at each other and leaving the rest of us confused over the future of IDS. Read More


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Get them while they're young
Eric Gries: Ashlee Vance recently wrote a good piece in the New York Times that touched on a concept well-known to every major company catering to consumers or other mass markets: Try to get them when they're young. Read More

Google Android Market looks to protect apps
A new licensing service is intended to prevent unauthorized use of Android apps Read More

Open source Razorback project targets malware, zero-day exploits
Sourcefire, best known for its Snort intrusion-prevention technology, Tuesday is unveiling a new open source project called Razorback that's designed to spot malware and especially zero-day exploits. Read More

5 ways to use ebootable Linux live discs
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Dell drops Ubuntu option from website
Despite previously claiming that Linux systems are safer than those running Windows, PC maker Dell has stopped selling computers pre-installed with the Ubuntu operating system via its website - the principle source of orders for the company Read More

Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity
Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike said. Read More

Drupal Gardens getting ready to bloom
Hosted version of the open source CMS moves to public beta stage Read More

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Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for daily news items, blogs, discussions and podcasts of interest to enterprise open source users. Follow Open Source Subnet on Twitter @OSSubnet. Read More

 
 
 

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