Lifecycle Security - You missed GREAT talks

This was the first run for Lifecycle Security in Las Vegas, and attendance was honestly very poor. That's too bad, because we had some incredible talks (not tooting my horn, I mean the others ;).

Considering the traction and popularity that Defcon's seeing, it's a bad idea to have Lifecycle after BlackHat, and we communicated that feedback to the organizers. This conference is too important for people to miss it, so I'd be surprised to see it after BH next year.

So, I did the Application Security in the Real World talk here, and that and the other talks will be posted for download soon. I'll edit this post, and add the location when that happens.

Lifecycle Security

Greetings, readers. After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm putting my blogging hat back on to tell you about a conference we've needed in the web application security community for a very long time.

Finally, we have a conference for webappsec, by webappsec professionals. Don't get me wrong, the OWASP and WASC projects are top notch, and I think their contributions to the community speak for themselves. That said, we needed a neutral conference that can bring together developers, users, and web security pros alike. Hopefully this will be the one.

My friend Dennis Hurst, a long time developer and webappsec pro, is one of the founders. The conference is being held directly after BlackHat, August 8-9, at Caesars, so you can just extend your stay if you've already booked a room for BH08.

Some great speakers have already signed on, and I'm sure it'll be a great show. Have a look at the Lifecycle Security website, and get registered for a couple days of pure webappsec.