Security Webcast Anyone?
As some of you might already know February 16-20 is Developer Security Webcast Week. There will be 13 or so web casts on virtually every aspect of security with the developer in mind. I’m doing two of these web casts:
MSDN Webcast: Writing Secure Code – Best Practices - Level 300
February 18, 2004
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada (GMT-8)
In this webcast for experienced developers, you will learn established best practices for applying security principles throughout the development process. We will discuss common security threats faced by application developers, such as buffer overruns, cross-site scripting and denial of service attacks, and you will learn effective strategies to defend against those threats.
MSDN Webcast: Writing Secure Code – Threat Defense - Level 300
February 20, 2004
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada (GMT-8)
In this session for experienced developers, you will build upon existing knowledge of secure coding best practices to learn about analyzing, mitigating and modeling threats. The session will discuss established threat modeling methodologies and tools and show how they can be applied with other best practices to minimize vulnerabilities and limit damage from attacks.
There are other RD’s doing some webcasts as well. Doing webcasts feels kinda funny. I’m very energetic and when I present I feed off the audience – interacting with them constantly. Doing a webcast feels like walking in a mall talking on my cellphone – nothing like blabbering on and on about something to your computer screen. It’s a weird disconnected feeling – but none the less an EXTREMELY powerful way of getting the word out.
That actually reminds me of my youth. In high school we all took aptitude tests – they were fairly extensive and gave an idea of what we might be when we grow up. Mine consistently came back saying I was going to be a Priest. Hmmm… without any disrespect to Priests – I really didn’t think that would happen judging by love of Jack Daniels, Metallica, and… girls. Well, it turns out I’m a preacher anyway – just not in a religious context (although some would argue). I’m spreading “the word” in a different way – and across an entirely different medium. Wonder if religious groups will be using webcasts any time soon – or maybe they already are. Amenbrother.net!