Last fall the Bryant Group led the production of the first annual Open Cybersecurity Summit. The event was underwritten by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Division (DHS S&T), Cybersecurity Division and delivered by Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Homeland Open Security Technology program (HOST). The HOST program was created to explore,Continue reading “Proceedings: Open Cybersecurity Summit 2012”
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Get on the (Hacker) Bus.
I recently returned from the Thirteenth International Forum for Free Software (FISL) in Porto Alegre Brazil. With an attendance of about 8,000 this year, it is the largest tech conference in South America and likely the largest free/open source conference in the world. I was fortunate to have attended representing OSI and presented a keynoteContinue reading “Get on the (Hacker) Bus.”
Coming up: Open Source & Cybersecurity at POSSCON March 28-29, 2012
One of my favorite projects I have the good fortune to be contributing to was created by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T – the equivalent of the R&D arm of the agency). It’s called the HOST program (Homeland Open Security Technology). Joining me at the upcoming Palmetto Open SourceContinue reading “Coming up: Open Source & Cybersecurity at POSSCON March 28-29, 2012”
Open Source is on the Agenda for Cyber Security Experts in Palo Alto
I‘m in Palo Alto CA for a few days to speak at a gathering of Cyber experts from vaious disciplines at the ITTC forum at SRI headquarters in Silicon Valley. I’m pleased for the opportunity to talk about the US and other federal agencies growing adoption of open source software AND rolling some of theirContinue reading “Open Source is on the Agenda for Cyber Security Experts in Palo Alto”
Open Government and eParticipation in the EU
I spoke to the OpenGov and eParticipation Summit in Belfast, Northern Ireland in late September. The event was produced by the University of Ulster with the help of a number of organizations and sponsors. I’d met faculty from the University when they came out to visit the Open Source Lab and learn more about theContinue reading “Open Government and eParticipation in the EU”
GOSCON 2011 Shakes Up Government IT
This year’s theme for the Innovation Nation Forum, which was co-located with GOSCON, was “Shake It Up,” and things were shaken up indeed. While we were a little sad that this year’s conference wrapped up early due the East Coast earthquake, we’re all pleased that no one was harmed. Plus, we did get to shakeContinue reading “GOSCON 2011 Shakes Up Government IT”
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