Apr05

Free ISACA Virtual Conference: The State of Cybersecurity

by Shahid Sharif on April 5, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Posted In: Audit, Technology

Register

Agenda

Live Show:
Date: 24 April 2013
Title: The State of Cybersecurity
Show hours: 7:45–16:30 EDT (UTC-6)

Virtual Seminar Agenda

7:45 Doors open: Prepare for networking by setting up your personal profile and avatar for the day!
8:15 Session 1: Emerging Threat Update
9:15 Exhibit Hall, with Live Chats
9:30 Technology Spotlight Session
10:15 Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 Session 2: Cyber Espionage: How the US Government is Addressing Top Challenges
11:30 Exhibit Hall & Networking Lounge Open, Live Chats
11:45 Technology Spotlight Session
12:30 Exhibit Hall Open
13:00 Session 3: Enabling Business through Mobile Security
14:00 Exhibit Hall Open, Live Chats
14:15 Technology Spotlight Session
15:00 Exhibit Hall Open
15:15 Session 4: Cloud, Cyber Threats and Defense Strategies
16:15 Exhibit Hall Open
16:30 Doors close

Why Attend?

Gain exposure to new thoughts and ideas to discover, implement and deliver results. The Virtual Conference provides a convenient and open forum where you can:

Participate in educational sessions presented by knowledgeable speakers and industry experts
Earn up to 5 CPE hours with no travel cost
Connect with peers around the world
Explore the exhibit hall in between sessions, and interact with sponsors, speakers, experts and peers
A resource center, complete with additional information and materials such as white papers, ISACA Journal articles and speaker materials, will also be available.

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Mar31

Opt out of personalized advertising

by Shahid Sharif on March 31, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Posted In: Privacy, SEO, Technology

All the services on the internet which provide you email, social networking and various other “FREE” services are after your data, after all you are a product to them.  Well there is a way to opt out of personalized advertising.

Opt out of Google personalized advertising:

  1. Sign into Google via Gmail, Google Plus, or any other Google service.
  2. Go to Ads Preferences Manager: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/preferences/#general
  3. On the left you will see two options: Ads on Search, Ads on Web
  4. Under Ads on Search, click on the Opt Out link, which will display Opt Out button to the right
  5. Click the Opt Out button.
  6. You can always Opt In by repeating steps 1 & 2 above if you decide to do so at a later date.
  7. You can repeat the steps 1 through 5 for Ads on Web as well.

Opt out of Microsoft personalized advertising:

  1. Go to Microsoft’s Privacy in Advertising page: https://choice.microsoft.com/en-us

    Microsoft Privacy in Advertising

    Microsoft Privacy in Advertising

  2. The main opt out options are shown in blue tiles above, and they are described in 3 & 4 below.
  3. Microsoft opt-out(Opt out of receiving personalized ads from Microsoft Advertising platform).
  4. Industry opt-out(Opt-out from participating companies that provide personalized advertising).
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Mar02

Pentesting Tools

by Shahid Sharif on March 2, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Posted In: Security, Technology

Gone are the days when we would build install various tools on linux laptop with nmap, nessus, kismet, metasploit etc. Then came the bootup CD images whereby you could just boot off of the CD/DVD and perform pentesting. Pentesting Tools have evolved so much that all one needs is a tablet which is very convenient and does not look out of place at all, as everyone is carrying a tablet these days. The tool I am talking about is PwnPad, which runs on Nexus7, details can be found here http://pwnieexpress.com/products/pwnpad

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Apr25

Google Drive

by Shahid Sharif on April 25, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Posted In: Monetization, Privacy, Security, Technology

Internet is a buzz with news on Google Drive and its privacy implications. Since the advent of free email offered by Hotmail in mid 90′s people have sacrificed their privacy over “free”. Everyone knows there is no easy money and everything “free” has strings attached.

Every “free” service exploits its users one way or another, why start complaining about Google and its policies on how they go about using your data. If your data is so important why the hell are you putting it on the net, pick a storage medium you can control and save all your data there.

The choice is yours “free” or not!

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Jan22

Upgrade Scoop.It RSS feed to a blog in Empire Avenue

by Shahid Sharif on January 22, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Posted In: Social Media, Technology, Web Marketing

I had been trying to upgrade my Scoop.It feed after endorsements to a blog. All you have to do is after adding it as a RSS feed:

Go to your profile in Empire Avenue, click on Connections tab, page down and click on Add New RSS Feed / Blog

Populate the form with following information:

Current Blog Title: Scoop.it
Current Displayed URL: http://www.scoop.it/u/secunoid
Current Feed URL: http://www.scoop.it/u/secunoid/topics/followed/rss.xml

Where ever you see secunoid, replace it with your own Scoop.It name.

Once you have five endorsements,  click on Request Upgrade To Blog, a prompt will appear to place a piece of code {EAV:16 digit alphanumeric code}  in your Scoop.It post.

Go to Scoop.IT, select one of your Curated topics and click Edit under the Manage dropdown, add the code provided by Empire Avenue, {EAV:16 digit alphanumeric code} to the current Title, click Save at the bottom right.

Your Scoop.It RSS feed should be upgraded to a blog in the next 24 hours.

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