Pwnie Awards Entertain, Warn Posted by Joe Franscella, 7-27-2012 Being the director of an IT security PR and marketing practice comes with privileges, among them — getting to attend Black Hat each year. For the past four, I’ve had an opportunity to learn about what the latest trends are, how they are going to impact [...]

Volunteerism, Cooperation and Offensive Strategy Needed in Cyberwar Submitted by Joe Franscella, July 25, 2012: LAS VEGAS (Black Hat) – If President John F. Kennedy were alive and in attendance at Black Hat founder Jeff Moss’ keynote welcome address, he would have been shaking his head in agreement with Moss. Reminiscent of Kennedy’s iconic “Ask [...]

Posted by: Joe Franscella, 7-30-2010: Las Vegas, NV – After two days of Black hat I now see the relationship between that event and DefCon. Black hat seems to be the place where IT security vendors try to convince the world that they can protect the Internet, whereas DefCon attendees clearly — whether they say [...]