Handle: C-Lizzle
IRL: Celene Temkin
Rank: Program Manager 2 & BlueHat Project Manager
Likes: Culinary warfare, BlueHat hackers and responsible disclosure
Dislikes: Acts of hubris, MySpace, orange mocha Frappaccinos!
Hey folks! I know this is typically the time of year when birds are chirping, the rain is _supposed _to be letting up, and those of you in the BlueHat network who are normally invited to attend the Spring BlueHat conference are asking yourselves, “Why did MSRC start doing the con only once a year?
** Handle: EcoStrat’s All-Stars
IRL: TwC Security All-Star Guest Bloggers
Likes: Security, Vulnerability Research & Science, Defense and Responsible Disclosure
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Marhaban! Maarten Van Horenbeeck here from the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). This is the first time I have blogged here on EcoStrat. As a Security Program Manager with MSRC, one of the roles I have is to work with security researchers, and this often involves attending security conferences to meet with you.
I recently returned from the second iteration of the SOURCE Boston computer security conference, and I must say, it was both an intimate conference of less than 250 folks and a high-caliber gathering. As with other conferences that the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) co-sponsors, we see these forums as opportunities that highlight relevant research and showcase how individual strategies can intersect to offer substantial benefits and positive-sum outcomes.
CanSecWest, in beautiful Vancouver BC, is one of my favorite conferences each year. It’s a cozy little security con that brings together security researchers from all parts of the security ecosystem. Like a PhNeutral or a BlueHat, one never quite knows what to expect out of a CanSecWest, but we do know that Microsoft products and engineers will play a prominent role.