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Security conferences versus practical knowledge
Don Parker, 2007-07-18

Since computers became mainstream in the early to mid-nineties a whole ecosystem has developed around them, in order to maintain that humble computer. The various parts of that ecosystem range from the companies who make computers to the software companies who program for them.

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Why I go to security conferences 2007-07-20
Anonymous
Security conferences versus practical knowledge 2007-08-15
Anonymous
The past three conferences I've attended have provided me with a great deal of practical knowledge.
In my experience I?ve found that people want information presented to them, on a silver platter, packaged, and ready to call their own ? ?Please Mr. Presenter tell me how to secure my network.? Frankly people are lazy ? if you can?t Google it, find it in a ?dummies? book, or have someone explicitly tell you the answer, forget it. The skill that?s being lost is the one that allows people to formulate questions that allows them find these answers on their own. It seems to me that it's not the conference but the attendee.

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