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i need to contact an expert on security for an interview for a project i'm doing at school; it can be personal or by e-mail. i kinda came here because this IS a security site, so i'm expecting a lot of hits. if you have anyone who is a skilled professional in this topic, please, please, please tell me!!!!! i seriously need this!!
If you wish someone to contact you, for you to interview them, then I suggest you make a list of references.
1. Your name
2. Your school
3. Your proffessers name and contact information
4. Your deans name and contact information
5. A list of the questions you will be asking.
Most members of this site are slightly paranoid and would not volenteer for any kind of interview blindly. They will want to check you, your professer, and your school out first.
They will also want to know the context of what the data will be used for probably.
Edit: And don't post the information on an open board. Any one who is interested can pm you and you can pm the info back to them.
At least tell us what the interview is about :D
I'm not a professional but I'm studying Networking and Forensics. If I can be of any help, send me a PM.
Im sorry, but I dont take you at all seriously, as there was that please please please please thing at the end.
If you really want information, ask something specific. if you ask something so broad, how can you expect us to answer you properly? I am a Site Security Manager for a company, and you asked for a security expert. I can tell you all about CCTV, locking down a building, patrol techniques, situation control, emergency responses, employee management, asset control, access control.... get my point yet?
rethink your post. As far as Im concerned this is a 6th grader who wants ANYTHING to sound leet to his buddies....
EDIT: damn Im good: from his profile: Birthday 1989-09-28 ... wasnt that far off the mark was I?
okay, maybe i didn't make myself clear. i posted the thread at the last minute before adding any details. i'm an 8th grader, specifically, a GIRL, from Sunrise Middle School (Clackamas, OR). I'm doing this for an expert project, and one of the requirements was to interview an expert in my field. So um, yeah, that's about it. sorry for all the trouble.
oops, i forgot to mention the reason of the interview. we had to come up with a question that could be provable: in the future, could computer security protect the US or any other country from terrorists if they started to use computers? not likely to happen, but hey, this project is supposed to be based on what we wonder about. :p
Hi Info Seeker,
OK, I will answer your questions...............use the private messaging system............Quote:
oops, i forgot to mention the reason of the interview. we had to come up with a question that could be provable: in the future, could computer security protect the US or any other country from terrorists if they started to use computers? not likely to happen, but hey, this project is supposed to be based on what we wonder about.
Please appreciate that I am restricted in some respects by the laws of my country, but we are allies, and I do have MoD (our lot) N.A.T.O. and DoD (your lot) security clearance. I do not anticipate that this is a problem, if I don't know I will tell you, if I am not permitted to say I will tell you that I am not.
It is an interesting question, and one that I have raised before...............your premise of "not likely to happen" is quite wrong..........did you know that the government of Taiwan (Formosa) have over 500 people working for their cyber warfare team?............in the public domain so I can say that :)
C4 and semtex are obsolete............you can actually cause more damage with a Pentium II and a 33.6 dial-up connection?
Send a PM (personal message...one of the purple tags at the top) if you want to hear my views.
I think that there are some others here with military/defence/law enforcement/national security experience....now that you have specified what you want, you should get the right people...........please do not think that we are "elitist" or whatever..........security is a fairly specialist field, but has even more specialists in it......(that's how we keep our jobs :) )
Good luck
Aren't terroristic nations and nation-states already using computers and sat-cell phones to commit crime? That is, in fact, how we monitor said *******s, isn't it? By 'commit crime', I mean to communicate to each other plans of attack and the like. As far as the 'security' aspect of your question goes...anyone who has one iota of knowledge on the subject secures their data and networks....but on the other hand, those who wish to do harm not only can do the same, but use weak IT professionals as a diving board. WarDriving, although offensive to most, is still legal. The fault lies in the broadcaster, not in the user. Bottom line, ENCRYPT YOUR ****. So should we screen everyone from a foreign country that wishes to use a coffeehouse computer? No....but the admins need to keep a closer eye on who uses what for what. This counts for the average user as well...PROTECT YOUR ****. Doesn't take a genius...even if the suspect is Joe Blow searching porn or the anarchist's cookbook. In my opinion, the so-called fight on internet terrorism starts with Admins that have the balls and have the eyes to fight it.
Ouroboros
Drug dealers have on many situations have wraped drugs into waterproof bags lets say plasic bags which were taped up very tightly then weighted down & inside radios created a sort of beacon signaling and with existing wireless technologies other dealers knew exactly where to look... lakes, oceans, & (ect). It worked for years intil wifi became more popular than ever before & the authorties caught on. Who knows what other type of things they were funding.
And anyone could easly go to a site dedicated to tourism and not only get cheap tickets to planes but also get maps of the most popular tourist attractions for attacks right on one site.
Also you posted ALOT of info here... hell with nothing but your full name and the state you live in... with that small bit of info alone I could find you and pull up info on you and your family. This is how much the info exstends into our daily lives. You could not bowse online at all and yet... just by being a average tax paying civilian like your ID goes through hundreds of computers and you'd never notice intil you see your own records.
Damn specialist, you beat me to it lol. You posted WAY to much info about yourself in the open. You should also learn how to listen. They said send the info in a PM not in the open on the WWW. You can say thats your first lesson in the art of online security ;).
http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=...r:regT:1:fbT:0
http://sunrise.nclack.k12.or.us/
so your a girl in the 8th grade... that narrows it down by half...
Get the point yet? NEVER volunteer information.
Hey how about we relax for a second here :D. info_seeker, I'd love to help you but my experience in security is not that broad, hence i'm not of any use. Private Message some of the members here and see if they're willing to spend some time with you. Check out who's written the most tutorials on security and find out who you want to contact.
Sorry if the behaviour of some of the members seemed a bit rude, but you need to understand that some of the information that pertains to security cannot be shared publicly or privately, as Nihil said.
I'm confident we can provide you with some superficial information, without getting into the "messy" details and still provide enough information for you to complete your project.
You should also google around for some of that information.
Here's some stuff you can read over before you interview someone, and prehaps it will give you some ideas on what to ask:
http://www.landfield.com/isn/mail-ar.../Dec/0043.html
http://www.secureflorida.org/index.p...ndocs&link=FAQ
http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/a...002/02-367.htm
http://cactus.eas.asu.edu/partha/Col...rterrorism.htm
http://asisitsc.i8.com/library/cyberterr.html
http://www.publictechnology.net/modu...rticle&sid=580
http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/ISTS/c...eparedness.htm
I hope these help you out.
Im confused, I mean, what kind of info do we need to hide? I dont understand why some things cant be discussed legally. I mean, its not like any of us are top secret government agents right? or are we? lol
The question isn't what can be discussed legally but rather what can be discussed responsibly and sensibly.
What might sound like an innocuous comment or peice of information today could become very important tomorrow. So posting your home address here today mught be just fine.... But when you piss off someone tomorrow your home address is there for him to see, and information tends to hang around on the internet longer than we might like.....
*chuckles politely* Rude? Hardly. Its a sick world we live in. Social engineering runs rampant.Quote:
Originally posted here by Cybr1d
Sorry if the behaviour of some of the members seemed a bit rude, but you need to understand that some of the information that pertains to security cannot be shared publicly or privately, as Nihil said.
This information gained in a blind interview could be exploited... heres a example:
Lets say I love making explosive devices. Now, while we all know that explosive devices can be used for constructive purposes, such as blasting for construction or demo, but they have the obvious bad uses too... so you come to me and ask how I go about building said device, and bat your cyber-eyes and tell me how your a sweet innocent 8th grader, (and a GIRL even)
*roll* and lets say I fall for it. ("awwww what harm could come from it") granted, this would be VERY irresponible... but... SOME people out there are hormonally challenged. So I spill a technique on how to make the explosive device. You turn around and use said explosive device to exact revenge on someone who stole your lunch money. (sarcasm, and farfetched, its a example, laugh) And lets say that I have a particular technique that is not well known but oddly effective. But they arrest you, and during questioning on where EXACTLY you learned to build a explosive device at your age... you, now under the proverbial thumb, point your lil finger at me.
What just happened? sensitive information was allowed into the wrong hands. The wrong hands used sensitive information to create a problem/do something less than legal or ethical, and when questioned how said person learned it, fingered the person who allowed the sensitive info out.
Whats the worst that can happen to "me"? well given the scenario, and the fact I am in the united states, and bound by the laws here, Id prolly be considered a accessory to the crime.
Again, this is far fetched. its supposed to be, but its a very real example to be applied to whats being asked here. Note the "Im in a real hurry, so tell me now" urgency?
Get backup/verification first. you have the school info, contact the prinicpal, ask.
now onto YOU, young lady.
You need to respect the net more. there are a lot of sick people here who will prey on your young and "innocent" mind. People will try to take advantage of the information at thier fingertips. Hackers, by rep alone, are not the most woman-savvy creatures. (Relax guys, not ALL of us, but some arent) and some of them are damn well desperate. If you live in a security world, you see the element you are protecting against all the time.
Bottom line is, when someone suggests the PM system its because they dont want you to broadcast to the THOUSANDS of eyes that hit this page, personal info.
Even then, be careful who you share this information with. Your best bet is to leave your name out of it. the links to your school provide a number, and Im sure the needed validation could be made that way.
Nuff said.
(and remember guys, "she" is supposedly in the 8th grade....)
Have you never heard of a "gagging order", or "sub judice"..............start mouthing off about that sort of stuff in public and you will get spanked for contempt of court. And if there is any money involved...sued right onto the welfare line?Quote:
Im confused, I mean, what kind of info do we need to hide? I dont understand why some things cant be discussed legally
If you work in the public sector (government & military) you are subject to quite specific laws regarding "official secrets"..............you discuss those very much at your own risk. In my time I have seen two people get 11 years each for attempting to divulge military secrets to unauthorised persons (shame the "unauthorised persons" were MI5 officers.............errr British counter-intelligence to you :D ) For the serious stuff you could get 30 years or more (I stand open to correction, but I believe that the British record currently stands at 42 years)
At the very best you will be unemployed and UNEMPLOYABLE?
What I am saying is that though we are generally at liberty to discuss generics, what ifs and the like we are not at liberty to discuss specifics............like the location of the Claymore mines at Area52
:p
Hey, if you work for a major corporation I bet there is a clause in your contract that forbids you to give interviews or talk to the press without clearing it first?
That is what we are talking about.
:D I thought I was paranoid :DQuote:
(and remember guys, "she" is supposedly in the 8th grade....)
We need some videoconferencing goin on here, so we know who we talking to, and that we dont have some 50 year old russian spy impressionating a 15 y/o girl from oregon :)...j/k
cheers
/sarcasm
I've been social engineering all of you, secretly keeping logs of what EVERY single one of you, your thinking patterns and have discovered the exact location where you all live. Actually i'm not a 20 year old college student majoring in Computer Networking and Information Systems. I'm not continuing my education in Computer Forensics and I do not have my own Counter-STrike Clan with Cheyenne, and Jarrod, who are 2 other members from here. I'm in fact, a Zimbabwe spy, who has finished his mission. Soon we with the information learned from here, we will take over the world, and make Bill Gates Emperor of the Micro-World. You will all bow down to us. MUHAHHAHAHAH, MUHAHAHHAHA, MUHAHAHAHHAHAH, errr...MUHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
/end sarcasm
*shrug* wouldnt be the first time Ive seen it happen. wont be the last time.
*pssst* I have a pair of ethernet-vision glasses for sale... *roll*
*grin*
How about posting the questionaire....
If what you say is true I doubt there will be much in there that could cause harm.
Steve
What topics would you consider legal and illegal?
Has anyone thought that we should encourage terrorists to use the internet?
1. It might discourage them from blowing up office blocks, restaurants, supermarkets, discos, bars, hotels, trains, school buses and so on.
2. We can defend ourselves better at a personal level? I can't even get a one second exposure on a bloody terrorist.
3. It would focus international government and enforcement agency attention............that would make life very difficult for skiddies, spammers and other scum?
More of a "level playing field" perhaps?
Just a thought
first thing that comes to my mind? the inadvertant disclosure of proprietary info...
start talking about something you deal with on a daily basis, and its easy to forget the person your are talking to isnt privvy to certain facts and such, statistics, layouts, whatever.
next thing you know...
I dissagree with some of the things said...
1: Oh yes with spam and popups... lets all just "not" blow up places of buisness.
2: Lets all become l33t h4x0rs and take down and/or destroy some 13 year old kid's terrorist web server.
thanks you guys. i got an interview 2 weeks ago (i think) and i'm happy with the results. i'm not done with the project yet (LoL..so long) but i really appreciate you guys helping me.