SANS Technology Institute: Security Musings
Welcome to the Security Musings on sans.edu. I'm Stephen Northcutt and like many of you I am a manager and leader with an information technology job. At the SANS Technology Institute, we are always striving to become more skilled and knowledgeable in computer security as well as the people side of the job. These security musings are an informal set of articles, book reviews and whitepapers, almost a blog, about security, information technology, and the computer security industry. As we learn more, ponder issues and research content for SANS Management 512, Security Leadership Essentials and the GIAC Security Certification, we will continue to add to this site. Our hope is for this to be a resource for the community and we would love to hear from you. Feel free to drop us a note at stephen@sans.edu.
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Stephen Northcutt, an Information Security Researcher, United Airlines 1k, Writer and Instructor, documents the struggles of the travel and hospitality industries as we all face rapidly increasing energy costs. He and his peers share their travel experiences and give you quick tips and short reviews of the companies they do business with as they travel. If you came across this article because of a Google search, what you want is probably here, just use find with your browswer (CTRL - F), it is easier than reading from top to bottom; however, you may get some useful tips if you stick around and read. Each major cluster of trips is documented in a separate file.
United Airlines News - Updated September 2nd, 2010
By Stephen Northcutt
Stephen Northcutt, a United 1k traveler, collects pertinent news and blog items about airlines, especially United Airlines. We will keep you up to date on news, problems and other stories related to airline travel. Might even toss in a personal experience or two.
United 1K News Archive - July 16th, 2010
By Stephen Northcutt
Older postings about United Airlines
Information Security Travel Guide Edition 17 - Updated September 2nd, 2010
By Stephen Northcutt
In this edition of the information security travel guide, Stephen and Kathy will head to Richmond Virginia and then to San Diego for SANS Security West 2010 with a return to Kauai. Then back to Richmond for the Chicago concert, up to Baltimore and a trip to Palm Springs after SANSFIRE 2010, back to Kauai for a couple of weeks, then on to Seattle, Boston, Richmond Branson, Pittsburg, Dayton, Seattle, Virginia Beach and more. We will talk about the latest airline add-on fees, the impact of an improving economy putting more people in airports, the restaurants and hotels that we meet and, of course, a bit about information security.
Version 1.9Information Security Tour Guide Edition 16 - Updated April 27th, 2010
By Stephen Northcutt
Thank you for joining us; this edition will cover Kauai, Richmond Virginia, Germany, Orlando Florida, Jamaica and the airports and airlines required to get from one point to the other. Finally we spend a couple of weeks on Kauai.
Things to See, Do, Absorb on Kauai - Updated July 19th, 2010
By Stephen and Kathy Northcutt
Version 1.1A personalized guide for special things to do on Kauai, from residents Stephen and Kathy Northcutt. Many of the best things to do in the Hawaiian islands are for free, and when you visit Kauai, we would love to have you enjoy this lovely island as much as we do. We offer you our take on great places to drive, hike, swim, eat, and kick back.
Information Security Travel Guide Edition 15 - Stephen Northcutt - Updated February 23rd, 2010
By Stephen Northcutt
In edition 15 of the information security tour guide we begin in Poipu Kauai, we will be attending the HICSS conference, then off island to New Orleans for SANS Security East 2010, and then on to Curacao and back to Richmond VA, and finally back to Kauai. We will document the hotels and restaurants we visit. We will also detail the struggles of travel after the Nigerian Islamic terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to blow up a plane headed for Detroit on Christmas day. We will talk about information security, food, and similar things as well.
Information Security Travel Guide: Tips for Traveling - Updated November 22nd, 2009
By Stephen Northcutt
Version 1.3One of the readers of the SANS Information Security Travel Guide asked me to put all the travel tips in one place, so here is a consolidation of tips from my travel experiences and research.
