[NCSA] NC*SA March 9th meeting (Today): Reconceptualizing Security

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 > *The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
 > organization (NC*SA) is TODAY:  Monday, March 9th, 2009.
 >
 > Details about the meeting are provided in this note. 
 > **We hope to see you there!
 >
 >                   NC*SA General Meeting
 >             7:00 pm Monday, March 9th, 2009
 >                     UNC-TV Conference Room
 >                 Research Triangle Park, NC
 >      *** Note that meetings are no longer held at MCNC ***
 >
 > 
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 > 
 > LISA 2008 LiveStream Presentation:
 >
 > Topic:  Reconceptualizing Security
 >
 > Speaker: Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer, BT
 >
 > Date:   *Monday, March 9th, 7 -- 9pm*, 2009
 >
 > Brief:
 > Security is both a feeling and a reality. You can feel secure without
 > actually being secure and you can be secure even though you don't
 > feel secure. We tend to discount the feeling in favor of the reality, but
 > they're both important. The divergence between the two explains why
 > we have so much security theater, and why so many smart security
 > solutions go unimplemented. Several different fields behavioral
 > economics, the psychology of decision-making, evolutionary
 > biology shed light on how we perceive security, risk, and cost.
 > It's only when the feeling and the reality of security converge that
 > we have real security.
 >
 > *Pizza Dinner will be provided at tonight's presentation.
 > *
 >
 > Sponsors:
 > UNC-TV- http://www.unc-tv.org
 > TriLUG - http://www.trilug.org
 >
 > ==================================================
 >
 > Directions: http://www.unctv.org/aboutus/directions.html
 >
 > >From I-40 East (Chapel Hill/Greensboro/Charlotte):
 >
 >     * Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
 >     * Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
 >     * Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
 >     * Cross over the bridge and take the second right
 >       (approximately .5 mile).
 >     * At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.**
 >
 > [Note: If traveling I-40 East, you will see Exit 27
 > 9A (To Alexander Drive/Durham Freeway Sou
 > th). Please do not take this exit as you will be o
 > n the opposite end of Alexander Drive from UNC-
 > TV and increase your travel time.]
 >
 > >From I-40 West (Raleigh/RDU Airport)
 >
 >    1. Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
 >    2. Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
 >    3. Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
 >    4. Cross over the bridge and take the second right
 >       (approximately .5 mile).
 >    5. At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.**
 >
 >
 > ===================================================
 > Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
 > of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing food
 > and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please contact the
 > Steering Committee at:
 >
 > ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org
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 >
 > Directions to the meeting are available on the web at
 > http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions.
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