BSides St John's 2011 Logo and Slogan unveiled.

The logo and slogan for the Security BSides St John's 2011 event has been unveiled:

Steering you through the Security Fog

I'm maintaining a mirror of the event page information for those whom can not regularly access the BSides site. The event date has been changed to June 10th, 2011, so please re-check your plans for attending - it's bound to be a great time so register via Eventbrite today! (see event page for registration link)

Security B-Sides St John's

We have an upcoming infosec event in St John's this June - Security B-Sides St John's.

I met up with Norbert Griffin, the event organizer, for more details. He said that BSides St John's will be an eclectic gathering of infosec people to hear awesome talks and have great discussions. Our mission is to provide an inclusive, open environment for the sharing and discourse on topics that most interest you. He is currently working on lining up sponsors, presenters, and other various aspects of running the event, and as such is keen to hear from those interested in being involved with this BSide. I volunteered my time to help out with blogging, and will be there to chat with the presenters to get their views on the event, and information security issues.

Security B-Sides St John's follows in the trend of community driven conferences that is sweeping the IT landscape, so what is the larger concept of a BSides?

Each BSides is a community-driven framework for building events for and by information security community members.  The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time.  It creates opportunities for individuals to both present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening.

The St John's event is currently scheduled for Saturday June 11, 2011, at ClubOne. You can register for the event following the links provided on the event page.

Dynamic Routing Using Health Information Policy with Apache Camel

My thesis has been published in Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science under the publication for "Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Third International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2010, Valencia, Spain, January 20-23, 2010, Revised Selected Papers".

The abstract and first three pages of the paper can be access via the links above. The system we describe uses a dynamic content based router, implemented using Apache Camel, that routes data based upon Health Information Policies. As policies change so does the routing of data. We take the view point of Health care policy administrators making decisions instead of network managers. I actually worked on this paper back in 2009, with it being presented in conference in 2010 - a back log at the publisher has it finally being in print later this month (hence the out of date Progress Software reference).