- I enjoyed following the AusCERT conference over the Net – mainly on Twitter. How long before we can attend conferences from all over the world without having to leave home? As raised also by @Kinshasha on Twitter. Just pay for the sessions you want to view from the world’s best conferences and away you go. (I suppose in Australia it would help to have a better network but it could still work). I don’t think it would kill attendances at conferences. In fact, it would open up whole new potentially large revenue streams for the organisers. Only a matter of time I suppose before this becomes standard. While on the subject of AusCERT, photo time!

- Craig Balding at cloudsecurity.org with his thoughts on Sun creating a UK cloud security group. You really have to wonder if there is any substance to this once you scratch the surface. Craig raises some valid points.

- The best PCI DSS roundup on the worldwide web for those of you that want the latest news and opinions consolidated into one site. Anton’s commentary as always is interesting: http://chuvakin.blogspot.com/

- Seriously take some time out and have a look at nodecity. It is a not for profit organisation. The video in the link is Donal speaking with the CEO of Deloitte Digital and the Chair of Future Summit 2009. More on what nodecity is all about here.

- Patrick at Risky.Biz has a heap of AusCERT 2009 presentation podcasts plus his usual weekly Risky Business podcast. Check it out.

- A few people have asked how this one is progressing. We’re getting there and thanks for the feedback from everyone – those who posted and the score of emails I got about this.

- Latest updates to the Australian IT Security Blog Directory.