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Disclaimer: this post contains solely my personal opinions. I do not speak for my employer or anyone else. Last December I was invited to present on behalf of Google Security Team at Vietnam Information Security Day Conference, a national security event held annually by VNISA . The organizers always pick a theme for the event, and this year can’t be more serious: Information Security and National Sovereignty. The conference has always been, however, a bad joke. It has zero technical content, all presentations are sponsors sales pitches. It's like a lost poor Vietnamese half-brother of the rich spoiled American kid named RSA Conference. One presenter spent 30' literally reading out loud the history of Samsung from his slide deck to an  audience that don't-care-just-come-here-to-have-free-lunch-and-to-escape-work. At some point I zoned out and wondered why I was even there. Anyway it’s difficult to reject a free trip to Vietnam, and impossible once I’d told my SO. I also...

I donated $100. I hope some of you can help these people out. This friend of mine is trustworthy and I trust her assessment of OSED. Please donate, and help spread the word amongst your network. https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/directly-help-khokana/x/10666555 On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Lena Bui wrote: Dear Friends, As some of you know, I am currently living in Nepal. Thank you for reaching out to me during the earthquake to check on my wellbeing. I am doing very well and have remained largely unharmed through this disaster. But many of my friends here are not so fortunately. Many of you have asked how to help and so I'm now reaching out to you. If you haven't already donated to bigger NGOs or are still on the fence wondering where your money would make sense then please consider donating directly to my friends' village - Khokana - a small, beautiful, very old and traditional village South of Kathmandu that have been reduced to rubbles. Me and my frie...