Hacker Halted Wrap-up

This morning I have returned from HH and must get back to work. As always, I had a great time at the conference, and want to congratulate EC-Council of their hard work putting it together. Some of the highlights were:

Awards: Steven DeFino is "CEI (Certified EC|Council Instructor) of the Year" for the third year in a row and Intense School is the "North American Authorized Training Partner of the Year" for the second year in a row.

Cruise: Terremark sponsored a large yacht and invitied 350 V.I.Ps aboard for a 2 hour cruise that finished at a club in Downtown Miami. It was a perfect evening and the crowd included CEHs from all over the world. It was a party, 'nuff said.

Talks: Too many too good ones to write about them all. Its always fun to take a few days to listen to others talk about security for a change, and I picked up on a lot of new ideas and learned of some things I will blog more about as I research them further. Virtualization and cloud computing, Cyberwarfare, and online fraud were topics that received coverage from a view different angles.

In short, try to plan on being there next year if at all possible. I think you will be glad you took the time and leave with much to think about and inspired energy to expand your studies into new directions.