I’m here in Austin, TX today at the SANS: Web Application Security Workshop (I was also here yesterday, too). I hope to be able to provide an accurate review for this nearly worthless workshop that many of us from CIS Customer Applications are attending. There are a couple of individuals who believe that the information being taught here is somewhat worthwhile, but most of us from the group either know everything that’s been taught so far, or find some of the information being taught doesn’t relate to us.

For a quick synopsis, here’s what I would have to say: If you are a intermediate or experienced developer, you will be absolutely bored with this workshop. If you are an executive who has not much technical know-how, but want to learn about security for your web applications, this is a worthwhile program for you to attend. Be aware, however, because there are some things that executives don’t need to (or don’t care to) learn about in this. Regardless, this is the most watered down version of a so-called technical workshop I’ve ever been through. Read on to find out how ridiculous some of the things we learned were.

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Well, I know it’s been a while since I’ve last updated, so I just wanted to let everyone know I’m still alive and kicking. I suppose I’ll give a quick update as to my situation in life so nobody is left out of the loop.

On April 12, Melissa and I closed on our home! That’s right, we’re officially the owners of a new home! We’re so excited and up to this point we’ve already done a massive amount of things to it - mainly painting. The living room is nearly done, one of the bedrooms is completely done, the office is still undergoing paint, as is the master bedroom. Keep checking back for pictures.

Recently I also changed positions within CIS. I essentially got a much needed promotion and changed to a new group, Customer Applications. I’m no longer working on Keystone like I used to - and I’m fairly happy about that fact. I’m working with quite talented programmers and I’m getting the opportunity to use some of the programming styles I’ve not been able to do for CIS for a long time.

Anywho, I need to get back to work since this project I’m working on is EXTREMELY behind schedule. I’ll update again once we’re completely moved into our new home!

Howdy everyone!

I’ve finally finished the move of my blog to the new server, and everything (including my photographs) have been restored! Please browse around and don’t hesitate to email me at chris at chrisweldon dot net should you notice anything that’s broken.