Last week I went to the PFIC Conference in Park City, Utah. Mainly I went to take a boot camp on incident response, because I’m the only one who does it at my workplace and I wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything I could be doing better or differently.
If you’re in the computer security field, this is a conference I’d recommend for a couple reasons:
- It’s very inexpensive. If you only want to go for the seminars and not the boot camp, it’s cheaper yet.
- You will see some wild stuff from the vendors hall that you may not even know exists (but you are looking for)
- If you get really lucky, you may actually find a ski resort open on Thursday after everything is over.
One of the parts I enjoyed most was how down to earth the people at Paraben are. I spoke with both of the CEOs, they are very accessible, friendly people. All the staff I spoke to were very cool.
When I first saw Amber (one of the CEOs) she was working the desk getting people registered. I can’t imagine the CEO where I work at (well, anywhere I’ve worked at) getting in the trenches. You have to respect that. Her husband Greg also has perhaps the coolest job ever: futurist.
If half of what he says comes to pass we’re going to look at the current age like we currently look at steam-powered train engines. It’s going to be cool. At least for our grandchildren.
Park City is also a cool town, especially if you’re into art galleries. It’s also FAR more genteel than it used to be, according to people who are in the know (and who used to run around the town in their college days.)
They take their vandalism seriously in Park City.
I’m already psyched for next year, a rare feat for any conference. Until then, I guess I’ll practice drinking shots from a glass mounted on a ski.
Because they do that sort of thing in Utah.
