Day One: Infosec Europe 2008, Kensington Olympia, London


What a sweet sensation to be representing S21sec at Infosec in London! It's a return for me, and a happy one. It is great to be here with some of the biggest names in the Infosec community, and it shows just how far S21sec has come in the last few years.


So far so good, the attendees have been interested in what we have to say, and we can honestly say that S21sec has arrived in the UK. It's also very interesting to see how we compare with our more direct competitors. We've been meeting a few old faces here and sharing our experiences. So far everyone is having a good show.





It's a a sweet sensation in another way too, the S21sec lollipops and tinned sweets have been flying from the stand. I can only hope that the UK security market does not suffer a collective attack of diabetes...

Stay tuned.


Richard Barrell

Interational Support Manager-EMEA S21sec

Federal Trojan Horse

The German investigators have not yet been able to do the controversial secret online searches because of missing software. Joerg Ziercke - chief of the BKA - said they are working under "high pressure" on the appropriate software, but it would be no problem to get it also from other countries which already do this kind of observation.

The law to permit this way of online analysis is not yet determined - but the theoretical agreement exists now even though in a very restrictive form. At present the details are being discussed, like if the police is allowed to enter accommodations to install the software or if everything has to be done remotely.

For the police the situation is comparable to installing secret video cameras in order to observe people - here they are also permitted to enter the accommodations and install the necessary equipment.

The opponents see in secret online observations a break of the basic rights and a big step in the change from a democratic state towards a surveillance state.

Clemens Kurtenbach
S21sec labs