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InfoSec 2012 Caravan Exhibition


This year was my first time at InfoSec and it would be my last if it wasn't for the reason that attendance actually gets me CPE credit towards keeping my CISSP qualification.

I booked the day from work with the intention of taking a casual visit to see what was on offer. I have ended up leaving the show believing it was really a pointless journey. The highlight of the trip was meeting a technical account manager with a company I will be doing business with in the near future, but that is really all I will remember. The layout of the exhibition, the facilities and free seminars are the better part of the exhibition but there was an overall sense of lacking any substance.

All the major suppliers from Symantec, Qualys, Cisco, HP and IBM had a presence at the show and it left me with an air of sales, sales and more sales. There were quite a number of smaller companies offering their services and again the choice was wide but it was again pretty much the same. I coined the thought of going to a caravan show where all they sell are caravans. They come in all shapes and sizes, offer the same range of facilities and there is a price for all people. But it is just a caravan...

When I had left the show I was reading the Register and there was a small article on InfoSec 2012 and another alternative Information Security Exhibition at the Barbican Centre called B-sides London. The latter event actually ran on Wednesday 25th April at the same time as InfoSec. From reading the information about the confernence I really should have either attended this in addition to InfoSec or alternatively just gone to this conference as the schedule of talks looked more indepth and more attuned to what was happening in the security world physically, rather than just lots of companies trying to sell you their caravans. There are still a lot of sponsors for this event so it is not as if it does not have support from the industry.

The Bside event has ran this year and last year at the same as InfoSec and personally I am hoping they are running the show next year at the same time. It will mean an overnight stay in London but attending both shows I will get to see both the the A-side and the B-side with Caravans.











 

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