I originally wanted to present a bunch of code, but I couldn’t really find a way to make the code very interesting.  I wanted to teach people that security is part of all of their jobs.  I made it a point to reveal some of the idiocy of the Federal Government Mandates in relation to IT Security.  I also gave an overview of the security system I’m building with Perl at work.

There were laughs, smiles, and a lot of people woke up.  All in all, I’d say it went very well.  I’d like to refine the presentation and possibly resubmit for YAPC::NA this year.  Bigger audience, and an opportunity for me to conquer a large slice of my stage fright.

If anyone out there reading this saw the presentation and has feedback, please comment on this post!

UPDATE: If you enjoyed the content of my talk on security, please check out these articles I’ve written:

• Trust – Paradoxical Structure of Trust in Employers
• Eating Your Own Dog Food – Hypocritical IT Security Policies In the Real World
• Full Disk Encryption – In Theory and Practice
• Is Security Theatre Good Enough? Frustrating observations into poor Risk Analysis in the general populace.