Abe Singer

Abe is the Computer Security Manager at the San Diego Supercomputer Center where he is responsible for the security of SDSC networks and systems.

He recently co-authored Building a Logging Infrastructure with Dr. Tina Bird, and is currently writing on log analysis for O'Reilly and Associates, due out Fall 2005/Winter 2006.

Abe's also a proponent of Security Without Firewalls. You can have really effective security without relying on a firewall, probably even better.

Abe is a regular speaker, semi-regular writer, and occasional consultant.

New Security Paradigms Workshop

• General Chair, 2006
• Vice-chair, 2005
• Publicity chair, 2000-present

San Diego Regional Information Watch

• General organizer since 2000

You Asked for it!!!

Abe recently gave this presentation on how to make readable powerpoint presentations called Powerpoint can make you go blind. He has since received numerous requests for copies of the presentation, so it is released under a quasi-open-source license. Please read the copyright notice on the first notes page for details.

Books and book-like things

• Building a Logging Infrastructure with Dr. Tina Bird

• "Tempting Fate," ;login:, Volumn 30, #1, Usenix Association, November 2005.
• "Life Without Firewalls," ;login:, Volumn 28, #6, Usenix Association, November 2003
• "The Regional Information Watch," ;login:, Volumn 27, #6, Usenix Association, November 2001.
• "No Plaintext Passwords," ;login:, Volumn 26, #7, Usenix Association, November 2001. Erin Kenneally,
• Abe Singer, Overview of the Computer Forensic Process, SANS Network Security, October 18, 2000.

• Building a Logging Infrastructure, Tutorial, FIRST Australian Unix Users Group, (scheduled) July 5 & 12, 2005
• Building a Logging Infrastructure, Tutorial, FIRST Annual Incident Response Conference, (scheduled) June 28, 2005
• Building a Logging Infrastructure, Tutorial, SecureIT conference, April 19, 2005
• Security Without Firewalls, Tutorial, SecureIT Conference, April 19, 2005
• Towards Data Mining of Syslog Data, Lecture, CERIAS Security Seminar,November 3, 2004
• Building a Logging Infrastructure, Tutorial, DOE Cybersecurity Training Conference, May 24, 2004
• Security Without Firewalls, Invited talk, LISA, October 31, 2003