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April 28th, 2010 by Ruth Jones

#Infosec 2010: day 2 social media expose

News and journalist attendance is lighter than normal at InfoSec this year. But what is everyone at Infosec talking about? We’ve taken a look at the volume and dynamics of the conversations of 500 security influencers on Twitter

Here’s a snap shot of the top tweeted stories on the day:

Police Seize Jason Chen’s Computers – iPhone 4 leak – Gizmodo
Apple pursues the recovery of its ‘lost’ iPhone.

Verizon dubs sec researchers ‘narcissistic vulnerability pimps’ – The Register
Security researchers who expose flaws come under attack

Although there are two hashtags in use in conversations (#infosec and #infosec2010), Trendistic has shown a steady uptake of conversation since Sunday.

The peaks in conversation, which are unlikely to be a surprise, are taking place at 10am and 1pm, with the use of the #infoSec2010 hashtag showing an hourly posting of 18 tweets.

Not every vendor is sticking closely to the concept of a community and some – which we won’t name – are pimping corporate content, others are actively enticing conversation.

Here’s a snap shot of attendees that are engaging with each other:

GeorgeVHulme: Anyone have any good data on the status of the TSA airport biometric credential program? @securitytwits #infosec

kidko92 RT @ChetWisniewski: Happy 25th to Sophos at InfoSec Europe, and Sophos Security Chet Chat episode 7 is posted http://bit.ly/dtKnhQ

While only a fraction of the 12,000 information security professionals that were expected at the show are engaged on Twitter there’s no doubt that it has added an additional dimension to the show.

One Response to “#Infosec 2010: day 2 social media expose”

  1. speedcomms says:

    #Infosec 2010: day 2 social media expose http://goo.gl/fb/7zybk (@RuthJones)
    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

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