Vicente Aguilera, one partner founder of Internet Security Auditors, web security expert and contributor of recognized prestige agencies in a worldwide basis like The magazine OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project), The magazine WASC (Web Application Security Consortium) and The magazine OISSG (Open Information System Security Group), has headed the creation of The magazine OWASP Spanish chapter

The OWASP is an organization without spirit of gain that is dedicated to find and to avoid the causes of the insecure software, by means of investigation, the publication of methodologies, guides, tools and standards in security web, all accessible and open for everyone.it's organized in chapters that have as an objective the easily diffusion of these projects, celebration of conferences and the communication of experts arround the world.

The participation in the OWASP is open for everyone and, we encourage everyone, more or less web security experts arround the world of the security web, to visit the The magazine chapter web, and signup to mermberlist for contribute and learn.

Internet Security Auditors offers the most complete and extensive list of courses seen in Spain: course and certification for CISSP certification, the ISECOM OPST and OPSA courses, official EC-Council CEH and CHFI courses , Security courses of Applications Web, UNIX/LINUX and Windows harderning, and new incorporation, after the agreement with BSI Spain, The preparation courses for BS 7799/ISO 27001 Lead Auditor official certification .

All in all, the most extensive and complementary list of independent product certifications, thanks to the work and effort of Internet Security Auditors and its commitment with the agencies that grant certifications, and dedication and continuous preparation of the team Auditor and Consultant to obtain the qualifications of Instructor that permits us to offer , these courses in spanish like certificated teachers of that agencies.

invited another time for ISSA association (Information Systems Security Association) headed by Javier Pagés, we attend as the speakers in the roundtable "The Auditor of Security". Many were the topics: the different professional profiles inside the Security in TI, the implications of LOPD new Regulation , the different audit types and ethic codes of security auditors, etc. All it in the perfect setting of SIMO 2005, the most important parlor of new Technologies and Telecommunications in Spain.

The new assembly of the Security Congress No cON Name (NcN), in its fifth assembly, Internet Security Auditors was one of its sponsors, did not defraud the assistants.

Presentations of security experts came from all spain, shows the results of its investigations, expressed in open projects, with a marked informational spirit and of security diffusion, besides higher level of quality. They treated diverse themes as as the Law SOX, WIFI and bluetooth security ,layer 2 attacks and tools, new frameworks of audit databases and intrusion testing, and a long one etc that nothing had to envy to Congresses of other latitude or prestige.

Part of our team shows a presentation off Openr Source ModSecurity and their work in it's project. The presentation available at downloads zone.

The magazine SiC (Security in Computer Science and Communications) publishes in their 66th issue (September 2005) the article "Security considerations in 'smartphone' devices" wrote by one of our security consultants.

This article is downloadable here. Presents the evolution that have suffered the mobile telephone device and the deficiences of the used technologies are presented. Finally, some security recommendations to mitigate the dangers of the smartphones are explained.

Internet Security Auditors returns stronger to the No cON Name (NcN) 2005 security congress in Palma de Mallorca.

This year, in the fourth edition of this international security congress, in addition to a presentation on Web Applications Security with mod_security, the association that organizes this congress, which has been consolidated in the scenario of security events in Spain, has offered us the possibility of taking part as sponsors.

The congress takes place again in the fantastic emplacement of the Sala de Congresos of the Parc Bit in Mallorca, from 22th-25th September.

If you are interested on attending to the congress, contact us to know the possibility of obtaining discounts in trip and hotel bookings.

Again, the European security congress which congregates the bigger number of attendees, What The Hack, was a success. Near 4.000 attendees, including security experts with a recognized international prestige, were staying in Liempde's city (Holland), between the 28th and 31st of July.

This time, Internet Security Auditors collaborated in this success with the presentation "Advanced Web Application Security Defense with ModSecurity" offered by two members of our security team. During the exhibition our team showed the improvements they are working on. Those improvements will be published shortly.

This presentation created a great interest between the attendees to the event as demonstrated the big number of attendees and the huge volume of queries realized after the presentation.

Internet Security Auditors and the Escuela Superior de Negocios (ESNE) have signed a training agreement.

Internet Security Auditors is a company specialized in security audit, consultancy and training services since 2001; and ESNE is an education institution specialized in International University Education since 1988. They have signed a agreement where some of the analysts and consultants from Internet Security Auditors will be members of the team of teachers in the next Information Security and Communications Master organized by ESNE from next October.

ESNE has a strong relationship with some of the more important Universities in EEUU and Europe. This fact makes posible that more than 7000 of the students had obtained a degree from Universities such as State University of New York, Rochester Institute of Technology, Brookhaven College, University of Wolverhampton, Hogeschool Zeeland, University of Sunderland, etc, then positioning ESNE at the top of our country in international education.

Thanks to that agreement, the oficial ISECOM Certification courses, OSSTMM Professional Security Tester (OPST) y Analyst (OPSA), together with other security courses, will be imparted in Madrid and other places where ESNE is present and Internet Security Auditors will be able to use a very modern technological facilities.

At Internet Security Auditors we continued betting to guarantee the quality of our services with the certification of our Technical Team in the most recognized independent Security Certifications.

That is why we have 4 CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) in our team, in addition we have been chosen one more time by the recognized (ISC)² to organize the official seminar for CISSP certification preparation and CISSP certification exam to everyone who is interested in obtaining one of the most worldwide recognized Certifications, besides it has been the first to obtain the ANSI ISO recognition.

If you want to be one of the 100 first CISSP Certified Professionals in Spain, you still have time. Sign up now, and take advantage of the (ISC)² discount for the inscriptions.

The seminar will take place in Barcelona from 6/2/2006 and 10/2/2006 and the exam will also take place in Barcelona next 25th Feb 2006.

What The Hack is a congress celebrated every 4 years in Holland. It is the most important security event in Europe not only because the number of participants (more than 3000 people in the previous appointment, Hackers at Large, in 2001) but for the quality of the speakers (in HAL 2001 we could see important names as Emmanuel Goldstein, John Gilmore, Andy Mueller-Maguhn, Hugh Daniel, Mixter, Jon Callas, Niels Ferguson o Phil Zimmerman and hacking groups such as Chaos Computer Club, XS4ALL y Hack-Tic).

What The Hack has selected the presentation "Advanced Web Application Security defense with ModSecurity", proposed by 2 members of our team to be part of the set of conferences imparted on the next edition.

What The Hack will take place from 28th to 31st July 2005 in Liempde (Holland).

The SiC (Seguridad en Informática y Comunicaciones) magazine publishes in its number 65 (June 2005) the article "(in)Seguridad en Aplicaciones Web" written by two members of our security team.

This article can be download from here, and it shows the actual security problems of Web Applications and the how affects business continuity.

Internet Security Auditors signs an alliance with International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) for teaching the official CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and CIH (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator) certifications in Spain.

CEH allow profesionales with a technical background to learn how the nowadays security systems work, so they become ethical hackers. on the other side, the CHFI certification allow to learn knowledge about the process of detecting attacks from hackers and to extract correctly digital evidences that could be used to inform of a crime and to conduct security audits as a prevention mechanism.

On Thursday, the 19th from May to 18:30 in the Institut Català of Technology (Ciutat of Granada Street, number 131), we will present the new calendar of security education for 2005.

We will present the contents of the courses and seminars that we will offer throughout the year 2005 for all those that want to begin in the security or to increase its knowledge.

Also we will speak about all the aspects (benefits, requirements, aims...) related to the certifications of the ISECOM (only in Spain on ethical Hacking) and the technologies and methodologies used to do security audits and the analysis and comprehension of the obtained results, following the OSSTMM guidelines.

If you want to be present at this free day register already contacting us by telephone on +34 93 305 13 18 or by e-mail to formacion@isecauditors.com

We renew the image of the corporate web incorporating new contents, increasing its usability and improving the compatibility with the browsers Firefox (Mozilla), Internet Explorer and Opera.

The new web improves sensitively the loading time thanks to a drastic reduction of the number of images to load, special attention has been lent in facilitating its navigation, improving for example the menu for accessing the contents.

Also new contents have been incorporated as for example the description of services that nowadays Security Auditors has in the Internet portfolio, but that did not have even its reflex in the web.

We'll be present again, the 3th year, in the conferences of the Global Internet Congress that will be celebrated in Barcelona from June 6 to June 10 of 2005. This congress has been celebrated from 7 years ago and it is recognized internationally by the top conferences and as a reference in the Innovation and Knowledge of the Digital Society.

This year, Internet Security Auditors has been selected to offer two presentations. The first one places inside the block Network Trusting in the session of Security and Privacy Policy with the title of Security Audits: audit as a prevention mechanism, will be celebrated on Friday, the 10th of June of 11:00 to 12:30.

The second presentation places inside the block The world IP in the session of The IP Mobile with the title of Security in mobile terminals of consumption: Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile, will be celebrated on the same Friday, the 10th of June of 18:45 to 20:00.

For more information you can consult the web of the IGC

At Internet Security Auditors we always have bet to guarantee the quality of our services with the certification of our Technical Team in the most recognized independent Security Certifications.

That is why we have 3 CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) in our team, in addition we have been chosen by the recognized (ISC)2 to organize the CISSP certification exam to everyone who is interested in obtain one of the most recognized Certifications worldwide, besides it has been the first to obtain the ANSI ISO recognition.

If you want to be one of the 100 first CISSP Certified Professionals in Spain, you still have time. Sign up now, and take advantage of the (ISC)2 discount for the inscriptions.

The exam will take place in Barcelona next 14th May.

Friday March 18th , starting at 18:00, will be celebrated the 4th edition of the FIST Conference in Barcelona, this event is free and open to the public. In this conference, volunteers offer a series of presentations and speeches about diverse aspects related to Penetration Testing and Information Security.

This time Internet Security Auditors will participate giving a talk entitled "Insecurity in the web applications authentication".

The conference will take place in "Facultat d'Informática de Barcelona" Campus Nord - Edifici B6, C/Jordi Girona Salgado,1-3, Barcelona.

More information in www.fistconference.org.