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Host Unknown brings a touch of class to RANT Conference 2014
It has been a long time since our last post, but that is not because we have been sitting on our hardy’s; no, in fact we have been hard at work trying to ensure our unique brand of information security awareness goes to those that most deserve it. Host Unknown is known for it’s philanthropic endeavours, keeping at least three people and their families off the street amongst many other charitable causes that we don’t like to talk about in public, and so it came as no surprise when we were approached by Acumin to help with their latest conference.
The fledgling RANT Conference, only in it’s second year this year and running on the 12th June, has asked Host Unknown to play a keynote role to ensure the conference gets as much coverage and as many attendees as possible. How could we refuse? We are very pleased to place their logo on our site, and ours on theirs (although we expect our traffic to drive to their site considerably more than the other way around of course).
As part of the negotiations we also have a booth at the conference in order to help bring a touch of respectability to it. We will be signing autographs and allowing photographs AND selfies to be taken with our presenters. We hope to bring a touch of class and respectability to the vendor area that is often easily lost at these kinds of events.
Details of our primary keynote role will be published shortly, and whilst we know many of you will be attending the RANT Conference in order to simply meet and be with Host Unknown, we are fairly confident you will also get at least some benefit from the other sessions and speakers.
We look forward to seeing you there!
RSA Europe on the cheap, Host Unknown style
When we asked Javvad and Thom for their report from RSA Europe two months ago, they mumbled something about “Amsterdam has it now” and handed us their expenses (which were interesting to say the least). We left it at that; it’s not like we came to expect anything else from these people.
However, we received a package from the Dutch authorities with an evidence bag and a memory stick (along with a few other items that no amount of therapy will help us forget). Thankfully we don’t read Dutch, but we are pretty sure the phrase “Bewaar deze idioten van ons land in de toekomst” is not a good one.
How Andrew avoided being a part of this debacle defies explanation.
The memory stick did however contain their report. What can we say, it certainly wasn’t worth the expenses they filed.
Our serious luvvies. Not.
Last week we were led to believe that our presenters had decided to turn their backs on their presenting and “comedy” careers and focus on serious acting. We thought the world may be a better place for it but it appears they were ill prepared for their new lives in the acting illuminati.
The following is some behind the scenes footage of their day spent filming where it becomes obvious they were more interested in their stomachs than rehearsing.
It looks like we will have to take them back into Host Unknown.
Just in case you missed the original, here it is again:
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