Now that my body is starting to recuperate from the 8 hours time difference, I’ve decided to upload a few pictures to the Photos area. There aren’t that many at the moment, but I’ll keep uploading more as I go.

Before arriving, a friend told me that Sydney was his second favourite city in the world (after Boston) and I can understand why he thinks so. Sydney seems to be a young, modern and vibrant city that has an interesting mix from Europe, Asia and America. Also people seem to be quite open and friendly.

Still have a week left in the land ‘Down Under’ so hopefully will have time over the weekend to do the tourist again and take some more pics to show you.

In this paper, published on the 11th issue of INSECURE Magazine (May 2007), I explain how information security controls can be integrated in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using ISO/IEC 17799 (now ISO/IEC 27002). The article includes a summary table linking specific clauses in the standard to SDLC phases starting from the risk assessment stage, prior to drawing up security requirements, and continuing right through development, testing and operations to system disposal at the end of its life.

Thanks to Mirko Zorz, INSECURE’s Chief Editor, for publishing my work and thanks to all the colleagues in the security community that have reviewed my article and posted positive comments on their websites like Gary Hinson or Jose Manuel Fernández, to mention a few.

To download my article only, instead of the full issue, click on the image on the left. More info here.

In the following days I will be adding more papers and presentations to that section.