SXSW 2019

Simulating Criminal Hackers to Strengthen Security

Description:

Criminal hacking and unauthorized digital intrusions are at an all time high and we frequently witness cyber espionage play out on a global stage. Still, public understanding of the techniques employed to accomplish these digital intrusions remains stagnant. Meanwhile, technology systems continue to grow in complexity as layers of abstraction enable building intricate systems without fully understanding the supporting technology. These realities cumulate into an inability to properly defend information assets. In other words, things get “hacked” because we don’t understand what we are protecting or who we are protecting it from. To combat this digital fog of war modern enterprises deploy Red Teams to simulate the adversary. In this session, learn how and why it pays to play the bad guy.


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Takeaways

  1. The audience will learn what a modern Red Team is as well as how the concept has been used historically. The origin of the "Devil's Advocate"!
  2. What are the actual highly effective tactics that hackers use to compromise modern enterprises? It’s less technical than you might imagine.
  3. The value of adversary simulation in creating transformational change catalysts and fighting cognitive bias when judging the efficacy of security.

Speakers

  • Josh Schwartz, Director of Red Team, Oath

Organizer

Josh Schwartz, Director of Red Team, Oath


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Solo
  • Track: Tech Industry & Enterprise
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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