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TOPIC(S):
Security Frameworks
PRESENTER(S):
Robert Slade (M. Sc.)
ABSTRACT
We have a whole alphabet soup of security frameworks, ranging from checklists to guidelines to salami slicers to product evaluation criteria. Most consider them simply annoyances. Some consider them annoyances that must be complied with. However, they can be of use–if you know what they are, and what they can (and can’t) do for you.
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Slade prefers to say that he is the recipient of patronage from his nation-state because he is old and wise. Others prefer to say that he is retired. Rob finds this odd, since he is not the retiring type, as can be easily determined at
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TOPIC(S):
Ransomware, Risk, and Recovery: Is Your DR Strategy Ready for Today’s Threats?
PRESENTER(S):
Sean Deuby (Director of Services, Semperis)
ABSTRACT
Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies have traditionally focused on natural disasters, then expanded into other physical events such as terrorism. Today, cyber weaponization is everywhere, and the “Extinction Event” is a genuine threat with no respect for geographic boundaries.
In 2017 the NotPetya ransomware attack impacted Maersk worldwide in under 10 minutes and cost the company over $300M. The 2018 Winter Olympics were hit by a targeted cyber attack. Ransomware attacks have become commonplace. Cyber risk directly correlates to business risk and cyber disasters strike more frequently with broader impact than their physical counterparts. Thus, modern DR strategies must prioritize cyber scenarios.
Takeaways: Denial-of-availability malware is now the #1 risk to business operations Cyber insurance policies are not the magic bullet they position themselves to be New “cyber-first” DR technologies automate recovery of complex systems, facilitate recovery to the cloud, and eliminate the risk of reinfection from system state and bare-metal backups
BIOGRAPHY
Sean Deuby brings 30 years’ experience in Enterprise IT and Hybrid Identity to his role as Director of Services at Semperis. An original architect and technical leader of Intel Active Directory, Texas Instrument’s Windows NT network, and 15-time MVP alumnus, Sean has been involved with Microsoft identity technology since its inception. His experience as an identity strategy consultant for many Fortune 500 companies gives him a broad perspective on the challenges of today’s identity-centered security. Sean is also an industry journalism veteran; as former technical director for Windows IT Pro, he has over 400 published articles on Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and related security, and Windows Server. He has presented sessions at multiple CIS / Identiverse conferences.
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TOPIC(S):
Learning through law: Building a better defense by studying real legal cases
PRESENTER(S):
Chester Wisniewski (Principal Research Scientist, Sophos)
ABSTRACT
While we are inundated by headlines of cybercriminals hacking everything that moves, we seldom have the opportunity to learn how they go about their trade craft. Often stories are distilled to simple things like “didn’t patch” or “phishing attack”. The complexities of real life events are far deeper. We can use the openness of our legal system to discover how these attacks actually unfolded for those who we are fortunate enough to apprehend, or at least charge with a crime. This talk will analyze a dozen recent indictments and US Grand Jury documents to learn the tricks, tools and techniques used in some of the most well known recent cyber attacks.
BIOGRAPHY
Chester Wisniewski is a principal research scientist at Sophos. With more than 25 years of professional experience, his interest in security and privacy first peaked while learning to hack from bulletin board text files in the 1980s, and has since been a lifelong pursuit.
Chester analyzes the massive amounts of attack data gathered by SophosLabs to distill and share relevant information in an effort to improve the industry’s understanding of evolving threats, attacker behaviors and effective security defenses. He’s helped organizations design enterprise-scale defense strategies, served as the primary technical lead on architecting Sophos’ first email security appliance, and consulted on security planning with some of the largest global brands.
As a former President of the Vancouver SecSIG he is grateful for no longer being responsible for the meetings, but excited to continue to share and contribute to the security knowledge of our community. You may recognize me from my appearances on Global News(https://t.co/VWNBOja8Iv), CBC and CTV if you are old enough to still watch news on a TV.
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TOPIC(S):
Differential Privacy
PRESENTER(S):
Robert Slade (M. Sc.)
ABSTRACT
Differential privacy is a relatively recent topic, although it is an amalgam of well-known, and long utilized, concepts. Oddly, outside of academic circles, it was almost unknown until Apple made a big deal of it in an announcement in 2016. Differential privacy is, however, the “quantitative risk analysis” of privacy, which is why it has such important points to make to the field of privacy, and why almost nobody is using it. (Including, mostly, Apple.)
OK, CISSP question time:
Which privacy law does differential privacy support?
a. British law b. Chinese law c. EU law d. US law
You want a clue? OK, some initial discussion, then:
a. British privacy law is still primarily based on the original privacy directives, and is mostly concerned with what data you can collect, and for how long, and how accurate you have to be. b. Yeah, I needed a good laugh, too. But China *does* have a privacy law, and it pretends to be compatible with the original privacy directives. c. Well, GDPR is *mostly* just the original privacy directives, but the new accountability directive *might* have to do with how well you protect what you *have* collected … d. OK, I often say the the US doesn’t have any privacy laws, but they do. Those are primarily concerned with how much you can sue when people disclose your data.
For the final answer, attend the December 11th meeting on the topic of differential privacy.
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Slade has been stuck inside for six months with nothing to do but study the latest security and privacy buzzwords. More information than anyone would want to know about him is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Slade (and he doesn’t particularly care if you know that).
