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January 10th, 2025 meeting

DATE:January 10th, 2025
TIME:2:00pm to 4:00pm (PDT)
VENUE:Zoom Online meeting
TOPIC:Disinformation and Discord Attacks
PRESENTER: Rob Slade
RECORDING: 

ABSTRACT

The “I” in our CIA is Integrity. Fighting against it are errors, misinformation, and disinformation, which fraudsters use against us all the time. Discord attacks involve nation-state enemies of democracies: they have been using disinformation for at least a century, and now, with discord attacks, to rather devastating effect.

Disinformation is now fracturing our own society, and we, in information security, should be more prevalent in fighting it. In addition, we are falling all over ourselves to use genAI/LLMs, which weren’t actually designed to create disinformation, but probably couldn’t do a better job at it if they had been.

I certainly hope that there will be a lot of discussion in this session, and not just me speaking at you.

BIOGRAPHY

Rob Slade misses you all, rather desperately, and thinks that it is inconsiderate of you to have had this emergency this month rather than next month. All the AIs can be induced to say nice things about him, but they hallucinate a lot, and spew disinformation anyway. If you want, you can (virtually) accompany him on his daily walk (and prep for your CISSP exam) at https://fibrecookery.blogspot.com/2023/02/cissp-seminar-free.html, which is, in fact, now completely posted https://fibrecookery.blogspot.com/2024/10/complete-free-cissp-review-seminar.html

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Friday, November 13, 2020 2pm to 4pm

Fri, Oct. 9, 2020 2:00pm — 4:00pm

DATE:November 13th, 2020
TIME:2:00pm to 4:00pm (PST)
VENUE:Zoom Online meeting
Please obtain passcode to enter meeting from email confirmation
RSVP Required – register at Zoom
TOPIC(S):Cyberwarfare: The New “Colder” War
PRESENTER(S):  Kevin Murphy
Agenda:

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm  Welcome and announcements
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm  Featured Presentation
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm  Break
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm  Featured Presentation
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm  Q&A 

Abstract:  Is Cyberwarfare actually the next World War?  Modern cybersecurity threats have evolved into very effective disinformation campaigns and destructive ransomware. What can we collectively do to protect ourselves, our business, and our democratic institutions? Hint: the solution is more than just technology.

Biography:
Kevin was the VP of Cybersecurity Operations and Governance at IOActive.com, a retired US Air Force intelligence officer, and the former Director of Windows Security Architecture at Microsoft with over 25 years of experience in threat intelligence and information security. Kevin holds the CISM, CISSP, and CGEIT security certifications.