Advanced Persistent Threats - The Hacker's Latest Weapon or Just Marketing Spin?

The 2020 U.S. presidential election has brought cyber security to the forefront for many in the U.S.

From shedding light on disinformation campaigns aimed at disrupting the election, to testing voting machines and pentesting online voting apps, to raising awareness around the risk of ransomware and other attacks to local governments, voter registration databases, poll books and election reporting websites - security researchers and practitioners have been raising red flags throughout the election cycle.

Join this episode of the Election Hacking series to learn about:
- The 2020 election takeaways from a cybersecurity viewpoint: What went down, what could have gone better and how to better prepare for the midterm election in 2022
- What the biggest election threats mean for your industry and organization
- What have we learned and will it change anything in time for 2022
- Post-election cybersecurity lessons for tech leaders

Panelists:
- Lee Imrey, Security Strategist at Splunk
- Harrison Morris, PhD Candidate Georgia Tech researching the intersection of Cybersecurity and Cognitive & Brain Sciences
- Mick Baccio, Security Advisor, Splunk

Moderator: David Morris, Executive Director at Digital Risk Management Institute

This episode is part of the Election Hacking Original series examining the threats to democratic elections, the technologies used to power and hijack elections, and what's needed to educate and empower voters before Election Day.

In modern analytics deployments, latency is the fatal flaw that limits the efficacy of the overall system.  Solutions move at the speed of decision, and microseconds could mean the difference between success and failure against competitive offerings.  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and In-Memory Analytics solutions have significantly reduced latency, but the sheer volume of data and its potential broad distribution across the globe prevents a single analytics node from efficiently harvesting and processing data.

This panel discussion will feature industry experts discussing the different approaches to distributed analytics in the network and storage nodes.

When it comes to deception technology, the industry is evolving beyond simple honeypots to a more automated, scalable, and effective approach.

Join this episode of The (Security) Balancing Act to discover how deception technology can be used by organizations to detect, investigate and respond to malicious intruders. How does deceiving the attacker save your company and buy you time?

During this episode, we'll go over:
- What is deception technology and what does it help with?
- How does it work? (e.g. Deception decoys, lures, honeytokens, traps, grids)
- Is your organization ready to adopt deception?
- What do you need to do before you buy the technology / build it in-house?
- Key benefits of using deception for threat hunting
- What else can deception be used for?
- Deception use cases
- The role of AI in deception (e.g. dynamic deception)

Panelists:
- Chris Roberts, vCISO, Researcher, Hacker, Consultant, Devils Advocate
- Christina Fowler, Chief Cyber Intel Strategist at MITRE Corporation

This episode is part of The (Security) Balancing Act original series with Diana Kelley. We welcome viewer participation and questions during this interactive panel session.

Are you moving or growing in the IaaS Cloud? The scale and pace with which this industry moves is both exhilarating and terrifying. There are broad implications for security in the cloud that are just starting to scratch the surface of things to come.

In this talk, we will explore:
- Security principles that stay the same & what changes in the cloud
- How you can leverage Infrastructure Compliance Automation
- How you can quickly get to the root of security problems - by analyzing contextual risk and evaluating your overall posture instead of just looking at a generic set of security controls

After all, a great security program should be more than a checkbox. It's all about context, priority, and environment.

About Adarsh Pradeep:
Adarsh or "Adi" is a veteran professional who has built his career on pure-play cybersecurity. He has worked exclusively in critical infrastructure industries such as aviation & finance and has worn almost every security-related hat(not too common) in the book. This gives him a nuanced, technical yet business friendly approach to security that is hard to beat. Adarsh also holds a B.S. Degree in Information Technology and Assurance from George Mason University.

About Joseph Hale:
Joseph or "Joe" is a tech-leader and open-source expert. He has ingenious solutions to almost every problem you can think of and has helped architected and then built out massive high-performing middleware and cloud apps for numerous enterprises. His primary expertise lies in DevOps and Cloud Operations, but his ability to break down complex systems gives him great insight into security as well. He's also a huge math and statistics nerd. Joseph holds dual B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Dallas Baptist University.