Technical Tuesday – 19 July 2011 – Our Security Status is Grim (and the way ahead will be hard) by Brian Snow
Brian gives his view of why the current state of cyber security is so wretched, and draw parallels between the recent “Fiscal Debt Bubble” that led to our current recession and a current disturbing “Trust Bubble” in cyber security technologies.
He describes high level conceptual flaws in current cyber security architectures that many are not aware of, as well as detailed implementation flaws we frequently see.
Technical Tuesday – 28 June 2011 – Deep Packet Inspection by Peder Jungck of CloudShield Technologies, Inc and SAIC
Information assurance and cyber security has changed quite a bit since the days of access control lists, firewalls and intrusion prevention systems. Today, in countering modern malicious attacks, leveraging bulk filtering and blocking solutions can result in a significantly degraded network and drive a threat scenario that is more complex than can be easily countered. This presentation covers many forms of attacks that require active mitigation that is not focused on filtering but rather adapting the threat through manipulation of transactions.
Technical Tuesday – 24 May 2011 – APT Intrusion Remediation: The Top Do’s and Don’ts by Rob Lee of MANDIANT and The SANS Institute
During Incident Response, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) remediation is challenging because from the first day the attacker selected your network as a target, they have operated knowing that they will someday be caught. Because of that, they attempt to cover their tracks and make it as difficult as possible for you to find them and extricate them from your network.
Technical Tuesday – 19 April 2011 – Stuxnet Redux: Malware Attribution & Lessons Learned by Tom Parker of Securicon
Recent incidents commonly thought to be linked to state sponsored activities have given rise to much discussion over the reliability of technical analysis as a source for adversary attribution – specifically in regards to what is commonly termed as the Advanced Persistent Threat (or APT).
Technical Tuesday – 29 March 2011 – Deep Packet Inspection for Cybersecurity ASW&R by Jeff Kuhn of Pangia Technologies
ASW&R is an acronym for Attack Sensing, Warning, and Response. It is an expansion of an earlier term, Attack Sensing and Warning (AS&W), used in some circles to define the activity of identifying cyber attacks and providing actionable information about them.
Technical Tuesday – 8 February 2011 – Network Device Exploitation with Universal Plug & Play by Terry Dunlap of Tactical Network Solutions
Universal Plug & Play (UPnP) is a convenience technology found in many embedded devices such as home routers and wireless access points. The purpose is to allow various heterogeneous, network-enabled devices (i.e. phones, video game consoles, DVRs, etc.) to seamlessly communicate to the outside world without user configuration. To this end, UPnP devices automatically make firewall changes to a user’s network without their knowledge.
Technical Tuesday – 4 January 2011 – Network Monitoring by Josh Goldfarb of 21st Century Technologies, Inc.
Proper monitoring of a large enterprise network is a critical component of the overall cyber security picture. However, data generated by network monitoring equipment is extremely cumbersome and presents the human analyst with numerous challenges. This talk aims to share successful techniques for streamlining analyst workflow, allowing organizations to get a handle on their data to better protect and defend their networks.
