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Keynote 2011
Securing the Human
-Lance Spitzner
Thursday, March 17, 2011
8 a.m. - Salon C
Organizations have traditionally invested most of their security in technology, with little effort in protecting their employees. As a result, many attackers today target the weakest link, the human. Awareness, not just technology, has become key to reducing risk and remaining compliant. This high-level talk designed for management and technical coordinators explains why humans are so vulnerable, how they are being actively exploited and what organizations can do about it. Key points include:
- How humans are nothing more than another type of operating system, albeit a highly vulnerable one
- Why humans are so bad at judging risk and how attackers exploit these vulnerabilities
- How an effective awareness program patches these vulnerabilities and reduces risk.
- How to develop a modular and flexible program that reach multi-cultures.
- How to create and effectively use metrics
About the Keynote
Lance Spitzner is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of cyber threat research, training and awareness. He invented the concept of honeynets, published the first ever book on honeypot technologies and is co-author of Know Your Enemy book. He has published over thirty security whitepapers and articles. Mr. Spitzner worked for Sun Microsystems for four years as a senior security architect, helping secure Sun's customers around the world. He is founder of the Honeynet Project; an international, non-profit security research organization that captures, analyzes, and shares information on cyber threats at no cost to the public. He has spoken to numerous organizations, including the NSA, FIRST, the Pentagon, the FBI Academy, the President's Telecommunications Advisory Committee, MS-ISAC, the Navy War College, the British CESG, the Department of Justice, and Monetary Authority of Singapore. He has consulted around the world, working and presenting in over 20 countries on 6 different continents including Germany, Brazil, UAE, Oman, Singapore, Japan, India, Philippines, Norway, Australia, Poland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. His work has been documented in the media such as CNN, BBC, NPR, and Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Spitzner serves on the Distinguished Review Board for the Air Force Institute of Technology, and Technical Review Board for CCIED, Information Assurance Curriculum Advisory Board at DePaul University. Before information security, Mr. Spitzner served seven years in the Army, four as an Armor officer in the Army's Rapid Deployment Force. Mr. Spitzner earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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