How to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks – John Chirhart – ASW #109
Attackers are using methods such as password spraying and credential theft to commit fraud against websites at an alarming rate. Automated bots are aiding the attacker to conduct these operations at scale. Your defensive strategy should include a mechanism to determine if a session is being controlled by a real user or a bot. How can we best accomplish this without creating too much friction between the real users and your web applications?
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John is an Engineer on Google Cloud Security’s User Protection Services (UPS) Team. He specializes in developing capabilities and solutions to detect and mitigate automated attacks against web applications and infrastructure. John first joined Google as part of Chronicle, a Google Moonshot Factory Graduate. He’s an information security and compliance veteran with 18+ years of experience.
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Apps Are the New Endpoint – Catherine Chambers – ASW #109
Apps are everywhere. Increasingly apps are the main entry point for daily services such as banking, home security or even unlocking a car. But mobile devices are untrustworthy: a place where hackers can reverse engineer apps, tamper with them, and steal the secrets they hold. As apps become the new endpoints, it’s high time to reconsider their security. In this webcast Catherine Chambers, Senior product manager, will discuss why Security needs to be on your app’s feature list.
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Since 2011 Catherine has been helping to architect Irdeto’s security solutions for web, mobile and embedded systems. She sometimes posts videos for Irdeto on the subject of reverse engineering under the name Cloakware®? Cate. Prior to joining Irdeto, Catherine worked for many years as a lead programmer in fast-paced startups. Her experience spans the range from coding in assembler to cloud computing. Catherine holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Queen’s University.
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