This Is How You Get Skynet – PSW #677

Ed Skoudis is a Faculty member at IANS Research and the founder of Counter Hack, a company focused on conducting ultra high-quality penetration tests and red team engagements to help organizations better manage their cyber risks. Ed is a SANS Fellow, author, and instructor who has trained over 20,000 cyber security professionals in the art of penetration testing and incident response. Ed is an expert witness who is often called in to analyze large-scale breaches.

Travis is the Director of Malware Threat Research at Qualys. He has spent the past 15 years in the security industry with a focus on digital forensics and incident response. He holds a wide array of certifications ranging from GIAC Certified Penetration Tester to the CISSP, as well as an MBA with a concentration in information security. Travis has presented his research at conferences worldwide at venues such as BlackHat, RSA, and SecTor.

Diego Sor is the Director of Security Consulting Services at Core Security. With more than 20 years of experience in the security industry, first as a software developer and then as security consultant, Diego is passionate about new testing strategies, methodologies, and offensive security research. His primary focus and expertise is delivering infrastructure and application security penetration tests.

David Kennedy is a Faculty member at IANS Research and Founder and Owner of TrustedSec, an information security consulting firm, and Binary Defense, a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that detects attackers early to prevent large-scale invasions. In addition to creating several widely popular open-source tools, including ‘The Social-Engineer Toolkit’ (SET), PenTesters Framework (PTF), and Artillery. David has also released security advisories, including zero-days, with a focus on security research.

Prior to his work in the private sector, Dave served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC), focusing on cyber warfare and forensics analysis activities, including two tours to Iraq. He also served on the board of directors for (ISC)2, which is one of the largest security collectives and offers certifications such as the CISSP.

Brian has been writing about and researching information security for the last decade. He started his career as a journalist covering security and privacy. He later worked as a threat intelligence analyst, researching adversaries and threat techniques for a variety of major banks, retailers, and manufacturers. At Red Canary, Brian helps support open source tooling, and produces educational resources relating to threat research, intelligence, and detection engineering.

Doug Burks started Security Onion in 2008 to provide a comprehensive platform to help folks peel back the layers of their enterprise and make their adversaries cry. Today, Security Onion has over 1,000,000 downloads and is being used by organizations around the world for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management. In 2014, Doug started Security Onion Solutions LLC to help those organizations by providing training, professional services, and hardware appliances. Doug is a CEO, public speaker, teacher, former president of the Greater Augusta ISSA, and co-founder of BSides Augusta, but what he really likes the most is catching bad guys.

Chris Abella is a Principal Systems Engineer with ExtraHop Networks, where he has spent eight years delivering network analytics and forensics at scale. His passion for data and applied machine learning shows up in the office and in his personal pursuits. Outside the office, he enjoys being a mediocre runner and passable cook.

Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala is a co-founder and the CEO of RiskSense, Inc. He has been researching and developing security technologies for over 15 years, working on malware analytics (focusing on medical control systems and nontraditional computing devices), breach exposure management, web application security, and enterprise risk reduction. Mukkamala was one of the lead researchers for Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the U.S. (CACTUS). He has been published in over 120 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of information assurance, malware analytics, digital forensics, data mining, and bioinformatics. He has a patent on Intelligent Agents for Distributed Intrusion Detection System and Method of Practicing. Mukkamala received his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras, before obtaining his Master of Science and Ph.D. in Computer Science from New Mexico Tech.

Since 2017, GTA has invested in dozens of cyber start-ups and funds and supported multiple cyber nonprofits and projects. Ron has served on the Board of Directors for a number of GTA’s portfolio companies and has been a steadfast mentor and advisor to many founders. Ron has also supported a variety of cyber nonprofits and think tanks, with both his substantive expertise and through philanthropic funding.

From 2002 to 2016, Ron was the co-founder and CEO of Tenable Network Security. Under Ron’s leadership, Tenable grew to 20,000 customers, raised $300m in venture capital, and grew revenues to $100 million annually; this positioned the company for a successful IPO in 2018, where it was valued at $3 billion.

Prior to founding Tenable, Ron was a cyber industry pioneer. Ron developed Dragon, one of the first commercial network intrusion detection systems, and he also ran risk mitigation for one of the first cloud companies. While serving as a US Air Force officer, Ron deployed network honeypots in the mid 90s for the US Defense Department (DOD) and served as a penetration tester at the National Security Agency (NSA), participating in some of the nation’s first cyber exercises.

For these efforts, Ron received in 2020 both the Northern Virginia Technology Council Cyber Investor of the Year award and the Baltimore Business Journal Power 10 CEO award.

An industry leader in cyber defense strategy, with over 18 years of experience in both technical and executive cyber security roles. Bill has devoted my career to building and protecting critical infrastructure and Fortune 100 companies from advanced threats. Bill has direct experience from ‘hands on keyboard’ from being on the front lines, and in-depth understanding of the challenges security teams are faced with.

Recognized as an influential figure in the industry, I have established a prominent public profile through my strong public speaking abilities. As a keynote presenter at prestigious events such as BlackHat and DEF CON, I have effectively communicated complex cybersecurity concepts to large audiences, showcasing my expertise and thought leadership.

Bill is a big believer in “be nice” even when things get tough and “the harder you work, the luckier you get.” If you really want to get on my good side, show me something you made. 🙂

John has extensive history in hardware and firmware threats from experience at Intel and the United States government. At Intel he served as the Director of Advanced Threat Research, Platform Armoring and Resiliency, PSIRT, and was a CHIPSEC maintainer. Prior to this, he was Technical Team Lead for Specialized Platforms for the US government.

Cyndi is a Managing Partner at Gula Tech Adventures which focuses on cyber technology, cyber policy and recruiting more people to the cyber workforce by rebranding the industry to Data Care. Since 2017, GTA has invested in dozens of cyber start-ups and funds and supported multiple cyber nonprofits and projects. Cyndi is a cyber start-up operations expert. She has started and run licensing, human resources, legal, facilities, accounting, marketing, channel, support and sales operations for both Tenable Network Security, which went public on the NASDAQ in 2018, and Network Security Wizards, where she was President and helped it grow to a successful exit 18 months after being founded. As a Gula Tech Adventures Managing Partner, she is helping our cyber start-ups scale and make important decisions about their organizational structure, facilities, product licensing, customer support, recruiting strategy, culture, managing their cash flow and having the processes in place to succeed and have fun. Cyndi is Chair of the Howard County Economic Development Authority Board, a 2016 LP graduate of Leadership Howard County, Board Member of Howard County Conservancy, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Howard County General Hospital. She has a Bachelor of Science in Glass Engineering from Alfred University.

Shane comes to ILF with more than 25 years of experience in the tech industry, combined with more than a decade of experience in C-level roles. In those critical capacities, Shane led enterprise-wide initiatives within project management, customer relationship management and acquisition, policies and procedures, process improvement, and infrastructure. Shane is also an accomplished public speaker and trainer, focused on change management, professionalism, social engineering, and corporate security.

Chloé Messdaghi is the VP of Strategy at Point3 Security. In addition to her passion of keeping people safe and empowered both on and offline, she is also interested in increasing the numbers of marginalized genders in information security. She is the co-founder of Women of Security (WoSEC) and Hacking is NOT a Crime, and the founder of WeAreHackerz (WomenHackerz). She is a keynote speaker at major information security conferences and events, and serves as a trusted source for national and sector reporters and editors. She holds a Master of Science (M.S.) from The University of Edinburgh, and a BA in International Relations from University of California, Davis, as well as a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Wharton and other professional certificates.