Hacking isn’t just reindeer games any more. The ones and zeros are turning into real-world, kinetic consequences, and lives are at stake. How do we get the world to take security seriously — on both sides? For one thing, by having a grownup conversation about it. “Errata Rob” Graham, CEO of Errata Security and creator of BlackICE, the first IPS, will take on “WendyLady” Nather, former CISO/analyst and now research director of the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC). To make sure things stay civil, security patriarch and Infosec Hall of Famer Jack Daniel will referee. Join us for what is sure to be an epic conversation about research, critical infrastructure and stunt hacking.
Robert Graham is the CEO of Errata Security, a pentest/consulting firm. He's known for creating the first IPS, the BlackICE series of products, sidejacking, and masscan. In his spare time, he scans the Internet. He has been speaking at several conferences a year for the past decade. He may have some patents, but they'd anger you if you ever read them.
Wendy Nather is Research Director at the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC), where she is responsible for advancing the state of resources and knowledge to help organizations defend their infrastructure from attackers. She was previously Research Director of the Information Security Practice at independent analyst firm 451 Research, covering the security industry in areas such as application security, threat intelligence, security services, and other emerging technologies.Wendy has served as a CISO in both the private and public sectors. She led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), as well as for the Texas Education Agency. She speaks regularly in locations around the world on topics ranging from threat intelligence to identity and access management, risk analysis, incident response, data security, and societal and privacy issues. Wendy is co-author of The Cloud Security Rules, and was listed as one of SC Magazine's Women in IT Security "Power Players" in 2014. She is an advisory board member for the RSA Conference, and serves on the board of directors for Securing Change, an organization that helps provide free security services to nonprofit groups. She is based in Austin, Texas, and you can follow her on Twitter as @RCISCwendy.