The last few years have seen dramatic changes in the information security community. No longer the esoteric domain of a small cadre of professionals, infosec concerns are front and center in boardrooms and media outlets around the world. The incidents at Target, Home Depot, Staples, and Sony are regular demonstrations that breaches are the new normal even as our community argues about whether APT-style attacks are really “advanced". There's public outcry over government surveillance in the wake of the Snowden leaks, yet many in our industry give up their personal privacy to Facebook and Google every day with little more than a shoulder shrug. And the average consumer has little chance of defending themselves against modern threats, even with the massive security advances that have occurred in the last 20 years.
This panel will examine personal privacy, contemporary threats, the users role in security, and other issues neatly written on Shmooballs and thrown at panelists. The panel is constructed of individuals who have been involved in information security for decades and may have developed a jaded, pessimistic, “get off my lawn” view of the current situation. This won't be a forum for complaining, however; the panel will seek to add clarity to these complex issues and provide attendees with ideas and guidance on how to deal with the current security landscape.