This is the 10 year anniversary of BSides LV. A lot has changed and even improved over the past decade, but some persistent challenges remain. We’ve seen high-profile attacks, the rise of nation-state attacks, and many other changes in the threat landscape. More recently we’ve seen some attackers favoring disinformation and hybrid attacks. We’ve also seen some products inching towards a “secure by design” model. Bob has had a front row seat to some of these events and transformations. He’ll share some of his observations and a few key reasons to be optimistic about the future, and ways you can help.
Bob Lord is the Chief Security Officer at the Democratic National Committee, bringing more than twenty years of experience in the information security space to the Committee, state parties, and campaigns. Previously he was Yahoo’s CISO, covering areas such as risk management, product security, security software development, e-crimes, and APT programs. Before that he acted as the CISO in Residence at Rapid 7, and before that headed up Twitter’s information security program as its first security hire. You can see some of his hobbies at https://www.ilord.com.