Join us as we close down ShmooCon 2020 with another episode of “Between Two Moose” in which Bruce interviews a few folks who are helping to shape the security industry–with a focus on what formed their understanding of security, the journey they traveled in their careers, and opinions on contemporary security topics (with of course some irreverent frivolity thrown in). We will also challenge each guest to a game of Cork and Towel and will declare a winner at the end of the session. Come and enjoy the show!
Kiersten Todt (@kierstentodt) is currently the President and CEO of Liberty Group Ventures, LLC and advises senior executives and Boards on cyber risk management and the role of human behavior in cybersecurity. She is also the Managing Director of the Cyber Readiness Institute, a non-profit that convenes senior leaders of global companies to help small and medium-sized enterprises improve their cybersecurity. Ms. Todt is the Scholar of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security. She most recently served as the Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.
Matt Blaze (@mattblaze) is a computer science and law professor at Georgetown University. He can usually be found somewhere at the intersection of technology and public policy.
Beetle made the transition from Army supply guy to security geek in the mid-90s, inspired by dial-up access to a BBS, Trumpet Winsock, and the L0pht. Beetle is a Senior Principal Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services, a founding member of the AWS Security team, and he is quite passionate about his day job: protecting customers, their data, and AWS itself. Prior to AWS, Beetle was a security engineer with the MITRE Corporation for 11 years, where he prototyped nifty things for the U.S. government and military, such as CTF-like attack labs and first-person shooter gaming interfaces to intrusion detection systems. Beetle wrote the very first check for ShmooCon “back in the day,” and he has presented on the topics of wireless security and cloud security at a variety of other conferences, including Black Hat, DEF CON, ToorCon, LayerOne, AWS re:Invent, and AWS re:Inforce. Beetle has a BS in Computer Science from James Madison University.
Bruce Potter (@gdead) is the CISO at Expel and spends most of his time instructing people on the correct pronunciation of CISO (it’s “ciz-oh”).