Continuing our tradition from previous years, leading experts from different industries, academia and law enforcement will be on stage participating in this panel to discuss the current threats online, hazards inside the Internet, battles between low level cyber criminals all the way to the mafia, special agents, spies, and even information warfare between nation-states.
This panel begins with a short introductory presentation on the latest technologies and operations by the Bad Guys and the Good Guys. We will talk about what's going on with Internet operations, global routing, botnets, extortion, phishing and the annual revenue the mafia is getting from it. Then we'll move into question and answers from the audience. Panelists will accept questions on any subject related to the concept of Internet warfare, crime, and espionage, and will discuss it openly in regard to what's being done and what we can expect in the future, both from the Bad Guys and the Good Guys.
Discussion will focus on operational issues currently happening on the Internet, not on vulnerabilities or the latest leet hack you might have heard about. The discussion is mostly technical and operational in nature, but in previous years attendees have asked questions directing the discussion to the legal side of things. Participants are people who are involved with battling cyber crime daily, and many are leaders in the security operations community of the Internet.
Audience members bearing six-packs of beer for the panelists will advance to the front of the line.
Marcus Sachs has served as the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center, an all-volunteer Internet early warning service sponsored by the SANS Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. The organization traces its roots back to the Y2K era, when a group of Internet security professionals began exchanging technical information via shared databases. Sachs retired from the U.S. Army in 2001 following a 20 year career as an engineer and systems automation officer, and was subsequently appointed by the President to serve in the White House Office of Cyberspace Security. Since leaving public service in 2003 he has continued to work closely with government and business stakeholders in task forces, working groups, committees, and trade associations as a cyber security expert supporting the National Security and Emergency Preparedness community in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and is the Secretary of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council. He holds degrees in Civil Engineering, Science and Technology Commercialization, and Computer Science, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy.