Diablo Security: What Can Infosec Learn from Video Games?

SOURCE Boston 2014

Presented by: Dwayne Melancon (@thatdwayne)
Date: Tuesday April 08, 2014
Time: 13:00 - 13:45
Location: Shubert

Adventure games make it easy for us to understand how our skills, weapons, and countermeasures match up to the threats we expect to face. In this session, I'll discuss models and lessons learned from video games that can be applied to infosec to help you better prepare for adversaries and learn from lost battles. After all, why shouldn't your day job be fun and make you feel more like a hero?

Dwayne Melancon

Dwayne Melancon, CISA is Tripwire's Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he works with enterprises around the world to help them objectively implement and manage information security in a way that is firmly aligned with the priorities of their businesses. His current passion is helping organizations connect security's value to the business and establishing metrics and methods to enable objective decisions and informed action in information security.


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