Counterintelligence­­­, Privacy and Gov't Surveillance!

We gather every month for engaging presentations, lively discussions and food/beer! This group gives security researchers in the Greater Boston community the chance to interact with each other more frequently. Each event features three speakers to talk about something a good hacker finds interesting along with discussions about security processes, techniques and much more!

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1. Information Security as Counterintelligence (6:45-7:10)

by Nick Levay | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklevay)

Understanding an information security program's maturity level and building a framework upon which you can benchmark progress is a challenge for all practitioners. This talk describes how to judge your current capabilities, juxtaposed with examples of countering state-sponsored cyber espionage operations that target the think-tank community.

About Nick. Nick Levay has more than fifteen years of professional experience in communications, building enterprise infrastructure, and managing security programs. He has held a variety of leadership roles in diverse industries, including chief security officer of Bit9 + Carbon Black, director of Technical Operations and Information Security at the Center for American Progress, and director of Global Systems and Tools Engineering at iAsiaWorks. Nick's interests are focused on strategy and tactics related to cyber counterintelligence, information warfare, network and systems operations, software development, social network analysis, and rock 'n' roll.

2. Privacy: Re-framing What we Think We Know (7:10-7:35)

by Kelley Misata | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kelley-misata/36/756/384)

Sometimes our greatest lessons come from when the frame of what we believed to be true is spun around and flipped upside down. The conversations among security professionals, policy makers and others about what privacy means has seen some dramatic shifts in the past year; raising far more questions then answers. To complicate things, when asking general users what privacy means, often the response is a recount of scary stories of data breaches, surveillance, and face-less hacker communities. As Kelley's unique journey into information security and time as a member of the Tor Project will illustrate - privacy is not a point fixed in time, but a constantly evolving parade of questions we, as security professionals, need to say in tune and continue to re-framing our own definitions to the changing landscape.
About Kelley. Kelley is a strategic thought leader who combines over 15 years in business leadership roles with a passion for facilitating critical conversations around responsible digital citizenship, digital safety, and free of speech online. Her current work with The Open Information Security Foundation and recent work at Tor spans across fundraising, advocacy, policy discussions, marketing and outreach activities with a wide array of stakeholders. Kelley combines 15 years of professional success in strategic business development, training and consulting with a unique perspective as a survivor of cyberstalking. She draws on current trends and conversations in digital security with local and federal law enforcement, information security experts and national resources to create strategies which incorporate the human side of digital safety. Bringing to the table a fearless and unique perspective drives Kelley’s successes in her professional and academic endeavors. Kelley holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is currently pursuing her PhD in the Information Security Interdisciplinary Program at Purdue University.

3. Government Surveillance (7:35-8:05)

We're going to try something new but the topic will be Government Surveillance.

Schedule

6:00 - 6:30: Pizza

6:30 - 6:35: Cybersecurity Opener by Dawn

6:35 - 6:40: Lulzy News by Cindy

6:40 - 6:45: Tool of the month by Will

6:45 - 7:10: Information Security as Counterintelligence by Nick Levay

7:10 - 7:35: Privacy: Re-framing What We Think We Know

7:35 - 8:05: We're presenting something new!

8:00 - 9:00: Network over drinks with other security enthusiasts!

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