Hacking your Mind and Emotions

We'll be kicking off our very first DevSecCon Virginia event with Branson Matheson, IoT Security Architect/Technical Lead at Cisco. Hacking your Mind and Emotions!

Location (hybrid):
In-person: Issuetrak, 6160 Kempsville Cir #101b · Norfolk, VA
Remote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzx9BY89Mg

Most admins will agree that users tend to be the weakest link in the maintenance of security in an environment. People are easily manipulated by their very nature. Social Engineering techniques are used on us every day, and I will demonstrate how you can learn to recognize those techniques and build some strong defenses in your environment. I will discuss and demonstrate some basic psychology, social engineering theory and actual implementation at several levels: Remote interaction, Indirect manipulation, and one-on-one engineering. I will also discuss some defense against these attacks through the use of effective policies and awareness training.

Branson Matheson, IoT Security Architect/Technical Lead at Cisco

Branson is a 30+ year veteran of system administration and security. He started as a cryptologist for the US Navy and has since worked on NASA shuttle projects, TSA security and monitoring systems, encrpyted cell-phones and Internet search engines; while continuing to write and support many open source projects. Branson is currently a technical leader in platform and security architect for Cisco; has his CISSP, CEH, GSEC, GCIH, and several other credentials; and in his spare time designs lighting systems for a competing show choir. When he has spare time from that he generally likes to spend time responding to the statement "I bet you can't."

HUGE thank you to our hosts Issuetrak!