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Recently I was invited to a Security Panel Discussion at The Star In Frisco, Texas for a Telesystem sponsored event, with notable keynote speaker ethical hacker 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆.

This morning’s discussion included a collection of real world hacker exploits and techniques, careers advice for buddying InfoSec’ers, and even cyber insurance basics and requirements.

A few items from the day kept with me post event:

😎 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: While hackers certainly have an advanced arsenal of methods for exploiting corporate environments, they more commonly leverage very simple techniques that essentially exploit human behavior, often bypassing security controls altogether.

It is very clear that if companies did only one thing to tighten their company security posture, it would be to 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Hearing 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆 talk about his white hacking past (I’d really characterize it as “grey hacking”) was as entertaining as is was interesting. He’s like a Kevin Mitnick but somehow without the jail-time.  I also realized that I’m old, as when I was a “hacker” (kid stuff in the 1980s) Bryan 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘁… 😳😳😳 — 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺…

𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 did a good job with this one. I know their roadshow is heading to a couple of cities in Ohio next; If you’re in the tour’s path, I highly recommend signing up: register for free here
https://lnkd.in/gAh68RXk

😇 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: Make sure your organization maintains a persistent security awareness and governance plan. As the world marches more and more into digital dependency, and with new threat vectors opening up (e.g. clever use of AI), the risks are 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩.

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