At this year’s ISACA and Infosecurity Group collaborative event, Infosecurity ISACA North America Expo and Conference 2019, you may find yourself on Geek Street. Geek Street is a new series targeted at technical professionals and will feature in-depth technical presentations and immersive, hands-on experiences. The Geek Street sessions will explore research into exploits, vulnerabilities, security risk and threats. Geek Street is also unique because it is on the expo floor, and a full conference pass is not required to attend the sessions.
Geek Street sessions will provide attendees with valuable industry insights and practical knowledge that they can apply to their work. Sessions include:
- “With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?”—John Shier, senior security advisor at Sophos, will explore how individuals and small organizations are unwittingly becoming attack vendors for larger enterprises. Shier will demonstrate how and why supply chain compromise attacks work and how to prevent, detect and mitigate against this continually evolving threat. After attending this session, you will also understand why government secrets are no longer the only compromise, why small businesses have become targets, how individuals can become vulnerable and how managed service providers (MSPs) can also get caught in the mix due to privileged access.
- “Cyber Hunt”—Frank Downs, director and subject matter expert (SME), cybersecurity practice at ISACA, and Dustin Brewer, manager, cybersecurity technical content at ISACA, will expose participants to the Cybersecurity Nexus™ (CSX) Cyber Hunt, a live competition that tests participants’ skills at responding to a multipronged attack while simultaneously conducting a penetration test against organizational assets. After attending this session, you will better understand asset identification and location via scanning technologies, how to identify vulnerabilities on a system of responsibility, how to harden systems of responsibility, elements of conducting a penetration test, and elements of responding to an incident or attack.
For more information on the 16 Geek Street sessions and opportunities to earn up to 37 continuing professional education hours (CPEs) at the Infosecurity ISACA North America Expo and Conference, visit the Infosecurity ISACA North America Expo and Conference 2019 page of the ISACA website.