Cybersecurity Metatrack 1

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Time: 12:00-13:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

This talk intents to provide thought leadership on how AI & ML is currently being used for defensive purposes and will soon be used for offensive purposes. It covers both sides, defence and offence, and provides examples of how AI either is currently used to augment defensive measures or how AI will be used to augment cyber offence. On the defensive side we have seen an explosion in the vendor landscape using narrow AI to varying levels of success. What is undeniable is that there is...

Numerous malware variants are being created daily. To adjust to this evolution, machine learning tools are being utilized by security companies to detect the novel threats and new attack vectors. Same for the threat hunting, where the ML helps in p roactively and iteratively parsing through  networks detecting the advance threats. Important question is where we want to apply these advanced techniques. The technology should be applied in a smart way to tackle specific problems. In...

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Time: 14:00-15:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

With the preview-release of Azure Sentinel, Microsoft has shifted some features from Azure Security Center to its new threat hunting solution. But how do all the security tools Microsoft offers nowadays integrate with each other? How can you find a way through this security jungle? And how do you make sure to have the right tools in place when it comes to protecting your IT environments and hunting threats? Join cloud security expert and Microsoft MVP Tom Janetscheck for this demo-rich...

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Time: 15:00-16:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

Why is it so important to do threat hunting in today’s expanding attack surface What are the latest tools and methodologies used by threat intelligence teams to automate and accelerate hunting How to gain visibility of targeted threats in your digital footprint eg. in the Internet, Deep-Web and Dark-Web How threat actors use leaked and sensitive data to target your organization and personnel How does an effective CTI strategy transform security operations, improve...

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 11:00-12:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

Voting is said to be the first of all citizens duties. No matter what is to be decided: Not voting is said to be a societal taboo. Scandals around the world raise questions about the security of voting and election systems: Manipulations by election staff, inside jobs at polling locations and blatantly insecure systems. All this has been there since decades, but why does it happen again and again? What can be done to mitigate risk? And how can the current discussion about digital trust...

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 12:00-13:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

 In August 2008, large-scale cyber attacks against Georgia’s critical infrastructure conducted simultaneously with the kinetic war, presented the first approbation of the new ‘Russian hybrid’ – mutually supporting efforts of information, cyber and kinetic operations. Georgian case was the only instance when cyber means were used in the direct connection and support of the major military operations as part of a state to state conventional war. Since 2008, the...

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 14:00-15:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

There is no other computer related issue that affects more people globally and more frequently than passwords. We can easily authenticate 100 times day using pins, passwords, biometrics, cards and other technologies. At the same time we see time and again that weaknesses, vulnerabilities and flaws in these mechanisms are exploited to gain unlawful access to systems and data. New consensus on passwords & digital authentication exist, but a major challenge persist: how do convince...

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 15:00-16:00 Location: Historische Kassenhalle

How the way we talk about information security has changed over the last 2 decades, based on a quantitative analysis of 17 Global Information Security Surveys by EY (2002-2019)

Cybersecurity is by far no temporary fashion. The automotive industry now realizes the importance of cybersecurity for its organization and particularly for its products. However, a large gap exists between the requirements that result from new standards and the existing knowledge within the organization. This frequently results in diffuse solutions to establish required principles of cybersecurity. In this context, many enterprises still underestimate that cybersecurity needs to be applied...