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Do‌ ‌you‌ ‌want‌ ‌to‌ ‌know‌ ‌how‌ ‌to‌ ‌build‌ ‌a‌ ‌top-ranked‌ ‌competitive‌ ‌security‌ ‌team?‌ ‌I‌ ‌don’t‌ ‌mean‌ ‌some‌‌
sort‌ ‌of‌ ‌certification‌ ‌--‌ ‌I‌ ‌mean‌ ‌a‌ ‌team‌ ‌of‌ ‌master‌ ‌hackers‌ ‌who‌ ‌can‌ ‌bend‌ ‌systems‌ ‌to‌ ‌their‌ ‌will‌ ‌to‌‌
achieve‌ ‌any‌ ‌objective.‌ ‌
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It’s‌ ‌all‌ ‌about‌ ‌the‌ ‌system.‌ ‌In‌ ‌sports,‌ ‌we‌ ‌understand‌ ‌systems‌ ‌that‌ ‌coaches‌ ‌can‌ ‌use‌ ‌to‌ ‌build‌ ‌a‌‌
system‌ ‌for‌ ‌identifying‌ ‌talent,‌ ‌recruiting‌ ‌them,‌ ‌training‌ ‌them‌ ‌up,‌ ‌and‌ ‌competing‌ ‌in‌ ‌big‌ ‌games.‌‌

Software Supply Chain risk has quickly become the topic of the day with the fallout from the Solar Winds hack among others being a prime example of the risks of malicious code being inserted upstream in the software supply chain. The question for hands-on practitioners is what does this mean from a practical, ground level, developer’s perspective? In this presentation, we delve deep into practical demonstrations of common container security issues and offer practical solutions.

While cybersecurity is broad in both its context and application, information security is singularly focused on the protection of data. In practice however, most organizations repeatedly use the same tools, controls, strategies, mindset, etc., to defend against cyber-attacks as they do to protect their data. The unfortunate reality is that most tools are designed fundamentally to address cybersecurity, and while these tools may to some degree help with information security, it’s really not their raison d’être.

In this session, we will argue the importance of segregating IAM controls from information security mechanisms and why doing so can enhance your security posture.

Dimitri holds BBA and MBA degrees from Baruch College and earned his JD from Brooklyn Law School. Prior to co-founding Atakama, Dimitri spent 15 years as an attorney, most recently practicing regulatory and enforcement law at Bingham McCutchen where he represented large financial institutions in high-stakes matters. Dimitri began his career at Merrill Lynch.

In the past few years, there has been a tremendous increase in Malware attacks, with both private and governmental organizations losing thousands of dollars in ransomware attacks. In this session, we will take a deeper look into the Malware families that have been on the rise, and the techniques used by the malware writers (attackers) to evade detection.