Industrial control system (ICS) security represents one of the more challenging areas for security professionals. The typical ICS is complex and interconnected. It’s often a legacy system that wasn’t designed with security in mind and, because it’s different from traditional IT assets, it has very different security requirements. And no surprise—such systems are increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyberattackers, inc...

How does an organization’s external attack surface impact its offensive security initiatives? In our experience, a comprehensive understanding of this attack surface can help better emulate real-world attack scenarios and reduce threat exposure. In this webcast, we’ll explore the results of our survey that was designed to understand how knowledge of an organization’s external attack surface can help its security team evaluat...

While today’s students can now gain instant access to knowledge beyond their textbooks with websites, apps and other digital tools, the digitally connected classroom also introduces risks. Like many education communities, the Marple Newtown School District in Pennsylvania used multiple cybersecurity solutions to handle these risks – while one solution fixed one problem, another would inevitably arise. To remedy this, district leade...

Change is an inevitable part of governance and state and local government leaders know this all too well. The way public-sector agencies operate, how their employees work and what constituents expect from them remains in almost constant flux, which means government leaders must frequently adapt to a new normal. A prime example of this is the labor shortage. Due to societal changes like the pandemic, social justice movements and the global slow...

Securing a cloud environment can be challenging and time consuming, especially if you don't know where to start. This Workshop will scrutinize a common cloud service: Virtual Machines, and focus on the secure implementation of that service. We'll discuss Operating Systems (and why it matters from a cloud perspective), as well as security groups, remote access, system and network hardening as well as how mature organizations handle deployments....

To identify and develop innovative talent across the US Department of Defense (DoD) requires much more than permission to think outside the box. It requires a composite of exceptional minds encouraged to expand and multiply their ideas through discussion, analysis, and extensive questioning of each other. To accomplish this task, hiring and assignment practices are key. They must be designed to identify and attract key skills, knowledge, and o...

This two-hour workshop will introduce the student to Docker containers and images. During the workshop, we will create an image that contains the Command Line Interfaces for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud as our example, but the same process would be followed for any Linux-based command line tool. During the session, we will build, test, and troubleshoot the creation of the Dockerfile and publish the image to Docker Hub. Next, we will set up Git...

State and local governments have long relied on last year’s budget to make next year’s budget – historicalprecedent is the primary determinant of how much money is allocated to each line item. The simplicity of thisapproach to budgeting has advantages, but it’s backward-looking, not forward-looking, and can make governmentsslow to adapt to change and potentially lose touch with the needs and priorities of their communit...

The Digital Forensics and Incident Response world. An incredibly broad sphere. We have people trying to get into this world. We have people that have just entered this world. We have people that work day-to-day in this world. We have people that excel in niche areas of this world. Each group thinks they are unique in this world, but actually, one commonality that pervades everyone and everywhere in this world is that we have questions about, ...

Skills-based hiring is on the rise, especially for digital skills. In fact, 81% of employers now think they should look at skills rather than degrees when hiring. This is a major development as more than 60% of Americans ages 25 and up do not hold a bachelor’s degree. Recent studies show that skills-first hiring criteria is a better predictor of job performance than educational background or work experience, which is leading to both priv...