Hacking Exposed: The Adversary Oscars (RSA Conference 2017)
Demos and mitigation strategies from real-world case studies of advanced intrusions like the hack of the Democratic National Committee and others that CrowdStrike has detected globally. The session will showcase demos of intrusion tradecraft of sophisticated nation-state adversaries from Russia, China and Iran.
Detailed Presentation :
(Source : RSA USA 2017)
Speakers :
George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz), Elia Zaitsev, Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch)
George Kurtz, President/CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdStrike, former CEO/Founder, Foundstone, and former Executive Vice President and worldwide CTO of McAfee, is an internationally recognized security expert, author and entrepreneur. Kurtz holds a B.S. degree from Seton Hall University. He also holds several industry designations, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Kurtz also authored the best-selling security book of all time, Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions.
Senior Manager, Solutions Architecutre , CrowdStrike Elia Zaitsev is Senior Manager of Solutions Architecture at CrowdStrike. With over a decade of industry experience, he engages with some of the most complex and challenging security issues facing enterprises today. His current focus is on next-generation endpoint and threat intelligence technologies, and he enjoys analyzing the latest adversary tactics and methods to combat them. He has previously utilized his expertise to solve diverse and demanding problems while working for IBM, i2, and Northrop Grumman.
Dmitri Alperovitch is Co-Founder and CTO of CrowdStrike. A renowned researcher, he is a thought-leader on cybersecurity policies and has served as Special Advisor to Department of Defense. Prior to founding CrowdStrike, Alperovitch was VP of Threat Research at McAfee, where he led company’s global threat intelligence analysis and investigations. In 2016, Alperovitch revealed the suspected Russian intelligence agencies' hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), events which later led to the resignation of top leadership of the DNC in the midst of the presidential campaign. In 2010 and 2011, Alperovitch led global team that investigated and brought to light Operation Aurora, Night Dragon and Shady RAT groundbreaking cyberespionage intrusions, and gave those incidents their names.
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