As many of you know, I’ve served on the RSAC Program Committee for many years, and this year I had the pleasure of again leading the Technology Infrastructure Operations track with my partners in crime, Chuck Kesler and Dan Houser. But, not all the juicy infrastructure sessions are in our track.
Here are my top picks for network security professionals at RSAC 2022. Keep scrolling for more tips on navigating the agenda.
MONDAY
- Mon, 8:30am
Cyber Defense Matrix: Revolutions
with Sounil Yu
If you’re interesting in mapping your defensive tools and network architecture to a great model, don’t miss this session. I recently got my hands on Sounil’s book “Cyber Defense Matrix” and it’s a great resource for finding blind spots and categorizing products/solutions. - Mon, 9:40am
Securing Entry Points and Active Directory to Prevent Ransomware Attacks - Mon, 1:10pm
Strong Story to Tell: Top 10 Mistakes by Administrators About Remote Work - Mon, 2:20pm
Network Based Threat Hunting: Lessons Learned, Techniques to Share
with Tal Darsan and Etay Maor of Cato Networks
TUESDAY
- Tues, 9:40am
Thinking Like a 5G Attacker - Tues, 9:40am
Getting The Most Out Of Sysmon
Infrastructure and Operations Track - Tues, 4:45-6:00pm
Offensive Capture the Flag 101 – Guided Beginner CTF
If you’ve always wondered what’s involved in a capture-the-flag (CTF) this is a great way to get introduced and led by facilitators each step of the way!
WEDNESDAY
- Wed, 9:40am
BoF: Mid-Size Focus: Getting Started with Zero Trust for Remote & On-Prem Users
with ME Jennifer Minella
This is a roundtable, or “Birds of a Feather” session that’s limited to around 20 attendees. This is not a presentation but instead I’ll be leading a conversation with the attendees. It’s a great time to connect with peers dealing with similar challenges and projects. - Wed, 10:45am
Adaptively Fingerprinting Users/Applications at Scale with GPU Acceleration
with Sr. Data Scientists from NVIDIA, - (Psssst at 11:30am I’ll be in the RSAC Bookstore for a book signing of my latest title, “Wireless Security Architecture” just published with Wiley!)
THURSDAY
- Thurs, 8:30am
Power of DNS as an Added Defense Against Modern Attacks
with Artsiom Holub, Sr. Research Analyst Cisco Umbrella/OpenDNS
*Infrastructure and Operations Track - Thurs, 8:30am
Protective DNS, DNS Encryption, & Zero-Trust: Tackling NSA Guidance - Thus, 9:40am
The Time is Now: Criticality of Time Synchronization & Information Security
with our friend Ben Rothke
*Infrastructure and Operations Track - Thurs, 9:40am
Uncovering “BadAlloc” Memory Vulnerabilities in Millions of IoT Devices
with Tamir Ariel and Omri Ben-Bassat, Security Researchers with Section 52, Microsoft - Thurs, 11am
I’ll be at the Juniper Networks booth leading a community discussion on Zero Trust – come join me!
Booth #6071 in the North Expo Hall - Thurs, 1:00pm
How to Secure Private 5G Networks
Srini Balasubramanian, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Celona
*Infrastructure and Operations Track
I’m really looking forward to this session as Srini dives into 5G authentication, improvements of 5G of 4G, comparison to Wi-Fi, and how this can be used to further secure private cellular networks (aka 5G LANs, CBRS in the U.S.).
FIRST TIME ATTENDEE?
RSAC and we (the Program Committee) are hosting several First-Time Attendees Roundtable Discussions & Networking. In the RSAC agenda (see next section), simply search for “First-Time Attendees” in the bottom search box. the three sessions will appear in the search results.
THE RSAC 2022 AGENDA
Find the agenda online at https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/agenda/full-agenda .
Jump to the search box at the bottom of the left navigation to search for keywords such as “5G”, “IoT”, “network”, and “zero trust”. You can also search for company names or speaker names.
NETWORK SECURITY IN THE RSAC EXPO HALL
You can view the full list of exhibitors and sponsors at https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/expo-and-sponsors. Here are a few that caught my eye.
- Arctic Wolf
South Expo Booth 1155 - Arista Networks
North Expo Booth 4308 - BeyondTrust
South Expo Booth 3311 - Cisco
North Expo Booth 6045 and South 1127 - FireMon
North Expo Booth 5779 - Fortinet
North Expo Booth 5855 - Forescout
North Expo Booth 6345 - Illumio
North Expo Booth 5555 - Infoblox
North Expo Booth 4624 - Juniper Networks
North Expo Booth 6071 - JupiterOne
South Expo Booth 0325 - Keeper Security
South Expo Booth 1649 - Microsoft
North Expo Booth 6059 - Nazomi Networks
South Expo Booth 3233 - Perimeter 81
South Expo Booth 1849 - Rubrik
North Expo Booth 4628 - Splunk
North Expo Booth 5865
Enjoy your time at RSAC and I’ll see you there!
-jj
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