Guest Speaker- Rick Howard, Chief of Staff, iDefense
Coming in to give his Defcon talk on Stuxnet
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 · 7 - 8 PM
Rick Howard, Chief of Staff, iDefense (former managing director
iDefense) coming in to give his Defcon talk on iDefense's open source
research on Stuxnet,. He will provide a report on open source research
into the Stuxnet exploit with an inside look into current cyber
security trends with regard to cyber war, hacktivism, and cyber
espionage. In this presentation Rick will discuss the current
capabilities, tactics, techniques and procedures used by various cyber
security cartels in key regions around the world.
All interested CYBR faculty/students are welcome to attend.
Bio:
Rick Howard spent the last five years working as the iDefense Intelligence director and is now the general manager of the business. Prior to joining iDefense, Rick led the intelligence-gathering activities at Counterpane Internet Security and ran Counterpane's global network of Security Operations Centers.
He served in the US Army for 23 years in various command and staff positions involving information technology and computer security and spent the last 2 years of his career as the US Army's Computer Emergency Response Team Chief (ACERT). He coordinated network defense, network intelligence and network attack operations for the Army's global network and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2004.
Rick holds a Master of Computer Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and an engineering degree from the US Military Academy. He also taught computer science at the Academy from 1990 to 1995. He has published many academic papers on technology and security and has contributed as an
executive editor to two books that Verisign iDefense personnel have written: "Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures" and "Cyber Security Essentials."
All interested CYBR faculty/students are welcome to attend.
Bio:
Rick Howard spent the last five years working as the iDefense Intelligence director and is now the general manager of the business. Prior to joining iDefense, Rick led the intelligence-gathering activities at Counterpane Internet Security and ran Counterpane's global network of Security Operations Centers.
He served in the US Army for 23 years in various command and staff positions involving information technology and computer security and spent the last 2 years of his career as the US Army's Computer Emergency Response Team Chief (ACERT). He coordinated network defense, network intelligence and network attack operations for the Army's global network and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2004.
Rick holds a Master of Computer Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and an engineering degree from the US Military Academy. He also taught computer science at the Academy from 1990 to 1995. He has published many academic papers on technology and security and has contributed as an
executive editor to two books that Verisign iDefense personnel have written: "Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures" and "Cyber Security Essentials."
