I’ve had the pleasure and the honor to keynote this year’s ISTS (Information Security Talent Search) that ran at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Additionally I was also fortunate to get a seat with the Red Team during the event itself and work closely with some of my friends and colleagues.
It has been a while since I had the chance to work with students (mostly with my Alma Mater from the IDC during freshmen orientation, and the “CS for Real” series for CS students). And I honestly didn’t know how to address this initially. Thankfully, Jared and the ISTS team were pretty open to my suggestion of combining a “here’s how I got here” rant with some technical examples of challenges and engagements.
The keynote wasn’t recorded (thankfully?) but here are the slides that were used as the backdrop for it. I ended up coming back with some insights from the keynote (as I usually try not just to provide information, but also learn new things), and thanks to some awesome questions from the audience (students, red teamers, and apparently faculty which I haven’t realized were also there…) it ended up a really great session for me!
The next day was spent with the red team, which was a great opportunity to catch up on some skills that I left behind (always pick the task that you are less familiar with!), and really kick some ass with the team. Chris Gates has written a great wrap-up blog on it here:Â http://carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com/2015/03/ists12-thoughts-notes-feedback.html
Really looking forward to working more closely with people who are just starting their way in the industry – if the feedback doesn’t lie, it seemed to be somewhat beneficial to them, and from a completely selfish perspective, I had a chance to learn a few things myself too!
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