Enigma 2018 Evening Events

Tuesday, January 16

Conference Reception

5:30 pm–7:00 pm, Santa Clara Ballroom
Sponsored by Google

Vendor Presentation: Exposing the Enemy Within: How DNS Data Holds the Key to Cyber Defense

7:00 pm–8:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Sponsored by BlueCat Networks, refreshments provided
Noel Reynolds, Director, Solutions Architect, BlueCat Networks
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Women in Security Meetup and Networking Event

8:00 pm–10:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Sponsored by USENIX Women in Advanced Computing (WiAC), refreshments sponsored by Duo Security
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Wednesday, January 17

Conference Reception

5:30 pm–7:00 pm, Santa Clara Ballroom
Sponsored by Netflix

An Evening with EFF

7:00 pm–8:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Join EFF (and guest star Bill Marczak) for a discussion of EFF’s work and the future of the internet.
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Vendor Presentation: Exposing the Enemy Within: How DNS Data Holds the Key to Cyber Defense

Tuesday, January 16, 7:00 pm–8:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Sponsored by BlueCat Networks

Speaker: Noel Reynolds, Director, Solutions Architect, BlueCat Networks

Did you know you can leverage DNS data to protect your network from cyberattacks?

Here are two frightening stats from a recent expert security survey:

  • More than 91% of attacks use DNS in some way
  • Nearly 70% of organizations don’t monitor recursive DNS servers

DNS is the most pervasive network protocol, making it the perfect gateway for malicious activity and the spread of malware throughout an organization. To now, enterprise security teams have typically ignored internal network traffic and completely overlooked DNS activity in their defense strategies. Instead, they double-down on perimeter risk mitigation measures like firewalls and secure web gateways.

This is a mistake.

We will discuss how leveraging the intelligence already available in your DNS activity data allows you to defend your estate from the most sophisticated to the most common attacks.

  • Know who’s on the network
    DNS data provides instant visibility into all activity from all devices on the network
  • Know what’s happening on the network
    Monitor and assess activity of specific individuals and/or devices
  • Trace activity to its source
    Trace the origin (“patient zero”) of an attack using DNS data
  • Block known threats
    Act on DNS intel with tools that create, maintain, and implement a functional domain blacklist to prevent attacks and stop the spread of current breaches

Women in Security Meetup and Networking Event

Tuesday, January 16, 8:00 pm–10:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Sponsored by USENIX Women in Advanced Computing (WiAC), refreshments sponsored by Duo Security

Join this meetup for networking followed by a presentation of "Pushing Left Like a Boss" by Tanya Janca (Enigma conference speaker), followed by even more networking! Event starts at 8:00 pm Tuesday, January 16, right after the Vendor Presentation. You do not need to be registered to attend the conference in order to attend this free event.

Presentation Abstract: With incident response and penetration testing currently receiving most of our application security dollars, it would appear that industry has decided to treat the symptom instead of the disease. "Pushing left" refers to starting security earlier in the SDLC; addressing the problem throughout the process. From scanning your code with a vulnerability scanner to red team exercises, developer education programs and bug bounties, this talk will show you how to "push left," like a boss.

Tanya Janca is an application security evangelist, technical advisor, web application penetration tester and vulnerability assessor, international public speaker and trainer, ethical hacker, OWASP DevSlop Project Leader, OWASP Ottawa Chapter Leader, Effective Altruist and has been developing software since the late 90's. She has worn many hats and done many things, including: Web App PenTesting, Technical Training/Speaking, Custom Apps/Software Development, COTS Admin/Implementation, Incident Response, Enterprise Architect, Project and People Management, and even Tech Support. She can currently be found speaking at conferences, helping the Government of Canada secure their web applications, or training software developers.

An Evening with EFF

Wednesday, January 17, 7:00 pm–8:00 pm, Bayshore Room
Join EFF's Kurt Opsahl, Gennie Gebhart, and Eva Galperin, with special non-EFF guest star, Bill Marczak, for a discussion of EFF’s work and the future of the internet.