01 Feb, 2012
StratHACK Briefings 2012 Launched
Come and join us, and see our fantastic program of presentations:
9:00-9:15 Tea and coffee
Arrive early to get yourself a cup of coffee and mingle with our team and other attendees.
9:15-9:30 Welcome and opening of stratHACK briefings - David Allott
BAE Systems Australia Chief Executive Mr. David Allott will provide a welcome and introduction for our briefings and provide insight into BAE Systems Australia and our growing cyber security capability.
9:30-10:00 UK cyber security landscape - Martin Sutherland
Managing Director BAE Systems Detica Mr. Martin Sutherland will discuss current cyber security initiatives and major activities in the UK and Europe.
10:00-10:30 Understanding supply chain security – why focusing on your ‘core competency’ has made you insecure - Nick Ellsmore
The number of vendors and suppliers needed to get anything done these days has rapidly increased. With key infrastructure companies like RSA and VeriSign getting breached, how can you hope to secure an enterprise you don’t fully control yourself?
10:30-10:45 Morning Tea
10:45-11:00 Launch of the STRATSEC Cyber Academy - Steven Armitage
Our training academy is the latest expansion of our capability and services. Steven will provide us with an overview of available courses and facilities and our unique approach to delivering truly immersive, student-centred training that provides real-world knowledge and skills.
11:00–11:30 Smartphones in an enterprise environment - Kaan Kivilcim
Kaan will discuss the challenges enterprises are facing with the ever increasing demand for employees to be using their own devices in the workplace. Realistic threat scenarios will be outlined, along with recommendations for smart phone use in the corporate environment.
11:30-12:00 Recap of 2011 events of interest - Andy Yang
Andy will provide a recap of notable information security incidents that occurred in 2011, discuss the trends in attacks around the globe and highlight some of the lessons we can take away from the fallout of these incidents.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Provided by The Boat House By The Lake restaurant.
13:00-13:45 SMS MITM Android malware analysis - Sergei Shevchenko
Sergei will provide an in-depth analysis of a piece of mobile malware currently in the wild. This Android malware collaborates with “man-in-the-browser” PC malware in order to circumvent secure SMS code authentication for a variety of financial institutions.
13:45-14:30 Ghost in the allocator - Steven Seeley
Steven will provide a brief history of heap exploitation attacks and discuss past and current heap exploitation techniques. Following this, an investigation of potential new attack techniques against memory allocation mechanisms will be presented along with possible countermeasures.
14:30-15:00 SPAM 2.0 - Pedram Hayati
Pedram will outline the characteristics of the new generation of spam (dubbed SPAM 2.0) and discuss the tactics used by spammers, current volumes and potential methods for detecting and preventing this form of spam.
15:00-15:15 Afternoon Tea
15:15-15:45 You’re doing it wrong! A new approach to intrusion detection - Shane Biggins
Shane will provide us with insight into our efforts in taking an analytical and data driven approach to searching for advanced threats rather than using antiquated event-driven and signature-based technologies.
15:45-16:00 The year ahead! - Tim Scully
stratsec Chief Executive Mr. Tim Scully will close our briefings session and provide some insight into the year ahead for stratsec and our clients.
16:00-17:00 Drinks
Take the opportunity to mingle with the rest of our guests and team members.