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Are Your Networked Devices Working for You - or for Someone Else?

  • Matthew Caldwell, CISSP, BorderHawk, LLC
  • Wednesday, August 24th, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Doyle, Arthur C., 1890, The Sign of the Four

From Archimedes to Goodyear, discoveries sometimes happen that were not planned. This does not diminish the relevance or value of the discovery, rather, it highlights the value of the persistent and intelligent researcher who, once engaged with a problem, drives forward to find the solution.

For purposes of todayâs presentation, we will discuss the impact of globalization on supply chain management and its impact on cybersecurity. Globalization is a process driven by the international trade of nation states plus multi-national corporate investments. At its core lies big data in the form of data warehousing, encryption, and world-wide connectivity. Hypothetically, mature globalization, may result in a redistribution of wealth to multi-national corporations and reduce the importance of individual nation states (Orwell, George, 1984). For now, letâs put aside the debate about whether or not globalization is truly in the best interest of the United States or the World and investigate what it means to provide corporate cybersecurity in a world that demands more and faster connectivity.

In a world where nation states and multi-national corporations sometimes compete as equals, we should expect the worst: espionage, bribery, sabotage, hacking, collusion, and every possible manner of electronic eavesdropping. Working independently, BorderHawk has found unmistakable evidence that some common Internet capable devices have been covertly modified to conceal malicious software in obscure code. Similar findings have been reported by Kaspersky Labs and Reuters News Agency (2014). This presentation will elaborate on BorderHawkâs findings and present options for remediation.

Speaker bio: As BorderHawkâs Chief Security Researcher, Matthew has brought unparalleled cybersecurity expertise to BorderHawk clients since 2010. Notably, Matthew was instrumental at BorderHawkâs Anchorage Lab in identifying cyber risks and developing mitigation strategies associated with non-traditional information technology (IoT) used within certain energy company environments.

Matthewâs cybersecurity career began as a Security Analyst, then an Information Security Special Projects Manager (responsible for all cybersecurity testing and investigative analysis involving hundreds of networks and systems), and later as co-founder of an innovative cybersecurity solutions company where he was instrumental in developing a first generation Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system. Moreover, Mattâs visionary cybersecurity development skills have been essential in assisting several emerging software companies in designing new cybersecurity related products.

Matthew is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds United States Patent 7418733 August 26, 2008 for Security Event Management (SIM/SIEM/SEM).

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