Using Vagrant to Create Repeatable and Sharable Research Environments
- Shaun McCullough
- Wednesday, December 14th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm
This presentation will introduce the Vagrant software application and will discuss how it can be used by Information Security (InfoSec) professionals to provide their audience with an infrastructure environment to accompany their research. InfoSec professionals conducting research or publishing write-ups can provide opportunities for their audience to replicate and walk through the research themselves in their own environment. Vagrant is a popular DevOps tool for providing portable and repeatable production environments for application developers, and can be used to provide richer research environments for InfoSec professionals. The presentation will investigate how Vagrant works, the pros and cons of the technology and how it is typically used. The presentation will demonstrate how it can be used to create repeatable environments highlighting different features of Vagrant.
Speaker Bio: Shaun McCullough graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Computer Engineering. He has worked for the Federal Government for 15 years in software development, IT operations, Red/Blue Teaming, and IT security research. His current focus is in expanding the uses for cyber threat intelligence. Mr. McCullough's hobbies include wood working and being outdoors, but mostly he drives his 4 kids around. Shaun is a candidate for the Master of Science in Information Security Engineering degree from the SANS Technology Institute.
Bonus Sessions
The following bonus sessions are open to all paid attendees at no additional cost. There are many different types of events that fall into these categories:
- SANS@Night: Evening presentations given after day courses have ended. This category includes Keynotes.
- Special Events: SANS-hosted events and other non-technical recreational offerings. This category includes, but is not limited to, Receptions and Information Tables.
- Vendor: Events hosted by external vendor exhibitors.
- Lunch & Learn: Short presentations given during the lunch break.
- Master's Degree Presentation: Presentations given by SANS Technology Institute's Master's Degree candidates.
Sunday, December 11
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Securing Your Kids | Lance Spitzner | Sunday, December 11th, 7:00pm - 8:00pm | SANS@Night |
Monday, December 12
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Session - Welcome to SANS | Bryan Simon | Monday, December 12th, 8:00am - 8:30am | Special Events |
| What's New for Security in Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10? | Jason Fossen | Monday, December 12th, 7:15pm - 9:15pm | Keynote |
Tuesday, December 13
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Threat Intelligence Management - Doing it the Hard Way | Chris Black, Sr. Sales Engineer | Tuesday, December 13th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Exploit Prevention: Stop ransomware, zero-day and modern attacks before they get in | Matt Hickey, Director, Sales Engineering | Tuesday, December 13th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Modern Mobility Ushers in a New Age of Security | Sean Frazier, Chief Technical Evangelist | Tuesday, December 13th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Adaptive Network Automation Framework in support of Cyber Defense | Richard Larkin, Sr. Network Engineer | Tuesday, December 13th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Building the business case for IT Vendor Risk Management | French Caldwell, Chief Evangelist | Tuesday, December 13th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| GIAC Program Presentation | Scott Cassity | Tuesday, December 13th, 6:15pm - 7:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Women's CONNECT Event | Hosted by SANS COINS program and ISSA WIS SIG | Tuesday, December 13th, 6:15pm - 9:15pm | Special Events |
| Test your Cyber Security skills through Gaming with Project Ares | Circadence | Tuesday, December 13th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Vendor Event |
| Security Awareness: Understanding and Managing Your Top Seven Human Risks | Lance Spitzner | Tuesday, December 13th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| (CS)2AI Special Event: Control System Cyber Security Association International | Derek Harp and Mike Assante | Tuesday, December 13th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | Special Events |
| Using Splunk to Detect DNS Tunneling | Steve Jaworski | Tuesday, December 13th, 7:15pm - 7:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| Analysis of the Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Power Grid | Robert M. Lee | Tuesday, December 13th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Current and Future Trends in Digital Investigative Analysis | Ovie Carroll | Tuesday, December 13th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Gh0st in the Dshell: Decoding Undocumented Protocols | David Martin | Tuesday, December 13th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
Wednesday, December 14
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, December 14th, 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Vendor Event |
| Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Vendor Event |
| The iOS of Sauron - How iOS Tracks Everything You Do | Sarah Edwards | Wednesday, December 14th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| CISSP - How to Get the Certification that Matters the Most | David R. Miller | Wednesday, December 14th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Collecting Windows Installed Software Details | Jonathan Risto | Wednesday, December 14th, 7:15pm - 7:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| DLP FAIL!!! Using Encoding, Steganography, and Covert Channels to Evade DLP and Other Critical Controls | Kevin Fiscus | Wednesday, December 14th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| The Tap House | Philip Hagen | Wednesday, December 14th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Using Vagrant to Create Repeatable and Sharable Research Environments | Shaun McCullough | Wednesday, December 14th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
Thursday, December 15
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Cybersecurity Forward: Introducing Apache Spot | Rocky DeStefano, SME | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Keep Calm and Prioritize: Five Requirements for Streamlining Vulnerability Remediation | Jimmy Graham, Director of Product Management | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| It'll Be Easy, They Said: Building a Dark Web Crawler | Alex Viana, VP of Engineering | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| How to Become a SANS Instructor | Eric Conrad | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Lets Plan an APT | Guy Franco, CTO Javelin Networks/Former Israeli Intelligence Unit | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| All About that Base64 no RATS | Allan Liska, Senior Solutions Architect | Thursday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Maintaining a Digital Evidence Program in an Ever-Changing Environment | Charles Mallery | Thursday, December 15th, 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Special Events |
| NetWars Tournament of Champions | Hosted by Jeff McJunkin | Thursday, December 15th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Special Events |
| Quality not Quantity: Continuous Monitoring's Deadliest Events | Eric Conrad | Thursday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Prioritizing Your Security Program | Keith Palmgren | Thursday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Portable NFAT Tools, Techniques, and System Build | Don Murdoch | Thursday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 7:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tips for Malware Investigations | Lenny Zeltser | Thursday, December 15th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
Friday, December 16
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustworthiness with Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) | Paul Shaw & Chris Newborn | Friday, December 16th, 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Special Events |
| NetWars Tournament of Champions | Hosted by Jeff McJunkin | Friday, December 16th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Special Events |
