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Rekt Casino Hack Assessment Operational Series – Putting It All Together Part 4 of 4

• Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:59 AM EDT (2021-03-24 15:59:00 UTC)
• Mark Orlando, John Hubbard, David Hazar, Jonathan Risto, James Tarala

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Overview

In this Part 4 of 4 webcast, we will summarize the Rekt Casino Hack Assessment Operational Series with a panel discussion among previous speakers. They will pull together the importance of a holistic approach to operational cybersecurity, discussing how a comprehensive approach aligns together for the better good of an organization. We will introduce the concept of an Operational Cybersecurity Executive. In addition to covering these questions and concepts, the speakers are available to answer specific questions regarding the entire Rekt Casino Hack Assessment Series or questions related to your own experiences. 

• Read the original Rekt Casino blog series here.
• Watch the entire webcast series here.
• Learn more about the Operational Cybersecurity Executive  here.

Speaker Bios

James Tarala

James Tarala is a principal consultant with Enclave Security based out of Venice, Florida, and a SANS Senior Instructor. As a consultant, he has spent the past several years designing large enterprise security and infrastructure architectures, helping organizations to perform security assessments, and communicating enterprise risk to senior leadership teams. He is the author and an instructor for SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Critical Security Controls, SEC440: Critical Security Controls: Planning, Implementing, and Auditing, and a co-author and instructor for MGT415: A Practical Introduction to Cyber Security Risk Management. Read more about James here.

Jonathan Risto

With a career spanning over 20 years that has included working in network design, IP telephony, service development, security and project management, Jonathan has a deep technical background that provides a wealth of information he draws upon when teaching. Currently, Jonathan works for the Canadian Government conducting cyber security research in the areas of vulnerability management and automated remediation. He is also an independent security consultant. Jonathan is a co-author and instructor for SANS MGT516: Managing Security Vulnerabilities – Enterprise and Cloud, and has been an instructor for both SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling and SEC440: Critical Security Controls: Planning, Implementing, and Auditing. Read more about Jonathan here.

David Hazar

David is a security consultant based in Salt Lake City, Utah focused on vulnerability management, application security, cloud security, and DevOps. David has 20+ years of broad, deep technical experience gained from a wide variety of IT functions held throughout his career, including: Developer, Server Admin, Network Admin, Domain Admin, Telephony Admin, Database Admin/Developer, Security Engineer, Risk Manager, and AppSec Engineer. David is a co-author and instructor for MGT516: Managing Security Vulnerabilities: Enterprise and Cloud, an instructor for and contributor to SEC540: Cloud Security and DevOps Automation, and has also developed and led technical security training initiatives at many of the companies for which he has worked. Read more about David here.

John Hubbard

John is a Security Operations Center (SOC) consultant and speaker, a Certified SANS instructor, and the course author of 3 SANS courses: SEC450: Blue Team Fundamentals - Security Operations and Analysis, MGT551: Building and Leading Security Operations Centers, and SEC455: SIEM Design & Implementation. John also teaches additional SANS Blue Team courses such as SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations, and SEC555: SIEM with Tactical Analytics. Through his years of experience as a Lead Cyber Security Analyst and SOC Manager for a major pharmaceutical company with over 100,000 employees and global operations, John has developed real-world, first-hand knowledge of what it takes to defend an organization against advanced cyber-attacks. Read more about John here.

Mark Orlando

Mark Orlando is a SANS Associate Instructor, co-author of the new MGT551: Building and Leading Security Operations Center 5 day version, instructor for SEC450: Blue Team Fundamentals: Security Operations and Analysis, and also the Co-Founder and CEO of Bionic Cyber. Prior to Bionic, Mark built, assessed, and managed security teams at the Pentagon, the White House, the Department of Energy, and numerous Fortune 500 clients. Mark has presented on security operations and assessment at DefCon's Blue Team Village, the Institute for Applied Network Security (IANS) Forum, BSidesDC, and the RSA Conference and has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, and many other publications. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Advanced Information Technology from George Mason University and served in the US Marine Corps as an Artillery Non-Commissioned Officer. Read Mark’s full profile here.