Forcepoint Security Labs at BSides LV, Black Hat USA and Def Con

Forcepoint Security Labs researchers are hitting the route at the get-go of August to become involved in arguably the three most famous research-driven security conventions in the earth. I’ve summarized both what Forcepoint volition be up to at all three events as well as highlighting bully ways for you to learn more than well-nigh the emerging technologies and enquiry in cybersecurity. We promise to meet upward with you there.

[UPDATE Aug thirteen, 2018]  The slides for both of Forcepoint’s Black Lid presentations are now available to download.

Using Language Modelling to Verify User Identities: https://www.slideshare.net/Forcepoint/using-language-modeling-to-verify-user-identities-109389446

AI & ML in Cybersecurity – Why Algorithms are Unsafe: https://www.slideshare.net/Forcepoint/ai-and-ml-in-cybersecurity

BSides LV

Engagement:
August 7-8.

Location:
Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas.

BSides Las Vegas is a gratuitous, volunteer organized event now celebrating its 10^thursday
year. This popular conference (the mission of BSides is to “put the INFO back in INFOSEC”) draws from all aspects of the infosec community from the deeply technical to executive leaders, and features speakers on an astounding array of topics, all designed to provide information to the community. Even so, tickets are express; such is demand for the interactive nature of the talks. If you want to attend, be certain to evidence upwards early! Some highlights this year include an up close look at North korea’southward anti-virus solution SiliVaccine, research findings on security for serverless environments, and a deep dive into regime wiretapping.

Forcepoint will be sponsoring the upshot this year.  Proceed an eye out for myself, Raffael Marty, or Sarah Vela – we’d love to connect with y’all there.

The total talk schedule for #BSidesLV can be establish here: https://world wide web.bsideslv.org/schedule/

If you won’t take chance to go to Vegas at that place is likely a BSides conference near you.

Black Chapeau United states 2018

Appointment:
2-day main conference (August eight-nine).

Location:
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.

The Black Hat briefing series needs no introduction.  With the start event dating back to 1997 Blackness Hat United states is now in its 21^st
year. Forcepoint is once again pleased to sponsor this flagship security conference at the Diamond level.

At The Booth

Visit the Forcepoint berth #620 to encounter our experts and learn why we think Risk-Adaptive Protection is and then important. Sit down in on a theatre presentation and pick up a free t-shirt.

I will be discussing the security model of WebAssembly at the booth and offering some tips to analyse wasm modules. Here’south a look at some of the other presentation titles featured in the booth’s theatre:

Delivering Better Security Efficiency through Hazard-Adaptive Protection

A Risk-Adaptive Approach to Dynamic Information Protection

GDPR Is Hither, Are Y’all Compliant?

Finding the Needle in the Haystack: Leveraging Analytics to Focus Investigations

Identifying Your Riskiest Cloud User

Modern Web Security for the Cloud Era

Improving Your Security Posture for O365

SD-WAN “2.0” with Enterprise Scale and Security

Is Your Firewall Leaving Your Network NAKED on the Net?

Putting the Homo Back into Network Security

Let Your Data Flow: Network Sectionalisation in the Real World

How to Clarify a WebAssembly Module

Our squad will also exist demoing the following solutions:

Gamble-Adaptive Protection	UEBA, DLP, DDP
Cloud Security	CASB, Web and SaaS apps
Enterprise SD-WAN Security	Secure Enterprise SD-WAN and Evasion Protection
Global Governments	Network Segmentation

Career Zone

Forcepoint is growing, and hiring, effectually the world, and nosotros’re always on the picket for the best of the best. Stop past our booth #CZ2241 in the Career Zone to learn more than!

Presentations

Using Language Modelling to Verify User Identities

Date: Wed, August 8 | 12:40pm-ane:30pm

Location:  Business Hall, Theater A

A variety of biometrics have been used for authenticating user identities, including fingerprinting, facial recognition, and keystroke analysis. Natural linguistic communication processing research has found that people’s utilise of language can also exist uniquely identifying. Language modelling is a technique for measuring how probable words and phrases are, given some observations about previous language use. It is used heavily in speaker and writer identification too equally speech recognition and machine translation.

Bring together information scientists for user and information security solutions Dr. Chris Poirel and Dr. Eduardo Luiggi for this in-depth discussion of the multiple facets of language modelling.

Slides now available here: https://www.slideshare.net/Forcepoint/using-linguistic communication-modeling-to-verify-user-identities-109389446

AI & ML in Cybersecurity – Why Algorithms are Dangerous

Date: Th, Baronial nine | 11:00am-eleven:45am

Location: Due south Seas ABE

Rather than building systems with actual security knowledge, companies are using algorithms that nobody understands and, in plough, discovering wrong insights. Raffael Marty, Forcepoint VP of Corporate Strategy, will be discussing how the lack of explainability and verifiability in AI and ML algorithms can be dangerous.  A talk non to be missed equally he cuts through the hype.

Slides at present bachelor hither: https://www.slideshare.net/Forcepoint/ai-and-ml-in-cybersecurity

Level Upwardly Breakfast Bar

Appointment: Thursday, August 9th | 7AM – 10AM

Location: Fleur at Mandalay Bay

After a long week of workshops, keynotes and briefings, we thought our customers and special guests might appreciate an opportunity to recharge and relax. On Thursday morning, we hope you tin can join us at Fleur at Mandalay Bay. There will be a gourmet breakfast spread, fresh java, mimosas, yous can even build your own Bloody Mary. And in true Las Vegas style, we’ll likewise provide an free energy-boosting, headache-relieving oxygen bar.

Make sure to stop by booth #620 to grab your breakfast pass. The laissez passer will expedite your entry providing you VIP admission to the front of the line! (A Black Lid badge is also required.)

Def Con 26

Appointment:
Baronial 9-12.

Location:
Caesar’s Palace & Flamingo, Las Vegas.

One of the globe’s largest hacker conventions, Def Con flows into the weekend.  Running for over a quarter of a century Def Con is the place to exist if you want to take in deep technical talks and extend your network with fellow-minded security folks from around the globe. Some of the highlights this year include Jeanette Manfra from the Department of Homeland Security on keeping U.S. elections rubber and Wesley McGrew on securing containers. There’s truly something for anybody at Def Con, including a talk from the NSA’south Rob Joyce entitled “Building Absurd Christmas Light Shows”. Forcepoint Security Labs researchers will be in the corridors and presentations at Caesar’s and wait forward to bringing back the knowledge shared at the conference to help better protect our customers.

We await forward to seeing you lot in Vegas!