No royal road : advanced analysis for 'advanced' threats

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Nation-state activity in the information domain is introducing wild new complexities to threat analysis. The current state of industry practice is proving inadequate to the challenge at hand. Lacking methodological rigour and robust contextual framing, the state of threat analysis is grim, and the way forward is hard.

This presentation will examine current deficiencies in advanced threat analysis, presenting lessons drawn from the post-Cold War period in nuclear security, and other mature disciplines.

About the Speaker

Mara Tam

Mara is a Washington DC-based ICT security policy expert. Mara regularly serves as a private sector advisor to executive agencies on information security issues, focussing on the technical and strategic implications of regulatory and policy activity. Prior to her current roles, she was the Director of Government Affairs for HackerOne, a vulnerability coordination and disclosure platform.

Mara’s background includes advanced degrees in cultural identity studies and modern history, as well as work in international security, counterinsurgency, and arms control. Her speaking and keynote credits include DEF CON, ShmooCon, TROOPERS Conference, Security BSides Las Vegas, Security BSides Portland, The Atlantic Council, the Federal Communications Bar Association, and an alphabet soup of think tanks. She is a proud contributor to FIRST Org’s VRDX-SIG, and two-time BlackHoodie reverse-engineering alumna.