Cloud Security Alliance: Chicago Chapter Meeting

The Cloud Security Alliance is a non-profit organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.

EVENT AGENDA OVERVIEW:

·                     Updates:
Cloud Security Alliance Updates
CSA Chicago Chapter Updates

·                     Presentation: 
Rise of the Chaotic Actor: Adapting to the Age of Anonymous –  Joshua Corman, Director of Security Intelligence, Akamai Technologies

·                     Legal Working Group Kick Off
Develop LWG Goals & Objectives

EVENT DETAILS:

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

4:30PM – 6:30PM

Bank Of America

135 S. LaSalle, 43rd

CHICAGO, IL 60603

Presentation Overview: One can't go a week these days without hearing or talking about what Anonymous just did - or what they're planning to do next. While some see these chaotic actors like Anon, LulzSec, and derivatives, as Chaotic Good like Robin Hood... others see these actors as Chaotic Evil like the Joker (see also http://www.csoonline.com/article/682511/the-rise-of-the-chaotic-actor-understanding-anonymous-and-ourselves ). Most of the veterans in the IT Security community have sustained a cognitive dissonance about them. At DEFCON 19, a few of us confronted the issue (and active participants). We found that much of the narrative in the press fails to understand their varied motives, permutations, and evolutions of these pockets of chaotic actors. We also saw the groups are experiencing some of the growing pains and complications we expected them to (and some we didn't) as this saga unfolds. Regardless of our understanding, Chaotic Actors are here to stay - and we must better understand the implications of these powerful factors. Every action has reaction, so we must be conscientious and deliberate about how we adapt to the age of Anonymous.

Together we'll frame some of the timeline and facts behind this Renaissance of Hacktivitism. We'll get specific about some of the incidents, outcomes, victims and collateral damage left in the wake of those attacks. We'll build upon the insights, discussion, and debates from our DEFCON "Whoever Fights Monsters" panel (including our exchanges on "Building a Better Anonymous"). We'll outline the white paper the panelists crafted post-DEFCON. Last, we'll explore how organizations can intelligently adjust their threat models and risk postures in the face of this developing reality

Speaker: Joshua Corman is the Director of Security Intelligence for Akamai Technologies and has more than a decade of experience with security and networking software.  Most recently he served as Research Director for Enterprise Security at The 451 Group following his time as Principal Security Strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems. Mr. Corman’s cross-domain research highlights adversaries, game theory and motivational structures. His analysis cuts across sectors to the core security challenges plaguing the IT industry, and helps to drive evolutionary strategies toward emerging technologies and shifting incentives.

Mr. Corman is a candid and highly-coveted speaker with engagements at leading industry events such as RSA, DEFCON, Interop, ISACA, and SANS.  As a staunch advocate for CISOs, Corman also serves as a Fellow with the Ponemon Institute, on the Faculty for IANS, and co-founded Rugged Software – a value-based initiative to raise awareness and usher in an era of secure digital infrastructure. His passion for challenging the status quo won him the title of Top Influencer of IT by NetworkWold magazine in 2009. Corman received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire. He resides with his wife and two daughters in New Hampshire.

Corman can be found on twitter @joshcorman and on his blog at http://blog.cognitivedissidents.com/.