It’s Oktoberfest season, and we’re putting a security twist on this Bavarian tradition with…Cryptoberfest!

Come join us at Thirsty Bear Brewery in San Francisco on October 19 for great food and, of course, beer as we discuss the world of Cryptography with our crypto experts:

THE LINEUP:

Speaker: Scott Stender, VP of Crypto Services, NCC Group
Title: The HSM Market is Bad
Abstract: TBD

Speaker: Phillip Martin, Director of Security, Coinbase
Title: Practical Shamir's Secret Sharing
Abstract: Shamir's Secret Sharing is an awesome and underused tool to ensure highly sensitive data is not accessed without group consensus. At Coinbase we use it to protect critical private keys used by a number of systems, to ensure consensus around the use of 'if I get hit by a bus' files, and a number of other areas. Learn how, and how not, Shamir's can be an effective tool for protecting critical secrets.

Speaker: Nick Sullivan, Head of Cryptography, Cloudflare
Title: Encryption vs. Inspection
Abstract: There is a tension in the security industry right now between the proponents of end-to-end encryption and those who use network inspection as a core tool to understand threats and information flows. This debate is particularly relevant to the web, where HTTPS adoption passed 50 percent this year. Recent research also shows that a large percentage of this traffic is not end-to-end encrypted from the browser to the server and that both intercepting proxies and anti-virus software can reduce the security of encrypted connections significantly. In this presentation, I will explore the various angles of this debate and entertain ways to relieve the tension.

Please save the date of October 19; more details will follow as the date approaches. We look forward to having you join us for evening of crypto and beer.

CryptoberFest - Presented by NCC Group