Keynote
Discusses keynote and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.
Summary
Overview: Snow delivers the SAINTCON keynote on social engineering, drawing from her career spanning special effects makeup, DEF CON black badges, and founding the Social Engineering Community.
Key Topics: Social engineering breach costs averaging $4.91 million; low employee reporting rates at only 15%; building the DEF CON social engineering village; and practical approaches to changing organizational security behavior.
Technical Details: Snow quantifies phishing's impact on breach costs and highlights the reporting gap where employees fail to notify security teams. She shares lessons from competitive social engineering at DEF CON.
Takeaways: Social engineering remains the most cost-effective attack vector. Organizations must improve reporting culture and invest in awareness beyond annual compliance training.
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