Protecting Against and Investigating Insider Threats
Antony Rucci explores protecting against and investigating insider threats at DEF CON 17, examining threat-intelligence and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Protecting Against and Investigating Insider Threats (A methodical, multi-pronged approach to protecting your organization) Antonio "Tony" Rucci Program Director, Technical Intelligence and Security Programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory This presentation will focus on indicators of insider threats and how to detect them. I'll primarily focus on specific hiring practices to minimize risk to your organization.
Vulnerability Analysis
We'll take a deep dive look into open source searches you should be doing on the internet that may expose someone who could potentially be a liability to you and your company. I'll talk about the importance of security awareness training and education to thwart opportunistic individuals.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
And Finally, we'll wrap things up with some interesting, relevant case studies that illustrate the key indicators and what their status is today. Antonio "Tony" Rucci With more than 25 years of counterintelligence and security experience, Tony Rucci currently serves as the Program Director, Technical Intelligence and Security Programs, Global Initiatives Directorate (GID) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
Prior to his employment with ORNL, Tony retired after serving 21 years as a United States Army Counterintelligence (CI) Warrant Officer / Special Agent, having served in a variety of leadership positions and conducted numerous counterintelligence, security and espionage investigations to protect our national interests, culminating with his final assignment as the Counterintelligence Operations Officer for the Director of Security, White House Military Office. Tony has attended several BH/Defcon events! For copies of the slides and additional materials please see the DEF CON 17 Archive here:
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