The best cyber-criminals manage to compromise organizations that have invested millions of dollars in cybersecurity, operate effectively as geographically-dispersed teams, and develop extensible & reliable malware that can support campaigns over many years. What are the underlying success factors that allow such attackers to be so successful? Assessing the habits and traits of the most effective hackers can teach us surprising lessons about how we can better manage our networks, build resilient security software, nurture effective teams, and prioritize the right investments. This talk focuses on lessons-learned from first-hand experience challenging hackers from inside the walls of global Fortune 100 organizations.
Presented at CeBIT in March 2017 and Evanta Orlando CXO Summit, June 2017.