I grew up analogue. Analogue engineering and all.

This talk is about applying analogue thinking to Network Security.

It’s about a different way of approaching our defenses, understanding the attackers and hopefully will inspire others. It’s about a mélange of concepts, many analogue, that when combined in various ways, I hope will help our industry.

My goal is to introduce some ideas more conventionally thought of as ‘analogue’ than digital, then glue them together in various ways to offer different views on how to solve security problems - whether they be in the cyber, physical or human domains.

Winn Schwartau is one of the world's top experts on security, privacy, infowar, cyber-terrorism, and related topics. He is also the president and founder of The Security Awareness Company.

Winn is gifted at making highly technical security subjects understandable and entertaining. In addition to being called "The Civilian Architect of Information Warfare," he is one of the country's most sought after experts on information security, infrastructure protection, and electronic privacy. He has authored more than 12 security books and has been the recipient of a host of industry recognitions. You can read a lot more about Winn's publications and history on his site.

PhreakNIC is a technology conference held annually in Middle Tennessee. PhreakNIC started as an infosec hacker convention but has expanded over the years to include the maker scene, ham radio, DIY engineering, space and science nerds, the skeptics community, electronic and experimental music, gamers, anime, and general geekery.