2021 CornCon 7 / Sep 11, 2021 / www.corncon.net

Winn Schwartau, Chief Visionary Officer, SAC Labs!

Title: Defending Security is Probabilistic, Not Deterministic: Get Over It

Slides: https://corncon.net/resources/CornCon7.Schwartau.pdf

Abstract: Since the inception of computer/data/cyber/network security some fifty years ago, one recurring question has beset our industry: “How do we secure it?” By its very nature, this question has propagated a harmful meme, by implying that a binary deterministic answer is possible. “How can we defend against unknown vulnerabilities and hacks?” is perhaps a more realistic question.

Bio: Winn has lived Security since 1983, and now says, “I think, maybe, I’m just starting to understand it.” His predictions about the internet & security have been scarily spot on. He coined the term “Electronic Pearl Harbor” while testifying before Congress in 1991 and showed the world how and why massive identify theft, cyber-espionage, nation- state hacking and cyber-terrorism would be an integral part of our future. He was named the “Civilian Architect of Information Warfare,” by Admiral Tyrrell of the British MoD. His new book, “Analogue Network Security” is a mathematically based approach to provable security where his goal is to provide tools and methods to “fix security and the internet”.

Distinguished Fellow: Ponemon Institute Top-20 industry pioneers: SC Magazine. Top 25 Most Influential: Security Magazine Top 5 Security Thinkers: SC Magazine. Power Thinker and one of the 50 most powerful people: Network World. Top Rated (4.85) RSA Speaker Author: Pearl Harbor Dot Com (Die Hard IV), 3 volumes of “Information Warfare,” “CyberShock”, “Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids”, “Time Based Security” (More on his web site.) Founder: www.TheSecurityAwarenessCompany.Com Founder: www.InfowarCon.Com Executive Producer: “Hackers Are People Too”

Conference Agenda: https://corncon.net/CC7.Agenda.pdf

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