Throwing the Elephant

Track 2
4 Feb 2022 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

There are two kinds of companies: those where leadership cares and… those where they don't. No amount of personal heroics, technical awesomesauce, or the world's greatest tool is going to change that and have the business suddenly get it. Your leadership is an elephant. Large. Moves only when it wants. Tramples things. And… the cleanup! So, how do we move the elephant when and where we want?

We'll talk how to get leadership buy-in for your risk management program, how to translate this for different kinds of offensive/threat assessments (vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, red teaming, and purple teaming), metrics (including real-world data) derived from a detection maturity model I created with business context (alignment) from my work with blue teams. Come with questions and curiosity, leave with actionable insights to build or mature your risk assessment program.

Bryson Bort
SCYTHE Founder/CEO
@brysonbort

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity and National Security at R Street and the National Security Institute and an Advisor to the Army Cyber Institute. As a U.S. Army Officer, he served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. He was recognized as one of the Top 50 in Cyber in 2020 by Business Insider.
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Bryson received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas.