Making it Click - How to Build an Effective Security Strategy

In this 'choose your own adventure' workshop, you will select an attack flow and go to work on creating a defensive and response strategy to protect your company against the attack. Like building a Lego fortress, elements of an effective security strategy can click together to build your protection brick-by-brick. Participants will take away insights about attack and defense, and how to consider both aspects to create an effective security strategy. 

David Richards

David is a seasoned Security Operations Center Manager at a prominent private university with over 125,000 students. With a passion for cybersecurity education, He is an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University, teaching courses in Linux System Administration, Information Assurance, and Secure Corporate Networks. David is dedicated to empowering the next generation of cybersecurity professionals and helping students launch successful careers in the field.

Mike Manrod

Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise. Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention engineer for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other organizations. He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019, along with multiple articles/whitepapers. When not working, he spends time playing video games with his kids or doing projects around the farm.