BSidesSF 2015 - Human Hunting (Sean Gillespie)

Human Hunting
Sean Gillespie

Much of what appears to be happening in information security seems to be focused on replacing humans with magic boxes and automation rather than providing tools to augment human capabilities. However, when we look at good physical security we see technology is being used to augment human capabilities rather than simply replace them. The adversary is human so we are ultimately looking for human directed behaviors. If analysts don’t know how to go looking for evil …

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