Managing Director
Jeff has held Top Secret clearances while breaking codes and ciphers and performing Arabic language translations serving in the USAF and at the NSA, and also served as an Armored Scout Platoon Leader and Army Officer. He has worked in leadership positions Fortune 100 organizations. Jeff also has international experience in the greater Mediterranean region and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Jeff received the 2007 RSAÆ Conference award for Excellence in the Field of Security Practices. The Bardin-led security team also won the 2007 SC Magazine Award for Best Security Team. Jeff has served as the CSO/CISO for Fortune 1000 firms and is the principal for Treadstone 71. Jeff was most recently the Director of Risk Management at EMC. He has published several articles, is working to publish his first book, and sits on security advisory boards. Jeff holds CISSP, CISM, CHS, and NSA IAM certifications.
Topic 1:
Jihad Me This
The Internet is the
platform of choice for extremist activities of most any type. Usama Bin Laden indicated long ago that
90% of the battle is information. In this discussion, we’ll take an in-depth
look at extremist jihadi groups using the social networking sites as a method
of information dissemination, recruitment, product development, and propaganda
while examining their use of encryption, steganography, dead drops, online
storage and email. The session
will cover their use of Cloud Computing and Social Networking to store and
distribute their message while taking a look at the main provider of social
networking software for this purpose.
Topic 2:
Money for Nothin’ and Your Data is Free – Underground Economy Maturity (Joint Keynote with Dr. Herbert Thompson)
What are the forces that drive maturity in the underground cyber economy and is there a tie to our current economic state of affairs? Why is the underground economy continuing to expand at a much quicker pace that countermeasures can be devised? What are some of the financial benefits that drive this maturation and pace? Who are those perpetrating the crimes? What does cyber terrorism have to do with the underground economy. Why can they innovate so much faster than we do and is there something to be learned from their methods?
Hugh Thompson and Jeff Bardin will explore the forces behind the underground cyber economy taking an unusual look at some of the characters and tactics they take.