RVAsec is pleased to announce Armis as the official Wi-Fi sponsor of RVAsec 10!
Know your devices better than ever before. Powered by the world’s largest device knowledgebase, you’ll get granular, industry-specific device details and behavioral insights in real-time to trigger faster, more effective detection and response.
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The RVAsec 10 after party, brought to you by Risk Based Security and GuidePoint Security, will be at in the main Omni Ballroom on Thursday, November 4th, right after the conference ends!
Monkey Fist has been amazing audiences in the Central Virginia area since 2006 with a high-energy rock show that promises stellar musicianship and vocals, and a wide range of musical selections: from 80’s anthems to today’s new rock and everything in between.
This is an exclusive event, so you must be registered to attend or you will not be allowed entrance–no exceptions!
Important Notes:
Even if you have a ticket for RVAsec and said that you wanted to attend during the signup process, you MUST now registered for the party!
If you haven’t bought a ticket for the RVAsec conference yet, now is the time…. click this link, you know you want to!
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Karl is a business technologist through experience and a private pilot by fascination. While spending most work days in “the Cloud”, weekends are often spent flying below the cloud deck.
Network Assessments: Cybersecurity, Quackery and Fraud
Network assessments are valuable tools to provide insight into infrastructure. It is no surprise they are used to close 7 out of 10 new business opportunities for managed service providers. Their benefit to business is often an illusion. This talk covers the basics of assessments, how they are misused, and what companies of all sizes should be doing instead.
Come see Karl at RVAsec! Register now.
RVAsec is pleased to announce A10 Networks as a Silver sponsor for RVAsec 10!
Deliver business-critical applications that are secure, available, and efficient for multi-cloud transformation and 5G readiness. A10 Networks’ portfolio of secure application services solutions are engineered to accelerate and secure the most important enterprise and service providers networks in the world.
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Caleb Mattingly is the CEO and founder of Secure Cloud Innovations, a cybersecurity consulting firm. Prior to starting SCI, Caleb worked in defense contracting supporting the Army, Navy, Air Force, and DISA. Caleb’s highest level of education is a MS in Cybersecurity from Liberty University.
Bake Security Into Your Infrastructure-as-Code
Baking takes time, dedication, and effort throughout the entire process. If you leave an ingredient or step out, you risk ruining the entire cake. Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) is surprisingly similar. When you leave security out of your IaC process, you risk ruining what you worked so hard to create. In this talk we’ll dive into some best practice options for securing your IaC and explain the risks when you don’t.
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We are pleased to announce that Chris Tignor will be keynoting RVAsec 2020!
Chris Tignor is Global Chief Information Security Officer for PRA Group, Inc in Glen Allen, Virginia. He has extensive experience in cybersecurity and information technology risk management with international financial services and consultancy organizations. His recent activities include strategies and program development projects to address cloud migration, data security, regulatory remediation (e.g. GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, HIPAA, OCC Heightened
Expectations), cyber fusion centers, threat intelligence, data governance and cyber analytics.
Prior to joining PRA Group, Chris was Principal and Chief Information Security officer for ImpactMakers in Richmond, Virginia. His past experiences include Senior Vice President of Information Security for the Federal Reserve Bank System, Chief Information Security Officer for Capital One Financial Corporation, Chief Operating Officer for W.C. Duke Associates and senior consultant for Accenture.
Chris is actively engaged in multiple volunteer and pro-bono activities. Chris is passionate about helping non-profit and higher education institutions. He currently volunteers with IT4Causes.org to provide pro-bono security consulting and security awareness training to multiple non-profits across Virginia. In addition, Chris has served on several executive boards for universities, cybersecurity firms and financial institutions.
Chris and his family live in Ashland, Virginia where he enjoys train watching and gardening.
As a Director with Cherry Bekaert Digital, Steve Holliday assists clients with improvement, helping organizations to use resources more effectively and efficiently, and to enable growth, by understanding the current state, identifying performance gaps and developing and executing improvement strategies.
Steve has 30 years of experience as an operations management, information technology, information security, and process improvement executive. His key skills include information technology, digital transformation, strategy and road mapping, systems thinking, operational analysis, risk management and leadership of change. Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified Information Security Manager (“CISM”).
Why Should I Care? Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC): DoD / Non-DoD
Whether part of the DoD Supply Chain, or not, the Cyber Maturity Model Certification, largely built upon NIST 800-171, provides a great framework for understanding your information security risk and intelligently putting solid NIST controls around them. CMMC compliance is a time based mandate for Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers in the DoD Supply Chain. There are plans to push it out farther, and even into all DoD procurement contracts. Could it have broader application? Possibly extending across government and into Industry to create one common language for security? If none of these, then it still makes a dog gone good framework for a company to build out the management of cyber risk with an eye on continuous improvement. Come learn more about CMMC.
Come see Steve at RVAsec! Register now.
As an Azure Networking Engineer, Thor Draper Jr works on the rapid response team that assists clients with immediate remediation of Infrastructure as a Service issues. Thor is also a cyber security instructor with Trilogy Education Services and has taught at cohorts held at universities across the country. His key skills are in information technology, information security, management, and sales. His passions lie in networking and relationship building.
Raising the Average – Finding and Managing Mentors
According to Jim Rohn: “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Meaning, the people you spend the most time with are the same ones that shape you into you. You are their average. This same relationship applies when you’re referring to mentors.
As the world continues to go more virtual, the nature of relationships has changed. While mentorship is essential to professional development, the times dictate you need to adjust your communication style to maintain these relationships.
Come see Thor at RVAsec! Register now.
Josh is the practice lead of Strategic Application Security Services at GuidePoint Security. He has 18 years of real world experience in developing applications and helping organizations across all sectors integrate security into their SDLC. Josh has worked extensively with financial services organizations helping to scale their large AppSec programs as the development organizations increasingly adopt Agile and DevOps. He is passionate about all things AppSec. In his free time, Josh enjoys hiking, playing guitar, and spending time with his wife and three children.
Introduction To Inner-Loop Security. Shifting Left, But Better
We can barely make it through an AppSec talk or article without hearing about the wonders of “shift left” and how it is the key to solving all of our security problems. Every intro to AppSec talk starts with the cost savings and return on investment associated with discovering security defects earlier in the SDLC and most of us have designed our AppSec program around these concepts. What would you say if I told you there was a better way and that we have been shifting left wrong? In this talk, we will introduce the concept of the inner and outer loop as the next evolution of shift left. Join us to explore a new model for shifting left using inner-loop concepts and learn how to better enable our developers to build products that are secure by design.
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Jeff has been working in IT since 1998 and graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University (BS-IS 2012, MS-CISS 2014) and the SANS Technology Institute (PGC Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing). Jeff also enjoys research and educating on Technical Information Security Topics including Network Security Monitoring and Advanced Persistent Threats. In addition to recently passing the CCSP exam, Jeff holds the CISSP, GCIH, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN and VMware NSX: Micro-Segmentation certificates.
When he’s not delving into the cloud, Jeff enjoys Reading, Fishing, and Vacationing at the beach with his wife and kids. He is also an avid Hockey Fan.
Infrastructure as Code: Theory and Concepts
Information Systems Engineering & Operations Personnel can realize Scalability and Consistency by leveraging Infrastructure as Code. This presentation will dive into the Theory of Infrastructure as Code and the Concepts on effective use. A pathway to CI/CD, and eventually DevOps, will be shown.
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