Everything they told me about security was wrong

If you were to believe the vendors and the trade shows, you would think everything was “OK” with IT security. You would think AV works. You would think “plug and play” IDS was effective. You would think that Data Loss Prevention would prevent data loss. Why then, is it, that very large organizations are still getting compromised? Organizations with very large budgets and staff, still get compromised in advanced and persistent ways. Something is very wrong in this industry.

Lets find out what is wrong and how we can fix it.

In this presentation we will cover many of the common misconceptions about computer security.

Below are just a few misconceptions we will destroy with harsh words and live demos:

1. AV will keep malware off of my system
2. Firewalls will keep the attackers out
3. If my system is patched, I cannot be hacked
4. Apple computers are far safer than Windows
5. Linux is more secure than Windows.
6. My users are dumb