Learning infosec practices and expanding your knowledge past the classroom has always been difficult. In the year of old crotchety hooligans, they use to beg/borrow/steal hardware in order to learn. Kids these days have new hotness’s available to them: cloud services, VPN’s, and more. But what is lost is that tactile control and feedback of owning that platform for learning. In this talk, you’ll learn about the odyssey and exploration I took on developing a home laboratory on the cheap, leveraging modern tools as cost savers that will allow you to have the same learning experience our elders once had; minus the power bill, cooling requirements, and sketchy acquisition of hardware. Students, learn from this demonstration as to how you can grow your infosec ninja skills at home; experts, please provide improvement from your experiences!
Infosec practitioner by day, zombie hunter by night; Emlyne is a relatively new light in the information security space, and is looking to grow any and all skill sets in this field. She works in the energy sector, protecting power grids and the like from attackers, and extends her work life as a hobby at home as well. When not seen behind a computer screen, Emlyne can be found looking down the reticle of Vortex optics or through a tinted visor as she rides her Triumph Street Triple. Cyber.