USENIX Enigma Conference Courses

Hacking the Law- Are Bug Bounties a True Safe Harbor? - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2018

Exploring legal risks in bug bounties, advocating for hacker rights, and proposing standardized terms to create safe harbors for ethical hackers participating in vulnerability disclosure programs.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

IoE, Connecting Regulation to Risk - Travis LeBlanc - USENIX Enigma - 2018

Exploring IoT vulnerabilities, challenges, and policy solutions for mitigating privacy and security risks in the rapidly growing landscape of internet-connected devices.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Great Cryptographic Divide - USENIX Enigma 2018

Exploring the encryption debate: privacy vs. security, government vs. industry. Discusses challenges, impacts, and potential solutions for balancing security and privacy in an encrypted world.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Some Thoughts on Deep Learning and Infosec - Jeremy Howard - USENIX Enigma - 2018

Exploring the potential of deep learning in infosec, challenging misconceptions and highlighting untapped opportunities for practical applications in cybersecurity.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Protecting Financial Stability Against Cyber Threats - Tim Maurer - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2018

Proposal for international agreement to protect financial stability from cyber threats, focusing on G20 commitment and collaboration between governments, financial institutions, and experts.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Cyber Strategy - The Evolving Nature of Cyber Power and Coercion - USENIX Enigma 2018

Exploring cyber strategies' effectiveness in coercion, this talk analyzes various operations and their impact on political outcomes, challenging assumptions about cyber power's revolutionary nature.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Hats Off to DevSecOps - Shannon Lietz - USENIX Enigma - 2018

Discover DevSecOps strategies for safer software development, understanding adversaries, and implementing continuous security testing to stay ahead of threats.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Surfing the Motivation Wave to Create Security Behavior Change - Masha Sedova - USENIX Enigma - 2018

Exploring motivation as a key factor in security behavior change, beyond traditional awareness programs. Learn strategies to inspire and drive employee engagement in cybersecurity practices.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Compliance Does Not Equal Security (Except When It Might Be) - Rob Clark - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2018

Exploring IBM's innovative approach to cloud security, aligning with NIST guidelines to enhance DevSecOps, reduce complexity, and drive security features across platforms and services.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Differential Privacy at Scale - Uber and Berkeley Collaboration - USENIX Enigma - 2018

Collaboration between Uber and Berkeley researchers on scaling differential privacy, resulting in open-source releases and practical solutions for privacy-preserving data analysis in real-world scenarios.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Web Tracking Arms Race: Past, Present, and Future - USENIX Enigma 2018

Explores online tracking evolution, privacy challenges, and solutions. Discusses research findings, tool development, and recommendations for policymakers and browser vendors to enhance user privacy.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Security for Vulnerable Populations - On the Interplay of - Daniela Oliveira - USENIX Enigma - 2017

Explores older adults' vulnerability to spear-phishing, analyzing susceptibility based on psychological influence tactics and life domains. Offers insights for developing targeted cybersecurity solutions.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Human Computation with an Application to Passwords - Manuel Blum - USENIX Enigma - 2017

Explore secure password computation techniques using human-computable functions, transforming website names into unique passwords without memorization.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

FeatureSmith- Learning to Detect Malware by Mining the Security Literature - USENIX Enigma 2017

Automated feature engineering system for malware detection using AI to synthesize knowledge from research papers, achieving comparable performance to manual methods and suggesting new informative features.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Leveraging the Power of Automated Reasoning - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2017

Explores automated bug detection and security exploit generation using symbolic execution and SMT solvers, showcasing their application in Web security analysis and potential for broader automation.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk