Homeland Security Courses

Black Hat

Datacenter Orchestration Security and Insecurity - Assessing Kubernetes, Mesos, and Docker at Scale

Explore security challenges and solutions for large-scale datacenter orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Mesos, and Docker, focusing on cloud-scale infrastructure and software-defined datacenters.

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

Black Hat

Honey, I Shrunk the Attack Surface - Adventures in Android Security Hardening

Explore Android's attack surface reduction strategies, their impact on security, and future improvements. Gain insights into technical approaches and specific bug mitigation in this comprehensive overview.

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

Black Hat

Security Through Distrusting

Explore security approaches from trusting everything to distrusting nearly all components. Learn about innovative techniques for system protection and data leak prevention.

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

Black Hat

Why Most Cyber Security Training Fails and What We Can Do About It

Explores limitations of current cybersecurity awareness training and proposes innovative solutions to enhance effectiveness against spear phishing and other cyber threats.

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

Black Hat

How We Created the First SHA-1 Collision and What it Means for Hash Security

Explore the creation of the first SHA-1 collision, its implications for hash security, and the challenges faced in developing a meaningful payload and scaling computation.

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

Black Hat

Stepping Up Our Game - Re-focusing the Security Community on Defense and Making Security Work for Everyone

Facebook CSO Alex Stamos discusses the evolving role of cybersecurity, emphasizing the need for a renewed focus on defense and making security accessible to all in an era of heightened digital risks and societal impact.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Making Diversity a Priority in Security

Experts discuss strategies and initiatives to increase diversity in cybersecurity, addressing recruitment, retention, mentorship, and overcoming biases to create a more inclusive industry.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

The Seven Axioms of Security

Explore seven axioms for implementing proactive defense strategies in cybersecurity. Learn how to transition from reactive to proactive measures and discover the blueprint for future defense architecture.

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

Black Hat

ARMageddon - How Your Smartphone CPU Breaks Software-Level Security and Privacy

Explore smartphone CPU vulnerabilities that compromise security and privacy, revealing potential threats to sensitive data and personal information without requiring permissions.

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

Black Hat

How Your DRAM Becomes a Security Problem

Explore DRAM security vulnerabilities and side-channel attacks targeting row buffers, with implications for various devices and systems regardless of software or OS.

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

Black Hat

Beyond the MCSE - Active Directory for the Security Professional

Comprehensive exploration of Active Directory's critical components, security features, and vulnerabilities, empowering security professionals to better defend enterprise resources against sophisticated attacks.

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

Black Hat

Design Approaches for Security Automation

Explore criteria for designing and evaluating security automation tools, from small-scale techniques to large-scale implementations, to effectively secure organizational environments.

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

Black Hat

An Insider's Guide to Cyber-Insurance and Security Guarantees

Explore the rise of cyber-insurance and security guarantees in the InfoSec industry. Learn about their impact, implementation challenges, and potential benefits for businesses and security vendors.

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

Black Hat

Building a Product Security Incident Response Team - Learnings From the Hivemind

Building a Product Security Incident Response Team: Best practices, templates, and actionable recommendations for small to medium companies to establish effective PSIRT processes and respond to vulnerability reports.

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

Black Hat

Security Through Design - Making Security Better by Designing for People

Explore user-centered design methods to create more effective and user-friendly security processes, tools, and communication strategies, improving corporate productivity and security.

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