Behind the Mask: The Agenda, Tricks, and Tactics of the Federal Trade Commission as they Regulate Cybersecurity

Presented at Black Hat USA 2015, Aug. 5, 2015, 4:20 p.m. (50 minutes).

While the FTC, FCC and Homeland Security joust over who is going to regulate the internet, Michael J. Daugherty will rivet you about his blood in the water battle with the Federal Trade Commission over their relentless investigation into LabMD's data security practices showing you what they do to those who dare not "go along to get along."

This is an insider's look at how agencies exploit their power by bullying the small and weak to control the private sector. You will hear about Mike's shrewd investigation of the investigator (FTC) which resulted in a House Oversight investigation, a stinging Congressional report about the FTC's behavior, and criminal immunity from the Justice Department for a whistleblower. The administrative case against LabMD, stayed in June 2014 when the whistleblower pled the 5th, started again May 5, 2015, after criminal immunity had been granted. Mike exposes the real time maneuvers of government lawyers and regulators who are accustomed to no one looking.

Because of his work, Mike has testified before the House of Representatives House Oversight Committee and regularly keynotes in front of healthcare, law, business and technology audiences educating them on what to expect when the Federal Government investigates you.


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  • Michael Daugherty - LabMD
    Michael J. Daugherty is Founder, President & CEO of LabMD, a cancer detection laboratory based in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the author of the book "The Devil Inside the Beltway, The Shocking Expose of the US Government's Surveillance and Overreach into Cybersecurity, Medicine and Small Business." He holds a BA in Economics from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, regularly blogs at MichaelJDaugherty.com, sits on the board of Snoopwall, a privacy company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, and writes for CyberDefense Magazine. He is a private pilot and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

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