Keynote: We're All Gonna Die

Presented at DeepSec 2018 „I like to mov &6974,%bx“, Unknown date/time (Unknown duration)

Let's kick off this conference with a frank frolic into the future. What better way to start the morning than investigating several ways our civilisation could end, including, of course, Cybergeddon.

ICT and Internet started out with a promise of a utopian future, where all we humans had to do was lay back, sip a drink, and tweet a bit. And everybody believed it. Except you of course. Well, they have been tricked. Again…

But now that the dark side of ICT raises its ugly head so high that maybe even those outside the security community can smell its foul breath we will all surely wake up, get together, and create a safer world.

Nah… Probably not. On the contrary: it is only getting worse. And in this uplifting and inspiring talk I will tell you exactly why.


Presenters:

  • Peter Zinn - Peter Zinn
    Peter Zinn is an independent specialist and speaker on cybercrime. He energetically bridges the gap between ICT security specialists and decision makers. Peter has a degree in software engineering, had worked for private industry, and in 2007 made the move to cyber crime (fighting it, that is). As strategic advisor of the newly established National High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch Police he helped shape its strategy and guide its growth for 10 years. And collected stories he is still not allowed to tell. Peter is currently a full time speaker and consultant on cybercrime. One of the things he is working on (with a group of CISO's) is how to prepare for a crisis where all systems are down for an undefined but long time.

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