The Completion Backward Principle

Presented at DEF CON 15 (2007), Aug. 5, 2007, 10 a.m. (50 minutes)

If you're responsible for the burglar alarm at your facility, do you understand how it's being monitored by the "Data Monitoring Group" flunkees? Are all those alarm conditions real? The Completion Backward Principle covers issues arising from Internet-enabled monitoring of burglar alarm systems, and possible mitigations. Spot The Fed will most assuredly be played at this talk.

Presenters:

• geoffrey
  geoffrey: For the past seventeen years, geoffrey has been a Facility Security Officer and ComSec manager in support of various tla's. Securing computer networks, telephone systems, and buildings is not just an adventure, it's his job. He can often be found giggling, like a schoolgirl, at the thought of global warfare being waged upon nouns. geoffrey is also available for childrens' parties.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html#geoffrey
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 15/DEF CON 15 video/DEF CON 15 - geoffrey - The Completion Backward Principle - Video.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBuzh-jDJ8w

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• DerbyCon 2.0 Reunion (2012) / 4140 Ways Your Alarm System Can Fail
• Black Hat USA 2014 / Breaking the Security of Physical Devices
• HOPE 2020 Virtual Rescheduled / Inside Job: Exploiting Alarm Systems and the People Who Monitor Them