Crash Course in Physical Access Control Systems

Presented at DEF CON 32 (2024), Aug. 10, 2024, 2 p.m. (240 minutes).

This Physical Access Control Learning Lab will teach attendees about physical access control and the systems involved. Many of the subjects being taught will be related to their cybersecurity counterparts and lots of focus placed on the why of each concept, not only the fun parts.

Presenters:

  • Lorenzo Pedroncelli - RSA
    Lorenzo has been working with technology since childhood, directly out of high school he went to work for the National Laboratories. Lorenzo helped drive a new security initiative for High Performance Computing, eventually moving to another National Laboratory to do the same. After leaving government contracting Lorenzo joined RSA and started his first "official" job in cybersecurity as a consultant for NetWitness helping customers improve their knowledge and use of the SIEM. Most recently Lorenzo switched into supporting RSA's internal security operations, leading the Converged Security team including the Incident Response, Data Security, Cloud Security, and Endpoint Security programs, among others.
  • Randy Belbin - RSA
    Randy began his Information Technology and cybersecurity career in the MSP space over a decade ago, before joining RSA as a Sales Engineer in 2016. In the years since, Randy has become an industry expert for Identity and Access Management. In 2022, Randy moved to RSA’s Security and Risk office to lead the identity program at the newly independent RSA. As part of the security team, Randy has been able to broaden his experience and currently assists with physical security, cloud security, and incident response, in addition to his role as the identity guy.

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