Red Cell - Mimicking Threat Actors for Realistic Responses

Presented at Kiwicon 2038AD: The Dystopic Future is Now (2018), Nov. 17, 2018, 2:30 p.m. (15 minutes).

Many organisations make use of offensive security exercises to test their security posture - including Google.

As part of testing of Google’s Detection and Response capability, engineers undertake a variation of this testing, mimicking the behavior and techniques of real-world, highly sophisticated adversaries.

This talk discusses Google’s approach to these exercises, why they’re important, and how other organisations can benefit from this approach.


Presenters:

  • Brendan Jamieson / hyprwired as Brendan Jamieson
    Brendan Jamieson (@hyprwired) is a Security Engineer at Google, working as part of Sydney’s Detection and Response team. He spends his days developing and maintaining signals, tools, and infrastructure used by the Detection Team, and hunting for sophisticated actors. Prior to Google, he worked as a Senior Security Consultant at Insomnia Security in New Zealand.

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