We are the Enemy of the Good

Presented at NolaCon 2018, May 19, 2018, 2 p.m. (Unknown duration)

You can overhear it at any Security Conference bar: Someone ranting about what is "wrong" with our industry. The familiar culprits of "check-box compliance" and "magic-box vendors" are quick to take the blame, but what if we are part of the problem? I see posts daily from well known and well meaning people on Twitter talking about how you if are doing security perfectly, "UR DOIN IT WRONG!" In this talk, Stephen Heath will give our industry some tough love and remind us that it benefits no one to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Presenters:

• Stephen Heath
  Stephen currently serves as VP, Security Services for Intrinium, Inc., a security consultancy in the Pacific Northwest. He has spoken regularly at conferences / industry groups and has often appeared on television and radio discussing the strange and bizarre side of information security. Beyond security, Stephen is passionate about geek culture, backcountry hiking, and spontaneous travel. By the end of 2018, he will be a member of the All 50 States club. Twitter: @hackerhiker

Links:

• https://nolacon.com/talk/we-are-the-enemy-of-the-good
• https://infocon.org/cons/NolaCon/NolaCon 2018/We are the Enemy of the Good Stephen Heath.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/NolaCon/NolaCon 2018/We are the Enemy of the Good Stephen Heath.eng.srt (subtitles)

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