How to Catch a Pentester

Presented at BSides Austin 2016, March 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m. (60 minutes)

Put down your top ten lists and learn how pentesters actually get into your network and what they look for. This talk will teach you how the attacker moves and what to look for so that you can catch them in the act. This talk will focus on attack vectors from physical access to remote exploitation. Learn offensive and defensive tactics from a pentester for keeping your network safer from attackers and poor security audit grades. Trap your network, confuse the attacker and ace your next pentest.


Presenters:

  • Julian Dunning
    Julian is currently a Security Engineer at Praetorian's headquarters in Austin, Texas. Julian's experience spans companies such as Northwestern Mutual, Citi, and PriceWaterHouseCoopers. Julian is looked to as a thought leader in security -- namely in areas of social engineering and network penetration testing. His work in password cracking and steganography has been written up and presented publicly at numerous security conferences. Julian is an active member of the local security community, making regular contributions to Austin Hackers Anonymous, ISSA, and various other local security organizations. Julian is a recognized speaker at security conferences such as BSides Austin, HouSecCon, and InfoSec Southwest. Julian has the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) and Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA) certificates.

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