SH-1011 - The Hacker Hippocampus: Meet your brain on games

Presented at Texas Cyber Summit 2019, Oct. 12, 2019, 11:15 a.m. (60 minutes)

Always on the edge of your seat when it comes to new exploits and tricks. From bug bounties, CTFs, live hacking events, simulations, and interactive educational modules, they have been proven to stimulate and enforce new tools and knowledge to become stronger red teamers, blue teamers, and purple teamers. ** **But how did gamification come into play and in infosec? This interactive talk shares the history of gamification in infosec, how our brains are stimulated by them, and how it’s transforming lives.

Presenters:

  • Chloé Messdaghi - Point3 Security   as Chloe Messdaghi
    Chloé Messdaghi is the VP of Strategy at Point3 Security. She is a security researcher advocate who pushes for hacker rights, and strongly believes that information security is a humanitarian issue. Besides her passion to keep people safe and empowered online & offline, she is driven to change the statistics of women in InfoSec. She\'s the President and cofounder of Women of Security (WoSEC) and heads the SF Bay Area chapter. As well, she created WomenHackerz, a global online community that provides support and resources for hundreds of women hackers at all levels.

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