The Hackers Apprentice

Presented at Wild West Hackin' Fest 2019, Oct. 25, 2019, 3 p.m. (50 minutes).

I turned my house into an escape room! In this talk I’ll show you how I used IoT devices and open source software to turn my house into an escape room. Topics will include HomeAssistant, the HA AppDaemon, Alexa, Python coding and puzzles.


Presenters:

  • Mark Baggett
    Mark Baggett is the owner of Indepth Defense, an independent consulting firm that offers incident response and penetration testing services. Mark has more than 28 years of commercial and government experience ranging from Software Developer to Chief Information Security Officer. Mark is a Senior Instructor for The SANS Institute and the author of the Automating Information security with Python course (SEC573). Mark has a Master's Degree in Information Security Engineering and many industry certifications including being 15th person in the world to receive the prestigious GIAC Security Expert certification (GSE). Mark is very active in the information security community. Mark is the founding president of The Greater Augusta ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) chapter which has been extremely successful in bringing networking and educational opportunities to Augusta Information Technology workers. Since January 2011, Mark has served as the Technical Advisor to the DoD for SANS where he assists various government organizations in the development of information security capabilities.

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