Optiv Security to Present Diverse Arsenal of Topics at Black Hat USA 2016
July 26 2016 - 11:05AM
Business Wire
Seasoned Security Professionals to Demonstrate
Open Source Tools for Pen Testers, Provide Career Advice and Offer
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Black Hat’s Network
Optiv Security, a market-leading provider of end-to-end cyber
security solutions, today announced that five of its security
experts will present at Black Hat 2016. The seasoned security
professionals will demonstrate three separate open source tools for
enterprise penetration testers at the Arsenal Hall, provide advice
to attendees on how to succeed in their career and give a
behind-the-scenes look at the Black Hat network. The conference is
scheduled to take place from July 30 – August 4 at Mandalay Bay
Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Session details include:
Staying Connected, and Surviving, on the
Black Hat NetworkWho/Topic: The Black Hat network is
often the subject of quiet whispers, fear and sometimes laughter.
In this session, Bart Stump, solutions engineer, will discuss what
many security professionals believe to be one of the most hostile
networks in the world. Attendees will learn what to expect while
staying connected at Black Hat and tips to stay
safe.When/Where: Tuesday, August 2 from 5:00 p.m. – 5:20
p.m. | Mandalay Bay G
Advancing Your Career as a Security
ProWho/Topic: Security professionals are in one of the
fastest-growing – and potentially lucrative – careers available
today. The industry’s negative-unemployment market means many
organizations compete for security experts’ services. In this panel
session, Dawn-Marie Hutchinson, executive director office of the
CISO, will join a discussion on how security professionals can take
advantage of these opportunities and advance their
careers.When/Where: Wednesday, August 3 from 12:50 p.m. –
1:40 p.m. | Reef C
Pay No Attention to that Hacker Behind the
Curtain: A Look Inside the Black Hat NetworkWho/Topic:
Each year thousands of security professionals attend Black Hat USA
to learn the latest tactics and techniques from the sharpest minds
in the industry. Once they have that knowledge, they can't wait to
test it on the closest network they can find: the Black Hat
network. In this presentation, Bart Stump, solutions engineer, will
show conference attendees what happens behind the scenes at Black
Hat. Who's attacking who? What are they doing? And what makes it
all tick.When/Where: Thursday, August 4 from 5:00 p.m. –
5:50 p.m. | Mandalay Bay EF
Black Hat Arsenal presentations include:
SERPICOWho/Topic: SERPICO, the
simple report writing collaboration tool, provides enterprise
penetration testing teams a portable platform to ease report
writing and generation. Pete Arzamendi, research scientist, returns
to Black Hat to demonstrate new features of this open source tool,
including new data imports and a bundled version for quicker
reporting.When/Where: Thursday, August 4 from 10:00 a.m. –
11:50 a.m. | Palm Foyer, Level 3, Station 1
BurpBuddyWho/Topic: BurpBuddy
is an open source tool originally released in 2014. Arsenal 2016
will mark the release of version three, which offers a complete
rewrite and provides a smorgasbord of new functionality. With
BurpBuddy, pen testers can write their own plugins for Burp in any
language they want. During this demo, Tom Steele, managing
principal consultant, will discuss the functionality of the API and
showcase examples written in various programming
languages.When/Where: Thursday, August 4 from 12:00 p.m. –
1:50 p.m. | Palm Foyer, Level 3, Station 5
NetNeedleWho/Topic: Hiding a
needle in a haystack is easier if the needle looks like hay. Join
John Ventura, research practice manager, who will demonstrate
NetNeedle, an open source tool developed for pen testers to provide
encrypted control channels and chat sessions that are disguised to
look like other common network activity. Originally written to
demonstrate network-based steganography principals, this tool
exploits presumptions about the nature of protocols that are
largely ignored in a modern network.When/Where: Thursday,
August 4 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Palm Foyer, Level 3, Station
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Optiv is a Black Hat 2016 platinum sponsor and will exhibit at
booth #1008. Media wishing to interview Optiv experts should
contact Lauren Howe at lauren.howe@optiv.com or (443) 519-5455.
About Optiv SecurityOptiv is a market-leading provider of
end-to-end cyber security solutions. We help clients plan, build
and run successful cyber security programs that achieve business
objectives through our depth and breadth of cyber security
offerings, extensive capabilities and proven expertise in cyber
security strategy, managed security services, incident response,
risk and compliance, security consulting, training and support,
integration and architecture services, and security technology. A
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) portfolio company, Optiv maintains premium
partnerships with more than 300 of the leading security technology
manufacturers. For more information, visit www.optiv.com or follow
us at www.twitter.com/optiv, www.facebook.com/optivinc and
www.linkedin.com/company/optiv-inc.
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Optiv SecurityLauren Howe, 443-519-5455lauren.howe@optiv.comorJason Cook,
816-701-3374jason.cook@optiv.com
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