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The DHS NCATS team helps protect networks and critical infrastructure using adversary tradecraft and attack vectors, revealing network weaknesses waiting for exploit. Such activities raise complex and novel legal issues that must account for a dizzying array of laws. This session will explore these attack techniques and the lawyer’s role of ensuring everyone stays on the right side of the law and Constitution.
Learning Objectives:
1: Learn about cutting-edge services and techniques DHS uses to protect gov’t and critical infrastructure networks.
2: Understand the legal issues and pitfalls these services can present.
3: Hear examples of how the team worked to mitigate the legal issues associated with past outside-the-box ideas.
Pre-Requisites:
Basic understanding of networking and common threat vectors.
Learning Objectives:
1: Learn about cutting-edge services and techniques DHS uses to protect gov’t and critical infrastructure networks.
2: Understand the legal issues and pitfalls these services can present.
3: Hear examples of how the team worked to mitigate the legal issues associated with past outside-the-box ideas.
Pre-Requisites:
Basic understanding of networking and common threat vectors.
Participants
Gabriel Taran
Participant
Assistant General Counsel for Cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security
Kelly Thiele
Participant
Cybersecurity Analyst, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (NCATS) Program
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