Manage Digital Risk
Address Critical Business Needs
RSA at Black Hat 2016 - Can't Wait!
Black Hat 2016 is fast approaching and I can’t wait! The main event will take place on August 3rd and 4th at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Will you be there? If you are attending Black Hat, please stop by the RSA booth – #1108. We have a lot of “goodness” planned for the security analysts...
Read more
Behind the Glass Walls of the Black Hat NOC 2016: RSA Takes the Challenge
Every year, the increased sophistication of threat actors and the expanding attack surface makes it more challenging for the Black Hat NOC security teams to maintain a highly functional environment that is safe and secure but doesn’t stifle productivity and learning. When you have an assembly of the best and most advanced security experts, hackers,...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: Attendee Attacks, Loud and Proud
We are approaching the end of Black Hat‘s training days. It’s an interesting time when the expo floor still sits quiet, but the Black Hat network is as noisy as ever – as seen by the RSA volunteers working inside the Black Hat NOC. The majority of this noise is being generated by teachers and students, demonstrating...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: I'll Show You Mine, We Can Already See Yours
With the start of Black Hat 2016 merely a day away, white, black, and grey hats from around the world are whetting their appetites – eagerly waiting to show off and consume the fruit of an entire year’s research. Whether for education, research, bragging rights, or mal-intent, the Black Hat network will host anything from basic brute force attacks to...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: Finding Mr. Robot?
The most significant part of Black Hat Europe 2016 finally started, and as expected – we are watching the arrival of smart security experts, who have come to the event to exchange information or show off their latest tools and products. While it’s hard to say what kind of skilled “hackers” we can expect during last...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: The Stages of Security Adolescence (Part 2)
In Part 1 of “Tales of the Black Hat NOC: The Stages of Security Adolescence,” I discussed the maturation process of the Black Hat NOC, and security strategies in general. In the blog post below – you can see the adjustments we made and additional steps we took towards optimizing our NOC at Black Hat. ...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: The Stages of Security Adolescence (Part 1)
RSA's Scott Carter asks: How do you secure a rapidly changing environment that you don't understand?
Tales from The Black Hat NOC: Organizing the Chaos
A glimpse into training day. Yesterday marked the official start of Black Hat 2016, kicked off with various training courses spread throughout the convention center. For the RSA NOC team this meant a chance to validate yesterday’s installation and get an initial glimpse into the activity within and around the classroom and conference networks before the...
Tales from the Black Hat NOC: Data in the Clear
I started my day by reading an article about how to stay safe during Black Hat and DEF CON. There were suggestions like – don’t bring a laptop, not to bring your smartphone, to leave your wallet at home, and only carry cash. Why would such recommendations be made? Black Hat and DEF CON attract security professionals, as well...
After Black Hat: Shaming is Easy (When You Don't Encrypt)
During the Black Hat 2016 NOC outbrief session, Grifter, aka Neil Wyler made a counter-intuitive statement to a crowd of roughly 500 attendees, eager to see which of their online activities would be exposed center stage: “I look forward to the day when I can’t see anything you’re doing on the Black Hat network”. Wait… what?...
Blog posts by category
Around RSA
Industry Perspectives
Products & Solutions
Securing the Digital World
The Language of Cybersecurity
Need help? Click on the button below to begin a chat session.
