Uncomfortable Approaches

Explore uncomfortable truths and innovative approaches to cybersecurity challenges in this thought-provoking BSidesLV conference talk. Delve into the complexities of public health issues, infrastructure vulnerabilities, and the unintended consequences of short-term solutions. Learn about the importance of radically different strategies, including fire drills, forced functions, and incentive structures. Examine case studies involving Anonymous, power outages, and medical device security. Gain insights into privacy concerns, operational metrics, and the strategic workforce shortage facing the cybersecurity industry. Discover how the I Am The Cavalry initiative addresses these critical issues and proposes unconventional solutions to protect public safety and human life in our increasingly connected world.

Introduction
Are you working
Uncomfortable Ground Truths
Documentary Expose
We need radically different approaches
We have a lot of technical solutions
So thats a general arc
is that we want to dis
recap for the people
case example
public health issue
Anonymous
Demos
Power Outage
ShortTerm Solutions
Unintended Consequences
Medical Devices
Fire Drills
Forced Function
Incentive Structure
Suzanne Schwartz
The Netherlands
Security Denial of Service
Privacy
Infrastructure
Operational Metrics
Strategic Workforce Shortage