The Language of Security: Why Our Fail To Communicate Makes Security Harder
Security requires intense cooperation and coordination between multiple parties. This is not achievable when they cannot agree on how to describe key concepts and keep representing the same things in different, not always compatible standards. Where are we failing in communication and knowledge representation? How can we avoid them becoming roadblocks to our security initiatives?
Augusto Barros is a cybersecurity evangelist at Securonix. Augusto is a former Gartner analyst with 20 years of experience in cybersecurity related roles and consulting for enterprises in finance, retail, manufacturing and healthcare. Augusto has worked on a variety of projects and initiatives on information security, from security awareness campaigns to penetration testing and security infrastructure design.
The challenges of threat detection and response are his main interest and focus of research. He has also ventured into the application of behavior economics concepts to the security space. Augusto has taught classes and presented at many security conferences, including Black Hat Europe, RSA Conference and Gartner security summits. Ah! And, of course, BSidesTO too :-)