2024-11-23 –, Ngaio Marsh Theatre
The increased dependency on the digital life to participate in society means, digital life is real life. With that, the consequences of failure in confidentiality, integrity and availability of our digital self, can have dire consequences. So, I threat modelled living in 2024; and it’s more fragile than I thought!
How digitally resilient do you think you are?
Let’s talk about that, and some things we can do about it.
As a cyber security professional, it’s often our job to keep the organisation safe from cyber threats and manage its risks. We know that these are very context sensitive; especially the consequences.
We do these assessments with the organisations’ perspective in mind. But, when was the last time you genuinely considered the risks and consequences, from your own perspective and the ones you love? While doing my own digital housekeeping, I did just that, and it felt confronting - the risk profile was very different.
In this talk, I’ll explore that, and walk through a threat model where the perspective is of an individual human - you and me. It was quite surprising how things can go wrong. Could a single “incident” potentially deny your ability to continue living your life? Let’s find out.
What we individually can and collectively must do about it? Especially as we become dependent on our digital lives to live our meatbag ones.
I am just a friendly local cyber security sherpa. Helping people verifiably build a safer, secure, and more resilient world by sharing knowledge, experience and exploring perspectives. This includes the privilege of presenting here at ChCon NZ previously, multiple BSides Melbourne, and DefCon Groups VR DefCon Villages, amongst many other conferences. I am grounded by the many years of experience spent security advising and assessing critical infrastructure in Australia, and governments, to small startups. That said, I’m just another nerd of figuring out how things work, tinkering, and challenging assumptions; sharing a story so that we can all make better informed decisions through broader perspectives.