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Elections are pretty important, but lately, it seems like we don't trust them. Ironically, recent advances in election technology, processes and architecture mean that US elections are probably as secure and robust as they've ever been in history, yet trust in elections seems to be at an all time low. This talk will give an overview of how elections actually work, the threats and safeguards they operate under, and the confounding problem of making them not just trustworthy, but actually trusted.

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) was first passed by Congress in 1986. It has been amended many times, expanding its coverage and adapting to the rapidly changing world of computing. Originally, all "hackers" were white hats - people interested in exploring the workings of computers and networks. Computers have increased in speed and power, and the Internet has changed from a military communications network into what it is today since the Act was passed. With those developments, some hack

You're using AI. You are, whether or not anybody approved it. So when it leaks your data, misleads a customer, or acts in your name, who's accountable? A pile of AI governance standards claims to answer that: some are law, some are risk frameworks, some are self-graded homework, and a few still haven't noticed that agents exist. This talk cuts through them: which one is actually pointed at you, which are theater, and the gaps every one of them leaves open. Certified, accredited, self-assessed, o

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The COVID lockdown of 2020 made me realize just how much of my life was in front of a screen: playing on my phone, working on my computer, and watching TV. The world of board games helped me appreciate how important real interactivity, connection, and communication truly are, as well as the near-endless variety of themes, mechanisms, puzzles, complexities, and types of games available. If you're feeling stuck in a digital landscape or looking for a new challenge that doesn't require power, join

Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) like the RTL-SDR and HackRF have made radio frequency sniffing a staple of the hacker toolkit. However, most security researchers stop at passive reception or low-power ISM-band experimentation. Why limit your RF exploration to milliwatts and 2.4 GHz noise when an Amateur (Ham) Radio license unlocks up to 1,500 Watts of transmitting power, gigahertz of dedicated spectrum, and the legal freedom to build and test custom wireless hardware?

IFIN, the Independent Federated Intelligence Network, is a new nonprofit dedicated to sharing the knowledge of how to collect, analyze, and employ threat intelligence. In this talk, we'll share our origin story, how we're building a network of people that protects each other and the internet more broadly, and how you can get involved.

Look, the cybersec job market is rough right now. Everyone's telling you it's impossible to break in, the entry-level jobs all want five years of experience, and AI is going to take the whole field anyway. But hold on, we still need good people.I've been doing this for 30 years - hired people, let people go, watched people make it from some genuinely weird starting points. Photographers. Librarians. Kids straight out of high school. None of them had a perfect resume. All of them had their head r