Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·15 min
Eli McRae
Eli McRae provides a technical walkthrough of the DEF CON 33 Blacks in Cybersecurity Village electronic badge, covering PCB schematics and SAO support.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village
DEF CON 33 Blacks in Cybersecurity Village features talks, panels, and workshops highlighting career advancement, diversity, and technical tradecraft. Sessions cover reverse engineering with Ghidra, cyberbiosecurity, AI-driven phishing analysis, DNS threat intelligence, and community initiatives across the global cyber ecosystem.
1–18 of 18 talks
Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·1 hr 1 min
Kaleeque Pierce · Jess Hoffman
Identifies subtle systemic biases across technical security controls, organizational policies, and hiring pipelines, offering actionable remediation strategies.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·43 min
A panel of women leaders in cybersecurity share real-world career journeys, technical insights, and strategies for advancing industry diversity.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·50 min
Ian G. Harris
Compares embedded systems architecture with traditional software development, focusing on bare-metal programming, bus protocols, and hardware debugging.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·37 min
Malachi Walker
Introduces Domain Intelligence Analysis, leveraging proactive DNS artifacts and registration telemetry to detect adversary infrastructure before public IOC disclosures.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·26 min
Nykolas Muldrow
Nykolas Muldrow shares experiences navigating cybersecurity leadership and operations from remote military outposts to national defense missions.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·33 min
Levone Campbell
Explores the dual role of artificial intelligence in scaling hyper-targeted phishing campaigns while powering real-time behavioral defenses.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·29 min
Jason Brooks
Connects real-time decision-making, conflict resolution, and rule enforcement from basketball officiating to incident response and SOC operations.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·56 min
DJ Davis
Demystifies the Linux operating system for beginners through relatable Windows comparisons, core architecture explanations, and command-line tips.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·41 min
Tia Pope
Explores how AI-designed proteins and biological vulnerabilities mirror cybersecurity attack vectors, highlighting the emerging field of cyberbiosecurity.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·44 min
Joy Toney
Examines ethical challenges and community responsibilities surrounding technological progress and cybersecurity practices in tech communities.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·41 min
Sydney Johns
Introduces reverse engineering fundamentals using hands-on Arduino hardware and Ghidra binary analysis demos.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·47 min
Remi Afon
Examines the mechanics of the African cybercrime economy and highlights initiatives like GoLegit Africa that create technical training pathways away from cybercrime.
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Blacks in Cybersecurity Village·57 min
Louis Deweaver
Provides an unfiltered critique of cybersecurity industry hype, vendor promises, and the necessity of practical foundational security over shiny tools.
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Blacks in CyberSecurity Village·34 min
Nico Smith
Nico Smith emphasizes the importance of Black technologists owning physical and cloud server infrastructure to deliver sovereign services to the community.
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Blacks in CyberSecurity Village·15 min
Maurice Turner
Maurice Turner explores systemic discrimination in the tech industry, analyzing exclusionary language, hiring biases, and structural institutional reforms.
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Blacks in CyberSecurity Village·21 min
Keith Chapman
Keith Chapman presents an inside perspective and actionable plan to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion across the information security workforce.
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Blacks in CyberSecurity Village·27 min
Ochaun Marshall
Ochaun Marshall outlines operational security (OPSEC) for civil rights activists, analyzing mobile surveillance threats, burner devices, and encrypted communications.
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