Introduction to IATC Day Two

This short opening segment starts the second day of the IATC track at BSides Las Vegas 2023. Josh Corman, one of the group's founders, frames the day's schedule. He argues that dependence on connected technology is growing faster than the ability to secure it, especially where it touches public safety, human life, the economy and national security.

He outlines three blocks. The first is a session with British colleagues on basic IoT security hygiene and policy they are considering. The second is a retrospective with a US Food and Drug Administration official on a decade of medical device security work, including how regulators approached the community and what they were concerned about. The third is a planned session on distilling the core beliefs and practices behind successful movements into a repeatable guide, possibly a future academy or bootcamp for public-interest security work.

A recorded message from a law professor who has supported the group since its early days is also played. She compares the track's goals to historical cases where public harm led to professional self-regulation, peer review and legal liability in engineering. The takeaway for practitioners is that the track is focused on turning past policy wins into reusable methods, and that the organizers are looking for audience input and volunteers to help shape what comes next.