Meet the Fed Panel
Jim Christy and Paul Smulian explores meet the fed panel at DEF CON 9, examining law-enforcement and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Jim Christy, Paul Smulian, Keith Rhodes, Wes Marsh, Ray Semko present 'Meet the Fed Panel' at DEF CON 9, analyzing core mechanics and architectural assumptions surrounding law-enforcement, federal-policy, civil-liberties, compliance in the policy domain.
Vulnerability Analysis
The technical evaluation inspects structural design weaknesses, protocol exposure points, and common attack primitives.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
Jim Christy moderates the annual Meet the Feds panel with representatives from OSD, GAO, the Arizona State Legislature, and NSA OPSEC support, fielding unfiltered questions from the hacker community regarding computer crime investigations, digital surveillance, and national security.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
Defenders and system administrators receive concrete hardening strategies, architectural best practices, and detection guidance to mitigate threat impact.
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