Speaker: Josh Thurston, Head of Security Operations, McAfee
Title:       Winning the Red Queen’s Race by Changing the Racecourse

Date: Tuesday Jan 15, 1019

Time: Registration/Lunch: 11:30am; Presentation: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM

UT Dallas Campus
Synergy Park North building (SPN); the address is 3000 Waterview Parkway, Richardson Texas 75080. It appears at the top-center of the campus map.

UTD Parking Pass Required: Park only in a GREEN space. Please RSVP for Parking Pass.

RSVP: Cheri Dickey at cheridickey@aol.com

Cost: IEEE Members: $10; Students/IEEE Life Members: $5; Others: $15

Abstract:

The Red Queen’s Race – that feeling of running faster and faster just to stay in place – is real in cyber security. In this game of cat and mouse, the push and pull between black hats and white hats is ever oscillating. The black hats move first and have fewer deployment constraints giving them the clear advantage. By the time many organizations deploy the latest cybersecurity defense mechanism, its effectiveness will likely have significantly deteriorated as adversaries have sufficient time to develop new evasion techniques. Learn how to change the game to one where the good guys can win by using a new approach to move faster to reduce the effectiveness of new attacks.

BIO:

Josh Thurston is head of security operations at McAfee.  In this role he is building a new World Class Security Operations program that runs on all of McAfee’s integrated technology.  Thurston has designed all the elements of the SOC from People and Process to Technology.  His number one job is to protect McAfee’s Customer Data and McAfee’s most sensitive assets while enhancing the quality of the McAfee product line as Customer Zero. Thurston was previously a Security Strategist in the McAfee Office of the CTO, where he drove business growth and defined the company’s go-to-market strategy for the Americas, creating and communicating innovative solutions for today’s complex information security and privacy challenges.