On October 4th, 2024 Cyber Cheyenne will be holding its annual security conference sponsored by The Wyoming and Northern Colorado chapters of The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA).

I will be giving two talks:

Forgotten Lessons: Why We Keep Making The Same Security Mistakes

Today, even the best defended organizations find themselves being penetrated. From Colonial Pipeline to The Office of Personnel Management to Equifax to AT&T, organizations that have spent years investing in security still find themselves successfully breached. But as we investigate how these attacks succeed, we find that patterns begin to emerge. In this talk, we’ll find out why this is and what you can do in your organization not to repeat the same mistakes.

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Does AI Hallucinate Electric Sheep?: Security and the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence

Large Language Models (LLMs) are advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) models that process human inputs and respond with human-like outputs. What began as simple neural networks has exploded into AI running everything from financial institutions to autonomous vehicles to military weapons. But with the rise of LLMs comes new security threats. In this talk, we’ll look at those threats and what they mean for our society, the decisions we make and our organizational safety and security.

The conference is being held Laramie, WY so if you’re in the area please stop by and say hello.

You can register for the event here.