Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4. Former security manager for the US Army’s 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere

Biography

Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, is a veteran information security professional with over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the US Army’s 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere and holds CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, MCITP and ITIL v3 certifications, among others. Erich has worked with information security professionals around the world to provide the tools, training, and educational opportunities to succeed in Information Security

Description

Topic 1 for the Global ICT Virtual Summit:Lies, Deception and Manipulation: Let’s talk about Deepfakes Digital image and video manipulation have reached a new level of sophistication. From the simple “Photoshop” to the modern equivalent in video, fakes are becoming more and more difficult to spot. This makes them a great candidate for abuse. For years we have been telling people that what they post on the internet will be there to stay and can have huge ramifications later in life, but what if they don’t actually do what is portrayed? Modern technology can use Machine Learning and AI to dissect videos, extract faces and build virtual models that are used to automatically replace the faces, all while retaining eye blinks andfacial expressions. For millions of people, realistic fakes can ruin a career, destroy families and possibly even influence elections. Even if proven fake later, the damage can be irreversible and in this digital age, can last a lifetime. This session will look at the technology behind creating these fakes, potential attacks using the technology and what is being done to combat this trend and protect us from what even appears to beourselves. Topic 2 For the 2020 Global IoT & RFID Summit:Ransomware Attacks Are Making Me WannaCry Ransomware continues to batter businesses, state, and local governments and even people at home. While it looked like it might be subsiding for a little while, it is back with a vengeance. The beauty of ransomware is that organizations may not protect data they do not feel has value to anyone, but quickly find out it does have a great deal of value to them.With an average cost of $133,000 and a week without your data, these attacks can be brutal. Defending against ransomware takes some planning, some thought and some work, but is far better than recovering from an attack. This session will cover some of the newer trends in ransomware, recent attack vectors and what you can do to prepare before an attack and how to recover after an attack.